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  • “This Ain’t No Country Club” excerpted from Nathan C. Walker (2014) Exorcising Preaching: Crafting Intellectually Honest Worship. St. Louis: Chalice Press. There is no time to be spinning around ourselves saying, “We’re so small. We’re a minority religion.” As if “minority” is...
    Reading | By Nathan C. Walker | January 25, 2015 | From WorshipWeb
    Tagged as: Courage, Meaning, Prophetic Words & Deeds, Purpose, Searching, Unity
  • May we leave this place Seeking an uncharted and freely chosen way to wholeness, Knowing we have companions along the way.
    Closing | By Bets Wienecke | January 21, 2015 | From WorshipWeb
    Tagged as: 3rd Principle (Acceptance & Spiritual Growth), 4th Principle (Truth & Meaning), Community, Freedom, Searching, Unitarian Universalism, Unity, Wholeness
  • Welcome to this common, sacred space. Common, because we are all welcome. Sacred, because here we transform the ordinary and attend to the profound. We carry with us our regrets, doubts, fears, stories, laughter; may they inspire our worship....
    Opening | By Amy McKenzie | January 21, 2015 | From WorshipWeb
    Tagged as: 3rd Principle (Acceptance & Spiritual Growth), Doubt, Fear, Sacred, Searching, Unitarian Universalism, Unity
  • We are people of all ages who enter this space bringing our joys and our concerns. We come together in hope. We greet each other warmly with our voices and our smiles. We come together in peace. We light the chalice to symbolize our interdependence and our unity. We come together in harmony. We...
    Opening | By Carol Meyer | January 21, 2015 | From WorshipWeb
    Tagged as: 1st Principle (Worth & Dignity), 3rd Principle (Acceptance & Spiritual Growth), Community, Hope, Purpose, Searching, Unitarian Universalism, Unity, Wonder
  • To this house we come bringing our boldest dreams—seeking here the inspiration and strength to make them be! To this house we come hoping to bury broken dreams, to be sustained through their pain and to discover new ones amidst their tears. We come here lonely, isolated from meaningful human...
    Opening | By Lawrence E McGinty | January 21, 2015 | From WorshipWeb
    Tagged as: 3rd Principle (Acceptance & Spiritual Growth), Community, Connections, Purpose, Searching, Trust, Unitarian Universalism, Unity

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