Spring 2012
What Was and Is Required: Three Forums on the Renewal of UU in the 21st Century
Walking More Humbly—and Thriving
Rev. Dr. John Buehrens
Date: May 4, 2012
Location: Unity Temple, Oak Park, Illinois
Respondents: The Rev. Dr. Susan Ritchie, Senior Minister, North Unitarian Universalist Congregation; The Rev. Dr. Matthew Johnson-Doyle, Senior Minister, Unitarian Universalist Church in Rockford, Illinois
Facilitator: The Rev. Alan C. Taylor, Senior Minister, Unity Temple
These three forums continued the discussion begun at the Minns conference held in Boston on April 8–9, 2011, "Composing Our Unitarian Universalist Future." Each session was led by the Rev. John Buehrens, who served as president of the Unitarian Universalist Association from 1993 to 2001. The Rev. Buehrens is the author of author of Understanding the Bible: An Introduction for Skeptics, Seekers, and Religious Liberals, and of Universalists and Unitarians in America: A People's History; and co-author (with Forrest Church) of A Chosen Faith: An Introduction to Unitarian Universalism and (with Rebecca Parker) A House for Hope: The Promise of Progressive Religion inn the 21st Century. He is minister of First Parish in Needham, Massachusetts, and adjunct faculty at Harvard Divinity School.