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  • Over our heads, the great wheel of stars shifts, the autumnal (or spring) equinox manifests itself, and for one precious instant darkness and light exist in balanced proportion to one another. Within our minds the great web of neurons shifts, new consciousness arises, and for one precious instant...
    Meditation | By Thomas Rhodes | January 21, 2015 | From WorshipWeb
    Tagged as: 7th Principle (Interconnected Web), Balance, Earth-Centered, Paganism
  • You Birds of the Air, Hawk, Sparrow, and laughing Jay You embody freedom itself, delight us with your song, astound us with feats of migration Grant us your perspective, for too often our horizon is limited and we are blind to the full results of our actions....
    Meditation | By Thomas Rhodes | January 21, 2015 | From WorshipWeb
    Tagged as: 7th Principle (Interconnected Web), All Saints Day, Animal Blessing, Animals, Connections, Earth, Earth Day, Earth-Centered, Humility, Love, Nature, Relationships
  • Let us enter into a time of meditation, contemplation, and prayer. Feel the earth beneath your feet as it supports you. Feel the love of this community as it surrounds and enfolds you. Feel your breath as it flows in and out of your body. Listen to your heartbeat. Listen to your heart....
    Meditation | By Thomas Rhodes | January 21, 2015 | From WorshipWeb
    Tagged as: Direct Experience, Letting Go
  • Father, Mother God, here we are together—rich and poor; educated and not so well educated; gay and straight; democrats and republicans; some of us with light skin, some of us with darker; some of us walking, some of us unable to walk: none of us as whole as we would like to be—help us to know...
    Meditation | By Marilyn Sewell | January 21, 2015 | From WorshipWeb
    Tagged as: 1st Principle (Worth & Dignity), 3rd Principle (Acceptance & Spiritual Growth), Acceptance, Diversity, Growth, Inclusion
  • Let us join in the spirit of prayer and meditation. We are each different. Some of us are bigger and others are smaller. Some of us are taller and others are shorter. Our hair is different colors and our eyes are different shapes....
    Meditation | By Axel H Gehrmann | January 21, 2015 | From WorshipWeb
    Tagged as: 3rd Principle (Acceptance & Spiritual Growth), Children's / Religious Education Sunday, Children's Sabbath, Community, Direct Experience, Diversity, Inclusion, Unity
  • Goodness is a means, not an end. Look within. Who can stop the hunger for more than we deserve? Who can prevent a jealous thought from urging us to protect our hearts? Who can ward off all the uncertainties that disturb the mind before we decide to act?...
    Meditation | By Sam Trumbore | January 21, 2015 | From WorshipWeb
    Tagged as: Choice, Good, Integrity, Love, Unitarian Universalism, Worry
  • Let us turn inward now Feel the rhythm of the breath. In and out, In and out, Find the peace of just being with the flow of the breath. Letting go of yesterday and tomorrow. Feel the restorative power of the peace of this moment....
    Meditation | By Sam Trumbore | January 21, 2015 | From WorshipWeb
    Tagged as: Body, Direct Experience, Healing, Letting Go, Prophetic Words & Deeds, Science, Unitarian Universalism, Unity
  • Chaplain (C): The Lord is my Shepherd, I shall not want. Patient (P): There is so much that I want. I want to be well. C: He makes me lie down in green pastures. P: I am tired of laying here. I wish I could get out of bed. C: He leads me beside still waters. P: I feel like I'm in a whirlpool....
    Meditation | By Robin L Zucker | January 21, 2015 | From WorshipWeb
    Tagged as: Christianity, God, Healing, Health, Illness, Judaism, Suffering, Unitarian Universalism
  • In prayer, we call to mind the peacemakers.
    Meditation | By Eric Cherry | January 21, 2015 | From WorshipWeb
    Tagged as: 6th Principle (World Community), Compassion, Courage, Despair, Disaster or Crisis, Faith, Fear, Healing, History, International, Nonviolence, Peace, War
  • We gather to be together,We gather to celebrate and to support our beloved communityWe gather to commune in body as well as in spirit.Let us share both the food and the fellowship we find here tonight.
    Meditation | By Katie Stein Sather | January 21, 2015 | From WorshipWeb
    Tagged as: Food Justice
  • I am Unitarian, I live and work in this faith. Jesus is my guide And God is my help. We, humans, are all brothers/sisters, Our law is one: love. The goal of our work is shared, Happy are those of God's Kingdom...
    Meditation | By Unitarian Universalist Partner Church Council | January 21, 2015 | From WorshipWeb
    Tagged as: Christianity, Faith, God, Love, Partner Church Observation, Purpose, Service, Unitarianism, Unity
  • (Hungarian first—English follows) Hol hit—ott szeretet Where there is faith there is love Hol szeretet—ott béke Where there is love there is peace Hol béke—ott áldás Where there is peace there is blessing Hol áldás—ott Isten Where there is blessing there is God Hol Isten—ott...
    Meditation | By Unitarian Universalist Partner Church Council | January 21, 2015 | From WorshipWeb
    Tagged as: Christianity, Faith, God, History, Love, Partner Church Observation, Peace, Unitarianism
  • Let us give thanks, for we are blessed with heads that we may think clearly. We give thanks. Let us be grateful, for we are blessed with hearts of loyalty. We are grateful. Let us give thanks, for we are blessed with hands with the potential for great service. We give thanks....
    Meditation | By Katie Stein Sather | January 21, 2015 | From WorshipWeb
    Tagged as: Community
  • Unto that which is noblest in each of us we make appeal. Unto those common ideals of justice and mercy that bind us in common humanity we turn for inspiration. Unto the fearless dreams of our forebears in the worship of their gods and their vision of truth, we bow in gratitude. Unto the larger...
    Meditation | By Edward A. Frost | January 21, 2015 | From WorshipWeb
    Tagged as: Generations, Humility, Reverence, Sacred, Unitarian Universalism, Vision
  • "For a time, I rest in the grace of the world and am free." —Wendell Berry In this time of meditation, may you rest in the grace of the world and be free. In weakness, may you sense the strength of the eternal hills, and rest in the grace of the world. In failure, may you be upheld like the...
    Meditation | By Martha L Munson | January 21, 2015 | From WorshipWeb
    Tagged as: Earth, Earth-Centered, Grace, Letting Go, Nature, Peace, Unitarian Universalism
  • May we open ourselves ever more fully to that Eternal Mystery which lures us onward toward life and creativity. May we find the courage to live our faith, to speak our truth, and to strive together for a world where freedom abounds and justice truly does roll down like water. May we know the...
    Meditation | By Carol Meyer | January 21, 2015 | From WorshipWeb
    Tagged as: Compassion, Connections, Mystery, Prophetic Words & Deeds, Vulnerability
  • May the walls of this house be strong in the face of storms: Whether of winds or of words, whether of thunder or of tyranny. May the windows of this house be clear to the world's light: Whether of dawns or of daring, whether of sunsets or of stillness....
    Meditation | By Michael DeVernon Boblett | January 21, 2015 | From WorshipWeb
    Tagged as: Acceptance, Building/Space Dedication, Community, Friendship, Home, Hospitality, New Home
  • May our lives be blest according to the depth of our love, the persistence of our faith, our willingness to forgive and be compassionate, and in proportion to our yearning to be free. Amen.
    Meditation | By Paul H Beattie | January 21, 2015 | From WorshipWeb
    Tagged as: Compassion, Faith, Forgiveness, Freedom, Searching
  • You send us into the world, O God, with freedom to choose and to act. When we are wrong, correct us and help us to make amends. When we are right, give us the humility not to judge others and thereby excommunicate them from our hearts. Let your Holy Spirit come to us now in this moment of prayer;...
    Meditation | By Thomas D Wintle | January 21, 2015 | From WorshipWeb
    Tagged as: Christianity, Discernment, Unitarian Universalism
  • Now
    You are the eternal, the timeless. You would have us dance and sing in celebration of the present moment, but we can't see your smile or hear your song. But how will we find you if we don't look where you are? We search the past -- through its dusty libraries, its darkened ruins, its bloodsoaked...
    Meditation | By Clifford Martin Reed | January 21, 2015 | From WorshipWeb
    Tagged as: Immanence, Presence
  • We reflect in thanksgiving this day for all those whose lives have nurtured ours.The life-giving onesWho heal with their presenceWho listen in sympathyWho give wise advice ......
    Meditation | By Victoria Weinstein | January 21, 2015 | From WorshipWeb
    Tagged as: Mother's Day
  • Meditation | By Earl K Holt III | January 21, 2015 | From WorshipWeb
    Tagged as: Love
  • Once upon a time, a thief snuck into the room of a sleeping Buddhist monk. As the burglar rummaged about, the monk awoke. The startled thief ran into the snowy streets with the monk racing after him, "Please stop!" the monk called, and the man finally did, realizing that his pursuer was no threat.
    Meditation | By Jeffrey A. Lockwood | January 21, 2015 | From WorshipWeb
    Tagged as: 2nd Principle (Justice, Equity, & Compassion), 7th Principle (Interconnected Web), Abundance, Buddhism, Caring, Compassion, Connections, Empathy, Generosity, Happiness, Hospitality, Interdependence, Living Our Faith
  • Emmanuel means "God is with us." Who is your Emmanuel? Who is your "God is with us," the one you were promised, the one you have been waiting for? For the ancient prophet Isaiah, he was a boy soon to be born who would guide the people of Judah back to peace and harmony with God....
    Meditation | By Sarah Movius Schurr | January 21, 2015 | From WorshipWeb
    Tagged as: Advent, Beauty, Belief, Christianity, Christmas Eve / Christmas, Direct Experience, God, Listening, Searching, Tradition, Transcendence, Winter Solstice / Yule, Wonder
  • The world now has the means to end extreme poverty, we pray we will have the will. What is this prayer about? The Millennium Development Goals were established by the United Nations in 2000 to address issues like extreme poverty, education, gender equality, child mortality, women’s health,...
    Meditation | By Anonymous | January 21, 2015 | From WorshipWeb
    Tagged as: 6th Principle (World Community), Poverty, United Nations Day
  • Spirit of Life, You call us to embody equity and freedom in our lives.
    Meditation | By Eric Cherry | January 21, 2015 | From WorshipWeb
    Tagged as: 6th Principle (World Community), Compassion, Courage, Disaster or Crisis, Human Rights, International, Leadership, Oppression, Peace, Power, Solidarity, Suffering, Wisdom
  • Spirit of Life, We pause to give thanks for many gifts of life that are ours, gifts we find expressed and enhanced in the community of this church. We are grateful for our family and friends and all they mean to us....
    Meditation | By Wayne B. Arnason | January 21, 2015 | From WorshipWeb
    Tagged as: Caring
  • Spirit of Life, How easy it is to speak your name and offer this prayer at this season of re-birth and renewal!! The spirit of life is everywhere, evident in each new bud and shoot. We pray that our lives may be blessed with that same renewal we see all around us in nature's annual celebration....
    Meditation | By Wayne B. Arnason | January 21, 2015 | From WorshipWeb
    Tagged as: Easter
  • For their service and their sacrifice, we pause in the silence of memory and respect.
    Meditation | By Wayne B. Arnason | January 21, 2015 | From WorshipWeb
    Tagged as: Memorial Day
  • Spirit of life, we come together this Easter morning to rejoice in the ongoing song of life that is within us and around us....
    Meditation | By Kathleen Rolenz | January 21, 2015 | From WorshipWeb
    Tagged as: America, Easter, Justice, Love, Peace, War
  • Spirit of life, we come together this Easter morning to rejoice in your ongoing creation around us and within us. We come to rejoice, but we come with burdens of sorrow and pain, of shame and fear, of false obligation and false pride. On this Easter morning may we discover a joyous and courageous...
    Meditation | By Ruth E Gibson | January 21, 2015 | From WorshipWeb
    Tagged as: Calling, Character, Creativity, Easter, Hope, Power
  • O Thou whose power we see in the stars and whose presence we experience as love, we would today be sustained by that power and open to that love. Help us to remember that "as we sow, so shall we reap"—that whatever we project out from ourselves also comes back to us....
    Meditation | By Charles A. Howe | January 21, 2015 | From WorshipWeb
    Tagged as: Caring, Connections, Healing, Love, Relationships, Unitarian Universalism
  • O Thou, whose kingdom is within, may all thy names be hallowed. May no one of them be turned against the others to divide those who address thee. May thy presence be made known to us in mercy, beauty, love and justice. May thy kingdom come to be in the life of all humankind....
    Meditation | By Jacob Trapp | January 21, 2015 | From WorshipWeb
    Tagged as: Christianity, Forgiveness, God, Presence, Salvation, Searching
  • Thou who knows the secrets hidden within all hearts; thou who knows all sorrow and all joy, who knows all hope springing from sources unknown, who knows all loneliness, all desolation, all sadness; thou who knows all this, and understands, and with everlasting love seeks to lead us in each moment...
    Meditation | By Jerry Goddard | January 21, 2015 | From WorshipWeb
    Tagged as: Hope, Presence
  • Thou who art the vital center of our lives --...
    Meditation | By Alan G Deale | January 21, 2015 | From WorshipWeb
    Tagged as: God, Immanence, Transcendence
  • Thou who art the soul and heart of life, save us from fear—the fear of days and nights yet to be, the fear of the known and the unknown, the fear that builds high walls around our spirits and our lives, the fear that closes in and envelops us, the fear that nibbles at the edges of every...
    Meditation | By David A Johnson | January 21, 2015 | From WorshipWeb
    Tagged as: Christianity, Compassion, Courage, Despair, Discernment, Doubt, Faith, Fear, Freedom, Hope, Palm Sunday, Salvation
  • Thou that hearest, listen -- In the beginning is the cry -- inarticulate -- inchoate -- essential. The primal cry of desire. Much later comes the word -- ordered -- various -- pattern on a dark glass....
    Meditation | By Barbara J Pescan | January 21, 2015 | From WorshipWeb
    Tagged as: Faith, Listening, Searching
  • Teach my heart healing words. Show me the words that help rather than harm. Instruct me in the verbs that bring energy, the nouns pointing to the real, the adjectives describing your subtleties....
    Meditation | By Sam Trumbore | January 21, 2015 | From WorshipWeb
    Tagged as: Connections, Contemplation, Healing, Prophetic Words & Deeds, Trust, Unitarian Universalism
  • The stone has got to be rolled back from the tomb again and again every year. Roll up your sleeves. He is not coming back, you know....
    Meditation | By Victoria Weinstein | January 21, 2015 | From WorshipWeb
    Tagged as: Christianity, Easter
  • Spirit of life, You've been a father and mother to us all We enter into this time of silence and reflection With mixed emotions. This is mother's day—a day set aside to honor, celebrate, and in some cases, simply to reflect on those women who gave us birth. Some of us come to this day with joy,...
    Meditation | By Kathleen Rolenz | January 21, 2015 | From WorshipWeb
    Tagged as: Mother's Day
  • We gather this morning in celebration and appreciation. We rejoice in those true treasures and gifts of life that are beyond any price. We rejoice especially in the children of our church, for their music and their words, for their laughter and their song, and for the bright joy of their very...
    Meditation | By Sheldon W Bennett | January 21, 2015 | From WorshipWeb
    Tagged as: Children's / Religious Education Sunday, Flower Communion
  • Trees of Earth let bud your leaves let them open wide let them gently fall in annual cycle. Let fallen leaves make soft bed for Jesus at his birth and may leafy humus make renewal of our humanity....
    Meditation | By Andrew M Hill | January 21, 2015 | From WorshipWeb
    Tagged as: Christianity, Christmas Eve / Christmas
  • O Thou whose voice speaks from within the heart and soul of all, help us to be still, calm, silent, and thoughtful. We desire to listen, to learn and to meditate in such a way that our lives will grow in a new depth of wisdom and understanding....
    Meditation | By Philip Larson | January 21, 2015 | From WorshipWeb
    Tagged as: Purpose
  • Spirit of Justice,God who befriends those who stand upon the constant edges of decision,-- crucial and aloneWe are grateful to be together this morning.We gather especially to remember Dr. Martin Luther King Jr....
    Meditation | By Kathleen Rolenz | January 21, 2015 | From WorshipWeb
    Tagged as: Martin Luther King, Jr. Sunday
  • Gracious One: Keep watch on the innovators, the trailblazers, the takers of risk. Invite us to be persons of vision and integrity. Help us to remember the mystery from which possibility is born. Lead us to honor the sacred space where ministries, idealists, and realists meet....
    Meditation | By Hilary Allen | January 21, 2015 | From WorshipWeb
    Tagged as: 2nd Principle (Justice, Equity, & Compassion), 6th Principle (World Community), Activism, Connections, Doubt, Equity, Hope, Humanism, Imagination, Prophetic Words & Deeds, Purpose, Truth, Unitarian Universalism, Vision, Vulnerability
  • Spirit of life and love God of many names—and no name— Divine spirit which resides in all, We do not always understand each other. We do not always speak or listen carefully. We often find it difficult to look beyond our selves to our common purpose, and We cause suffering to each other and...
    Meditation | By Lori Gorgas Hlaban | January 21, 2015 | From WorshipWeb
    Tagged as: Listening, Relationships, Responsibility, Unitarian Universalism, Unity
  • As we settle into our seat all of our life comes down with us, like an extended slinky retracting into a single cylinder Back you snap into this body and breath where each day is born and done familiar in this cushion familiar in this ache....
    Meditation | By Susan Maginn | January 21, 2015 | From WorshipWeb
    Tagged as: Body, Presence, Silence, Wholeness, Worth
  • Let us do the unthinkable thing. We'll sit and breathe together on the edge of our seats in a world that pollenates and reproduces, shape shifting and breaking into bloom. Let us sit and breathe together as one breath, sit still just long enough for each of our dreams to rise and silently hover...
    Meditation | By Susan Maginn | January 21, 2015 | From WorshipWeb
    Tagged as: Body, Nature, Transcendence
  • Spirit of Life and of Love, Deep down we know that there is a greater mystery, a life and a pulse with which we are all connected. We know also that our lives are happier, healthier and more satisfying when we reach out to it, when we make it a conscious and real aspect of our lives. Yet it is so...
    Meditation | By Kate Lore | January 21, 2015 | From WorshipWeb
    Tagged as: Christianity, Connections, Gratitude, Service
  • With gratitude and grace we lead forward to answer the call of our faith, we move happily together into the unknown, we open ourselves to growth, we go forth to begin the change to our corner of the world, we covenant together to transform the world through love and we are moved by Spirit to...
    Meditation | By Kirk Bogue | January 21, 2015 | From WorshipWeb
    Tagged as: Leadership, Teamwork, Unitarian Universalism, Vision