Holy & Hilarious
In Unitarian Universalism, this word describes the mutual promise that holds a congregation together.
What is covenant?
This civil rights leader preached the "Beloved Community" and wrote a letter from jail.
Who is Martin Luther King Jr.?
The mitochondria is famously known as this part of the cell.
What is the powerhouse?
This Beyoncé album reminded us that “God is God, and I am not.”
What is Renaissance?
A common morning greeting + someone who enjoys being up early
What is Good Morning Person
This Jewish holiday celebrates liberation and includes a meal with four cups of wine—enough to get liberated twice.
What is Passover?
This term, often used in organizing, means “power with” instead of “power over.”
What is collective power?
This philosopher's cave allegory was all about how we’re bad at seeing reality.
Who is Plato?
This Star Trek captain said, “Make it so.”
Who is Captain Picard?
A popular productivity software suite + a common HR buzzword about values alignment
What is Microsoft Office Culture?
This fictional religion includes the belief that “the Force will be with you.”
What is Jediism?
This 21st-century movement for Black liberation began as a hashtag.
What is Black Lives Matter?
This literary device compares two unlike things using "like" or "as."
What is a simile?
This web-slinging superhero has deep moral angst and a strong fan base at the UUA.
Who is Spider-Man?
A team-building practice where you exchange affirmations + a classic business buzzphrase about innovative thinking
What is Shout-Out of the Box Thinking?
This sacred Hindu text is technically a battlefield pep talk.
What is the Bhagavad Gita?
This term, coined by Kimberlé Crenshaw, refers to the interlocking nature of social categorizations like race, class, and gender.
What is intersectionality?
This ancient language is the root of many scientific and theological terms, including “logos” and “theos.”
What is Greek?
This 2024 Oscar-winning film about grief, pleasure, and identity broke everyone’s brain and probably made you cry.
What is Everything Everywhere All at Once?
A phrase to describe revisiting a project + what Thin Lizzie claims the boys are up to in their 1976 song
What is Circle Back In Town
This Buddhist term for "suffering" is not a bummer, it’s just reality.
What is dukkha?
The UUA’s report by this name examines patterns of institutional racism within the denomination.
What is Widening the Circle of Concern?
The Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle tells us you can't know both of these properties of a particle at the same time.
What are position and momentum?
This viral phrase, rooted in AAVE and popularized by Gen Z is what one might say when something is impressively on point or attractive.
What is "It's giving"?
It cost an ___ and a ___ + what someone lacks when making an argument without a strong foundation?
What is An arm and a leg to stand on?