Braver/Wiser: A Weekly Message of Courage and Compassion

Braver/Wiser

Braver/Wiser: Courage and Compassion for Life as It Is

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 and brief prayer, grounded in Unitarian Universalism. Join the Braver/Wiser community and sign up today!

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  • A Progress Pride flag on a flagpole, with a blue sky and bright sun behind it.
    Queer joy is resistance.
    by cristy cardinal |
  • Against a field of early evening stars, a path winds its way around a grassy hill and out of view.
    Little changes can snowball into massive impacts.
    by JD Stillwater |
  • On a chain-link fence, frayed rope or twine has been used to weave a heart shape.
    Of all the things "faith" can mean, to me it means believing in us.
    by Erika A. Hewitt |
  • A broad, green leaf held by a Black woman's hands. A small tattoo of a heart is on her wrist.
    Love is reaching through the generations with expectations that I live through challenging times.
    by Melissa Jeter |
  • A Black person with their back to the camera sits, holding the hand of a Black elder who's lying in a hospital bed.
    How much notice would I want ahead of time before I die?
    by Karen G. Johnston |
  • A branch contains a dozen monarch butterfly chrysales, in various stages of development. A monarch's wing pattern is visible in one of them.
    Witnessing the lifecycle of a monarch butterfly has made me a better chaplain.
    by Laura Shay |
  • A few dog paw prints in the sand
    My vet said, “She's telling you thank you for letting her go.”
    by Ndidi Achebe |
  • A close-up of a hand holding the hand of a patient lying in a hospital bed.
    Dying is scary, but we are brave, and we can talk about it together.
    by Meg Barnhouse |
  • A vibrant colourful sunset or sunrise sky over limestone pavement landscape and a wind-bent English Hawthorn tree at Twisleton Scar, in the Yorkshire Dales National Park, UK
    I wasn’t really “born this way.” I grew this way.
    by Heather McDuffee |
  • On a rocky outcrop in what appears to be inclement weather, one person strenuously pulls another person uphill.
    We don’t need to understand why someone sets a boundary to respect it.
    by Shaya French |

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