Improvisational Faith
COVER STORY Jazz offers a powerful metaphor for Unitarian Universalist theology and enhances the worship life of a growing number of liberal churches. /BY TOM STITES
CHANCE AND CONTROL A profile of artist Margaret Lampe Kannenstine. /BY TOM STITES

The Journey toward Hope
Odysseus turned down a goddess so he could return to his aging and mortal wife. His archetypal story helps us ask: Is hope to be found in transcending this world or in embracing it? /BY LINDA HANSEN

An Historic Gathering
Returning to Boston for the first time since 1978, the General Assembly of the Unitarian Universalist Association drew record numbers. /BY DONALD E. SKINNER
TIGHTER BELTS AND MODEST GROWTH A financial report. /BY DONALD E. SKINNER
GLOBAL THINKERS AND LOCAL ACTIVISTS UUA award-winners. /BY SONJA L. COHEN
A PROMISE IN THAT SONG Children's voices. /BY MAGGI SMITH-DALTON

Sermon. Relax: the discipline /BY AMANDA AIKMAN
Wayside Pulpit. Hearing /BY MAY SARTON
Creations. Untitled ("Coney Island, New York") /BY ROBERT SCHNEIDER
Scripture. Isaiah 58: 5-8
Creations. Jeweled Evening (River Goddess Series) /BY WINTER ROSS
Poem. A Dance for the Inland Sea /BY ANNIE FINCH
Story. Answer Mountain /BY SARAH E. SKWIRE
Benediction. /BY JACOB TRAPP AND DR. DONALD SZANTHO HARRINGTON
Affirmations. Elevator Speeches
Interpretation. Open Shutter /BY LEAH RUBIN-CADRAIN
Heritage. We Believe /BY WILLIAM CHANNING GANNETT
Testimony. /COMPILED BY JOHN A. RAKESTRAW JR.

Opening Words. Our story /BY VICTORIA SAFFORD
From the Editor. Visual contributions /BY TOM STITES
Our Calling. Standing up for families /BY PRESIDENT WILLIAM G. SINKFORD
Letters. Corporate personhood · Marriage · Growth /BY OUR READERS
Bookshelf. The reclamation of liberalism /BY JOHN H. WESTON
Congregational Life. Capturing the bonds of friendship /BY SONJA L. COHEN
What in the World? Discussion topics on UU World articles /BY JANE GREER
Looking Back. Martyr to religious freedom /BY JAUME DE MARCOS

UUA News.
     Community backs vandalized church /BY JANE GREER
     RE curriculum being planned for UUs of all ages
Social Witness. Children lead church to border community /BY STEPHEN COX
Political Action. Peril seen in bill to increase church political rights /BY ROB CAVENAUGH
In the Congregations. Florida UUs become surrogate grandparents
UUA. Salary guidelines set by UUA for church staff
Religion News. Biblical bobbleheads and the return of mummification /BY JOHN A. RAKESTRAW JR.
Milestones. Obituaries for John Papandrew, W. Hollis Tegarden, William G. Wagner

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