Remembering the proposed Unitarian Universalist Association's Article 2 values is as easy as counting on your fingers!

When someone lists Unitarians or Universalists, they usually name white men. Never anyone Black like me.

If you’re seeking sacred Black “text” in our tradition, you have to examine the way our Black ancestors lived.

We light this chalice, so that by its light we may read ALL the books…

Building relationships requires the risk of being open and curious.

You can’t be a Unitarian Universalist and believe anything you want.

May we be active participants in the liberatory potential of democracy.

Is a calling a feeling of joy, of completeness in your work?

We are the hands and feet of love. And sometimes its fingernails, too.

May we know ourselves as vessels of infinite possibility

You have given us a day unique from any other.

We can use our inner lights to kindle new sparks throughout our lives and in the world.

May our spirits be guided by our values.

If we believe in the promise of our faith, we must continue pushing forward.

Change can be uncomfortable. Like any time we learn a new technology, it can take a little while to adjust.

As sacred beings, we hold the wisdom to know what is best for our own selves.

Queer joy is resistance.

Of all the things "faith" can mean, to me it means believing in us.

How much notice would I want ahead of time before I die?

I didn’t know the human heart could hold so much love before I met this congregation.

I choose to believe in the God who makes me kinder.

Speaking from the heart can turn an ordinary meeting into a rewarding one.

May love guide you on your journey forward

We come together in one faith.

Our common work is the creation of Beloved Community.

Preparation: acquire a wooden block tower building game (similar to Jenga ©). If possible, consider getting a jumbo version of game because its size lends itself to more visibility for the congregation and more space for more kids to participate. Other supplies: signs or name tags that state...

I rise on the shoulders of ancestors whose names I can not know.

If you’re trying to build a worship service that's anti-racist and decenters whiteness, you start in one spot.

I offer my "Ouch" with hope and trust.

Can we find space for lifting our heads in wonder—that we’re still striving, still trying together

We have to keep finding ways to widen the circle of care and concern.

We have a holy obligation to bring about paradise on this earth; each generation helps us do that.

Your minister is not, cannot be, your friend.

To be queer is to know the ways of holding all that shimmers to the light.

We are an angry and beautiful people.

This burning flame represented hope during the bleakness of World War II.

The power to choose is the power of life in the midst of brokenness.

May our beacon of hope give you respite

May we tend our Soul Fire through these challenging and trying times

We can plant the seeds of love and justice in the world.

The spiritual touchstones I trust are found in community.

Sing in our hearts all the stirrings of compassion for the oppressed, for those who are scared and hurting.

When covenant / breaks, we need to come home / to trust.

We are stronger together because we are different, and because we are one.

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

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

Let us marvel at the miracle of being here, right now.

Every creature is an embodiment of the Love of the Universe.

Though we experience discomfort, we are excited to give birth to a new, just world.

We light this chalice today to illuminate our way toward Love.