Braver/Wiser
Braver/Wiser
Braver/Wiser
Worship
Life is full of hard edges and complicated choices. Braver/Wiser gives you weekly message of courage and compassion for life as it is. Every Wednesday we deliver an original written reflection by a contemporary religious leader, and brief prayer, grounded in Unitarian Universalism. Join the Braver/Wiser community and sign up today!
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Stewards of Hope
This is the beauty and sparkle of spiritual communities: needs arise and beloveds appear to ask, “How can I help?” There’s no fixed timeline, just the spiritual practices of generosity and stewardship.By Rebekah Savage | 10/16/2019 -
Joyfully Surprised
Coming out to my family was one of the hardest things I’ve had to do. I realized that my choice was one of life and death, and I needed to let my secret out in order to continue living, and to do so authentically.By Adrian L. H. Graham | 10/9/2019 -
The Only Answer I Know
What I do know for sure is that hope matters. One of the best things we can do is to hold hope for someone when that person cannot hold it for themselves.By Elea Kemler | 10/2/2019 -
Life Pushing Through
If there’s anything sitting in silence has taught me, it’s that silence doesn’t actually exist. Every moment is full to the point of bursting with Reality, whether or not we notice it.By David Kohlmeier | 9/25/2019 -
Know When to Tango
May I always remember that Tango, like life, is a dance of the people. It’s meant to be shared, not practiced in isolation.By Katie Romano Griffin | 9/18/2019 -
To Be Resilient
There are so many spiritual lessons from the natural world and—in a season filled with Ingatherings and Water Communions—this is one for me: oxbow lakes as a beautiful combination of resiliency, strength, and flexibility.By Tim Atkins | 9/11/2019 -
Thriving Among the Thorns
It was my inadvertent letting go that made this wild, interdependent beauty possible. And at that very moment, I knew I didn’t need that sort of control anymore.By Tomo Hillbo | 9/4/2019 -
Making Room at the Table
When it comes to living our expansive, inclusive, anti-oppression faith, we fall short.By Erika A. Hewitt | 6/19/2019 -
Even When...
As a hospital chaplain, I often listen to painful stories. We call it compassionate presence, but I may be crying inside. When words fail, I pray and sing.By Yuri Yamamoto | 6/12/2019 -
Honk If You Love
If justice is to be realized, our voices must speak loudly—even boisterously—of love.By Lindasusan Ulrich | 6/5/2019 -
Everyone for Everyone
People of color—and other marginalized people—can’t just want things to be different. It has to be everyone wanting things to be different for everyone.By Rayla D. Mattson | 5/29/2019 -
Feeding Ourselves and Each Other
The stone soup story isn’t about selfish people. It’s about people who thought they were powerless.By Liz James | 5/22/2019 -
Where the Real Growth Happens
When we can gently hold things steady, change comes from within; that’s where the real growth happens.By Alix Klingenberg | 5/15/2019 -
Becoming Ourselves
Who are you going to be, today? And tomorrow? Who are we all becoming, together?By Amanda Poppei | 5/8/2019 -
Indiscriminate Tastes
It's hard to feel gratitude for something when you're focusing on what’s wrong with it.By Kat Liu | 5/1/2019 -
Inviting Our True Attention
I call the tall bush on my back patio “Burning Bush” because in autumn its leaves are a fiery red. All winter long I overlooked three uninhabited nests inside of it. For months and months I could have perceived—but didn’t—what was in plain sight. ...By Karen G. Johnston | 4/24/2019 -
Brilliant Collisions
We can’t always predict which choices will wind up having a huge impact on us, whether it's bringing home a stuffed animal or taking a particular train to Oxford Circus.By Lindasusan Ulrich | 4/17/2019 -
A Different Kind of Peace
Sometimes people show up fully and be with me. And sometimes they cannot, even if they really care about me and want to help.By Misha Sanders | 4/10/2019 -
Try Again Tomorrow
When I internalize cultural messages about the definitions of success or failure—or anything, really—I undermine my own sense of self-worth.By Helen Rose | 4/3/2019 -
Downrange of Mystery
A haircut, a cup of coffee, or just an honest “How are you?” can be transformed into a powerful moment between two people living in a hard world.By Rebekah Savage | 3/27/2019
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