Love Is No Sin: Response to Vatican Statement on Same Sex Marriage
“So we have known and believe the love that God has for us. God is love, and those who abide in love abide in God, and God abides in them.” 1 John 4:16 (more…)
February 10, 2021
United Board of Trustees Announces Selection of Interim President Rev. Dr. Molly T. Marshall
Rev. Dr. Molly T. Marshall to serve as Interim President of United Theological Seminary of the Twin Cities (more…)
February 1, 2021
Talking Faith with Kayvan Ghaderi, 1 of 6 Baha’is Wrongfully Detained in Yemeni Prison.
If you’ve had class with me anytime in the last six months, you may remember my asking you to remember the “Sanaa 6”in your prayers. These were a group of six Bahá’ís in prison in Houthi-held Sanaa, one with a death penalty hanging over his head just for being a member of the Bahá’í Faith. But this is one story that ultimately had a happy ending, as Ghaderi has recently been reunited with his family. --Karen Webb (more…)
February 1, 2021
Todd Lippert: United’s 2020 Distinguished Alum
United celebrates 2020 Distinguished Alum Todd Lippert! Since his graduation in 2003, Todd has lived into United’s missional values and a commitment to the Common Good through ministry to United Church of Christ (UCC) congregations in Minnesota and Wisconsin, as well as public service as a Minnesota state lawmaker. (more…)
November 19, 2020
Message from United Faculty on Trans Day of Remembrance 2020
Transgender Day of Remembrance calls us to honor transgender and non-binary people who have needlessly lost their lives due to violence, medical neglect, and suicide. United Theological Seminary of the Twin Cities decries these deaths and grieves the loss of these human beings, disproportionately from communities of color, created in the image and likeness of God. (more…)
October 2, 2020
What Do You See?: A 2020 Online Art Gallery from the United Community
What do you see? What do you hope for your community? For United? The world? What images, words, gestures, sounds might capture your prayers and petitions? Where are you already finding beauty? These are some of the questions that the artworks below respond to. They include glimpses of natural beauty, invoke community and connection, create moments of rest and restoration; they bless the work that still needs to be done. With the world and our country and communities in tumult, wrestling with multiple pandemics, natural disasters, and social injustices, the need for hope and prophetic vision is greater than ever. At United we believe that the arts are uniquely powerful and transformative in visioning a better world and bringing it to be. (more…)
September 29, 2020
Connection, Care, and Conscience: A Multifaith Reflection Guide for the 2020 Election Debates
As people living in the United States, we know that the upcoming Presidential election will shape the substance of this country for years to come. (more…)
September 25, 2020
Cycles of Violence: On Breonna Taylor, the Verdict, and Sacred Protest
The following message comes from CARJ, United's Committee Advocating for Racial Justice: Above all else, our politics initially sprang from the shared belief that Black women are inherently valuable, that our liberation is a necessity not as an adjunct to somebody else's but because of our need as human persons for autonomy. -The Combahee River Collective, “A Black Feminist Statement” (more…)