The central task of the religious community is to unveil the bonds that bind each to all.... The religious community is essential, for alone our vision is too narrow to see all that must be seen, and our strength too limited to do all that must be done. Together, our vision widens and our strength is renewed.

-- THE REV. MARK MORRISON-REED

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Whatever happened to We?
Our most deeply held personal values take shape in the world through involvement in communities-which in today's world are often organizations rather than places. /BY DOUGLAS K. SMITH

The microcredit revolution
How small loans to people in poverty are empowering women and transforming local economies around the world. /BY DOROTHY MAY EMERSON

Modeling the simple life
An interview with Carol Holst, director of Seeds of Simplicity, reveals how her voluntary simplicity expresses her Unitarian Universalist principles. /BY TOM STITES