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This list includes every page or product with this tag from UUA.org, UU World magazine, or inSpirit books & gifts.

  • For those who care for chronically ill children, a new understanding of hope that equips adults to better nurture pediatric hope among sick kids—articulated by the children themselves Available for Preorder!
    Book | By Duane R. Bidwell | November 16, 2023 | From inSpirit: The UU Book and Gift Shop
    Tagged as: Children, Hope, Illness, Parents
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  • A gentle, expert guide to the secrets of recovery, showing why we need it and how to do it better On order...
    Book | By Gavin Francis | November 8, 2023 | From inSpirit: The UU Book and Gift Shop
    Tagged as: Healing, Illness, Personal Inspiration
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  • For caregivers of deeply forgetful people: a book that combines new ethics guidelines with an innovative program on how to communicate and connect with people with Alzheimer's. With a workshop appendix focused on communication and connection, "A Caregiver Resilience Program," by Rev. Dr. Jade C.
    Book | By Stephen G. Post | March 8, 2022
    Tagged as: Family, Illness
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  • The inspiring story of a mother who took unimaginable tragedy and used her grief as a force to do good by transforming the lives of others...
    Book | By Maria J. Kefalas | November 9, 2021
    Tagged as: Children, Death, Grief, Illness, Joy, Parents, Sorrow, Strength, Personal Inspiration
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  • I am learning to give up needing to know the answers, and instead live with the questions.
    Reflection | By Diane Dassow | October 20, 2021 | From Braver/Wiser
    Tagged as: Body, Direct Experience, Illness, Patience, Peace, Spiritual Practice, Worry, Worship
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  • “We can do extraordinary things when we lead with love,” Barbara Becker reminds us in her debut memoir...
    Book | By Barbara Becker | September 25, 2021
    Tagged as: Compassion, Death, Healing, Illness, Journey, Personal Inspiration
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  • Chaplaincy is a deep expression of Unitarian Universalist theology.
    By Elaine McArdle | September 1, 2020 | From Spirit
    Tagged as: Compassion, Healing, Illness, Ministry, Suffering
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  • I was so very, very tired. I only had room for Now.
    By Jennifer Joy Pawlitschek | September 1, 2020 | From Spirit
    Tagged as: Healing, Illness
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  • A new disease, without any cure, is pushing us apart. And, yet, we cannot escape one another. We need one another. Whether I acknowledge it or not, the guarantee of safety does not exist.
    Reflection | By Manish Mishra-Marzetti | April 15, 2020 | From Braver/Wiser
    Tagged as: #COVID19, 4th Principle (Truth & Meaning), Body, Coming Out, Direct Experience, Fear, Humanism, Illness, Interdependence, Lesbian/Gay/Bisexual/Transgender/Queer, Relationships, Secular, Shame, Vulnerability
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  • Know that we are connected / in ways that are terrifying and beautiful.
    Poetry | By Lynn Ungar | March 16, 2020 | From Spirit
    Tagged as: Caring, Connections, Illness, Sacred
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  • Leaders recommend suspending worship gatherings and other large events; staff are working from home; UUA events in the next month have been moved online or canceled.
    By Elaine McArdle | March 11, 2020 | From UU World
    Tagged as: Illness, Work, Crisis Planning in Congregations
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  • As COVID-19 spreads, Unitarian Universalist congregations begin to adapt. In Washington State, this means shifting to online rather than in-person worship and meetings.
    By Elaine McArdle | March 9, 2020 | From UU World
    Tagged as: Health, Illness
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  • A thoughtful and lasting bouquet of good wishes, culled from a wide variety of sources and traditions...
    Book | By June Cotner | February 28, 2019
    Tagged as: Healing, Hope, Illness
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  • This is a story of in-the-middle for those wondering how their story ends.
    Reflection | By Robin Tanner | August 29, 2018 | From Braver/Wiser
    Tagged as: 3rd Principle (Acceptance & Spiritual Growth), 4th Principle (Truth & Meaning), Choice, Direct Experience, Fear, Hope, Humanism, Illness, Limitations, Parents, Psychology, Searching, Secular, Solidarity, Worry
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  • Megan has a terminal illness. Ralph has to make a huge decision. I plunge into their spiritual and religious landscapes. I do not see spirituality as disappearing, but as being present everywhere.
    By Ali Jablonsky | June 1, 2018 | From UU World
    Tagged as: Death, Family, Grief, Healing, Illness, Spirituality
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  • I wanted so much to believe that God was watching over this boy, that God was tender and protective and fiercely on the side of life and that this boy would not slip away.
    Reflection | By Elea Kemler | February 21, 2018 | From Braver/Wiser
    Tagged as: Children, Depression, Direct Experience, Family, Healing, Humanism, Illness, Mental Health, Mothers, Presence, Secular, Unitarian Universalism
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  • There we were, two strangers idling at the red light―but I felt seen, and blessed, by a stranger.
    Reflection | By Erika Hewitt | March 15, 2017 | From Braver/Wiser
    Tagged as: 4th Principle (Truth & Meaning), Body, Courage, Direct Experience, Healing, Hope, Humanism, Illness, Interdependence, Kindness, Mystery, Secular
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  • In sixteen heartfelt and thoughtful essays, Unitarian Universalist chaplains provide a close-up view of their day-to-day ministry in hospitals, hospices, prisons, the military, the police force, and rehabilitation centers.
    Book | By Karen Hutt | January 23, 2017 | From Skinner House Books
    Tagged as: Caring, Compassion, Illness, Listening, Ministry, Pastoral Care, Suffering
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  • A spiritual memoir and a pastoral guide for those who love someone with Alzheimer's. Offers advice on preserving connection, self-care, and staying open to the possibility of grace.
    Book | By Jade C. Angelica | October 18, 2016 | From Skinner House Books
    Tagged as: Aging, Death, Grief, Illness
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  • In 2011, Nancy Shaffer's life suddenly changed when she was diagnosed with what would be a fatal brain tumor.
    Book | By Nancy Shaffer, Mary McKinnon Ganz | October 18, 2016 | From Skinner House Books
    Tagged as: Death, Grief, Illness, Pastoral Care
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