Food for Thought
This page is a collection of short but meaningful messages from the UCCA. We hope that you find inspiration from these thoughts
A LAYMAN’S PERSPECTIVE—Article I in a Series
January 1, 2026
Thank you for visiting the newly-updated UCCA website—we on the General Council of UCCA hope that you will visit often to learn more about the UCCA and Unitarian Christianity, and hopefully join us on our mission.
My name is Carroll (better known as “Chip”) Fossett and I am the Director of Public Relations and Information on the General Council. I was a long time Trinitarian, but over the last 15 to 20 years, I have found that my religious beliefs align more closely with Unitarian theology. I connected with the UCCA early last year and think that I have found my new religious home.
In the future, I plan to post additional notes relative to Unitarian Christianity which I hope you will find helpful. In the meantime, if you have any questions for me, please feel free to contact me at chezfossett@aol.com.
Thanks and best wishes for 2026.
ONCE A TRINITARIAN—
Article 2 in a Series
January 15, 2026
So that we are on the same page, I believe that the essential difference between Trinitarian and Unitarian is that Trinitarians believe in a “triune,” three-in-one, God—Father, Son (Jesus) and Holy Spirit, while Unitarians believe in a unitary God and that Jesus is not God. I believe that the Holy Spirit is the spirit of God which Jesus has brought to us.
I received my strictly Trinitarian, Christian education at the Wellesley Congregational Church, Wellesley, MA. I learned my lessons about the Holy Trinity well: That Jesus is one with God, seated at His right hand; that he is our Lord and Savior; that he preexisted the world with God.
I don’t feel that, at the time, I was in any position to question my Christian education—one might say that I had been “indoctrinated” with predominant church theology. However, with time and revelations, my understanding would evolve.
Carroll “Chip” Fossett
UCCA General Council
Quick Notes...
"We regard the Scriptures as the records of God's successive revelations to mankind, and particularly of the last and most perfect revelation of his will by Jesus Christ. Whatever doctrines seem to us to be clearly taught in the Scriptures; we receive without reserve or exception." - Unitarian Christianity by William Ellery Channing
