As a Religious Leader of a UU congregation, I am often asked the question: What is UUism? Because we are not a creedal religion, there are as many versions of what it means to be a UU as there are UUs. 
 
Here is my version:

We are a religion for liberal free thinkers. We tend to believe that the sacred ground is in the individual. We believe that all spiritual paths, if they are honestly followed, will bring Holiness. Consequently, our congregations consist of people with many religious perspectives. We are Pagans, Christians, Jews, Moslems, Atheists, Humanists, Pantheists, and..... the list goes on.
 
Because the sacred is within the individual, it follows that Spirituality and Authenticity are the same thing for UUs. Therefore the spiritual work of the UU is to discover his or her true self. Hence we are gay, straight, vegan, Republican, bi-sexual, Democrat, transgender, to name a few. We celebrate all honest ways of Being.
 
We believe that Spiritual Authenticity overcomes evil. We don't believe that the solution to the world’s problems is everybody becoming a UU. From our perspective, Spiritually Authentic people, people who have found the Holy in themselves, can make for a peaceful and just world. What the world needs is Authentic (Holy) conservatives, liberals, socialists, communists, capitalists....you get the idea.
 
The mission of our UU churches and fellowships is to establish safe religious communities where people can explore their own religious callings and create their own Holiness. This is how we change the world.
 
Jim McConnell