The Universal Life Church Blog
The Universal Life Church Monastery is the only interfaith ministry worldwide that opens its doors to all who seek to become an ordained minister or wedding officiant. We enable all faiths; Christian, Jew, Mormon, Pagan, Wiccan, Baptists, and Atheists to join our Church. We are a non-denominational congregation of children from the same universe.
July 23rd, 2020
Trader Joe's is the latest company to announce that they're changing branding many find offensive. "Trader Jose" now joins the ranks of Aunt Jemima, Uncle Ben's Rice, and Mrs. Butterworth, all of whom are being retired.
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July 16th, 2020
Conversion therapy advocates scored a rare legal win against New York City, as NYC is forced to pay out over $100,000 in damages and attorney's fees to an Orthodox Jewish psychiatrist who offers conversion therapy.
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July 16th, 2020
The unfortunate reality is that in the United States, COVID is back on the rise. And that means considering the worst case scenario. However, end-of-life planning doesn't have to be a morbid exercise.
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July 14th, 2020
After years of protests and pleas from activists and Native Americans alike, the Washington Redskins are finally changing their name. The change comes as part of a larger cultural reckoning with racism in America.
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July 10th, 2020
A Florida teen died after being exposed to coronavirus at a church-sponsored ‘COVID party.' This completely preventable tragedy is shining the spotlight yet again on the role of churches during the COVID pandemic.
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July 3rd, 2020
Creationist Ken Ham is trying to use 'cancel culture' to remove evolution from public schools. He hopes to cancel Charles Darwin, and by proxy evolution in general, citing Darwin's contemporary racist beliefs.
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July 2nd, 2020
Mississippi seems poised to finally remove the Confederate Battle Flag from their own state flag. But they intend to replace it with the words "In God We Trust", which many advocates say is offensive to the nonreligious.
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June 25th, 2020
The message from public health officials is clear: wear a mask to help protect yourself and others from coronavirus. But not everyone is on board – particularly some members of the faith community. Would God approve?
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June 23rd, 2020
Did one of the founders of the Seventh-day Adventist Church predict that Nashville's going to be nuked in July? A mysterious full-page ad appeared in the Sunday edition of a Tennessee newspaper with an ominous warning.
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