Rev. Colin Bossen
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Our minister Colin Bossen is a life-long Unitarian Universalist from the Lansing, Michigan area. He is a graduate of Meadville Lombard Theological School (2006) and Denison University (1998). Prior to coming to the UU Society, Colin served congregations in Pennsylvania and California.
Social justice is one of Colin's primary passions. In 2001 he co-founded the Chiapas Peace House Project (now CASA) with Roxanne Rivas. CASA responds to the call for international solidarity with grassroots indigenous and campesino movements by maintaining two centers in Mexico for education, support and activism: one in Chiapas and another in Oaxaca. Colin has also been involved in union organizing efforts in Chicago, Los Angeles and San Francisco.
Colin is the past managing editor of, and an occasional contributor to, the Journal of Liberal Religion, a former columnist for the Long Beach Press Telegram and the author, with Dawn Starr Borchelt, of the Bridging Program (UUA 2004), a coming-of-age curriculum for Unitarian Universalist young adults. In 2011 the UUA published his text Resistance and Transformation (which Colin co-authored with Julia Hamilton), an adult religious education curriculum on Unitarian Universalist social justice history. His essays and articles have appeared a variety of publications including the UU World, Sightings and the Huffington Post. He has lectured and preached at churches, community centers and academic institutions across the United States, the United Kingdom and Canada.
Colin lives in the Coventry Village area of Cleveland Heights with his wife Sara, step-daughter Emma, son Asa and their dog Luca.
Colin’s office hours are Tuesday 9:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m., Wednesday 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. and Thursday, 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.