We tend the spark of imagination and hope for the world to come.

We are one people of many beliefs, many origins, sexualities, and genders.

Praise be for our connection. Help us to learn from each other.

When disability is understood as dependency, disability is posited in direct contrast to American ideals of independence and autonomy.

Ableism is lived out purposefully, accidentally, and unknowingly.

Disability is often elusive and changing.

Safety is not tied to our capacity to watch our neighbors, but rather based on our capacity to truly look out for one another.

We can’t run from ourselves. The answer to safety is always closer rather than farther away.

Every time I find the sacred unexpectedly, I am filled with awe and surprise.

Without consent, our ability to create becomes not a blessing, but a burden and an imposition.

I was often being a stern taskmaster over my mind. I yearned for more openness and joy.

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The changes that take place in winter are a kind of alchemy, an enchantment performed by ordinary creatures to survive.

When I first entered the rooms of recovery, I thought I had nothing in common with the people around me.

While it may be urgent to work toward creating justice, I can’t do that unless I have a sense of calm.

For those of us who grew up in homes with addiction or dysfunction, it was so hard to know we were loved.

The moment of asking for help is a tender moment.

I affirm that I am worthy of being good enough to touch hearts and souls, and connect others to Spirit.

The real holy of holies happens in sobriety when relationships with self and others are healthy and whole.

Surrendering to the truth of my addiction has been the most empowering act of my life.

We are living today with time to do good for ourselves and for each other.

Slavery is made to sound as if it happened in a prehistoric age instead of only a few generations ago.

White supremacy illuminates the exceptional instead of blaming the system.

If I want well-being to be my truth, I must reclaim and protect it.

Witness pairs grief and rage with remembrance. Pride pairs joy with a determination to be visible.

May it ignite our energies to dream, to build.

May this precious light shine on.

Masks let us be someone or something totally different from who we usually are.

In early 2022, various UUA pages addressing different aspects of copyright—particularly copyright issues in worship—were removed to shift focus to our new Copyright Primer for Congregations. Please visit that page to learn more.

we are here, and flowing, in and of, made of, because of You

On this darkest night, may we observe the stars.

The story tells of a woman heavy with child, traveling with her partner to be counted in a census declared by a distant ruler unaware of the lives disrupted or the life that is to come....

We extinguish this flame but not its meaning and mission in our hearts.

May we find the care in our community to keep grieving and keep loving and keep living.