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Let us praise those fathers who have striven to balance the demands of work, marriage, and children with an honest awareness of both joy and sacrifice. Let us praise those fathers who, lacking a good model for a father, have worked to become a good father. Let us praise those fathers who by their...Meditation | By Kirk D Loadman-Copeland | January 21, 2015 | From WorshipWebTagged as: Balance, Children, Family, Father's Day, Fathers, Gratitude, Healing, Love, Parents, Relationships, SacrificeWorship element -
Let there always be in the seasons of our lives a time for forgiveness -- for such is being human that we do unto others, as they do unto us, that which needs to be forgiven. There is a saying that "It's easier to forgive our enemies after we've gotten even with them." But is that in truth...Meditation | By Rolfe Gerhardt | January 21, 2015 | From WorshipWebTagged as: ForgivenessWorship element
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In this time of anticipated spring let us allow ourselves to extend the anticipation—to value the time of budding before blooming, of seeding before sprouting. This is a time of revelation: the revealing of that which is eternal, which we see every year, but still need to be reminded to see it in...Meditation | By Terasa Cooley | January 21, 2015 | From WorshipWebTagged as: Birth, Earth, Hope, Imbolc / Brighid's Day / Candlemas, Listening, Nature, Unitarian Universalism, Vernal EquinoxWorship element
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In the moments when Word is silence give yourself to it in wholeness and wait. Let the knowing of this primal sound carry you into circles where sound itself— where silence itself—becomes new and the new a song you sing from your bones.Meditation | By Susan L Van Dreser | January 21, 2015 | From WorshipWebTagged as: Body, Direct Experience, Immanence, Listening, Silence, Unitarian Universalism, WholenessWorship element
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Introduction: In our time of meditation this morning, we are going to continue to work on the issue of forgiveness. I invite you to continue to hold in your mind and heart, the situation of hurt that you were thinking about during the sermon....Meditation | By Christine Robinson | January 21, 2015 | From WorshipWebTagged as: Forgiveness, JudaismWorship element
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Let us join in the exercise of silence for reflection, repose, meditation, or prayer. (Silence) In reflecting upon the dispiriting time in which we live, I have come to believe that the basic religious response is to refuse to be dispirited for long....Meditation | By Greta W Crosby | January 21, 2015 | From WorshipWebTagged as: Abundance, Hope, Pain, Patience, Trust, Unitarian UniversalismWorship element
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If there is a heaven, it is right here, right now, in this particular arrangement of nature, this happening of earth, moon, and star, this constellation of instants, this laden moment, this flash of recognition, this particle of time. If there is a god, it is all around us, everywhere, in every...Meditation | By Tess Baumberger | January 21, 2015 | From WorshipWebTagged as: Awe, Direct Experience, God, Mindfulness, Presence, WholenessWorship element
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I invite you now into a time of gratitude, reflection, renewal and hope. What an unearned blessing to delight in the calming peace of this space; to hear the robin's song again at daybreak; to feel the warmth in this room, and to enjoy the promise of summer almost upon us....Meditation | By Sam Trumbore | January 21, 2015 | From WorshipWebTagged as: 3rd Principle (Acceptance & Spiritual Growth), 4th Principle (Truth & Meaning), Choice, Conflict, Contemplation, Direct Experience, Discernment, Hope, Strength, VisionWorship element -
I invite you into a space of quiet and peace, to ground yourself by noticing your contact with chair and floor, by sitting straight, by becoming aware of your breathing. Look at your hands....Meditation | By Christine Robinson | January 21, 2015 | From WorshipWebTagged as: Balance, Body, Connections, Direct Experience, Healing, Health, Unitarian UniversalismWorship element -
I do not like the "I hate it" feeling, but I have it....Meditation | By Albert F Ciarcia | January 21, 2015 | From WorshipWebTagged as: 2nd Principle (Justice, Equity, & Compassion), 6th Principle (World Community), Commitment, Purpose, Regret, WorkWorship element
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I do not know if the seasons remember their history or if the days and nights by which we count time remember their own passing. I do not know if the oak tree remembers its planting or if the pine remembers its slow climb toward sun and stars. I do not know if the squirrel remembers last fall's...Meditation | By Burton D. Carley | January 21, 2015 | From WorshipWebTagged as: 7th Principle (Interconnected Web), Autumnal Equinox, Earth, Earth-Centered, Growth, Meaning, Nature, Reverence, Salvation, Transformation, Unitarian UniversalismWorship element
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How does one address a mystery? Cautiously—let us go cautiously, then, to the end of our certainty, to the boundary of all we know, to the rim of uncertainty, to the perimeter of the unknown which surrounds us. Reverently—let us go with a sense of awe, a feeling of approaching the powerful holy...Meditation | By Gordon B McKeeman | January 21, 2015 | From WorshipWebTagged as: Awe, Connections, Contemplation, Mystery, Presence, Unity, WonderWorship element -
Ah, how beautiful is this day. How crisp and clean the air. How clear the sky. How full of life the teeming earth. And we are alive! Yes, we feel the beat of our own hearts, the pulsing of life in our veins, the rhythm of our breathing....Meditation | By Sara Campbell | January 21, 2015 | From WorshipWebTagged as: Connections, Healing, Mystery, Strength, UnityWorship element
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Here is where it all begins. It cannot be otherwise. Here we have come to listen, we have come to hear. An old woman sat here yesterday on a park bench, a brown bag at her side, her eyes sparkling as children frolicked on a carousel. "Nice day," I said. "You're right," she said, and smiled....Meditation | By Maureen Killoran | January 21, 2015 | From WorshipWebTagged as: 1st Principle (Worth & Dignity), 3rd Principle (Acceptance & Spiritual Growth), 4th Principle (Truth & Meaning), Compassion, Connections, Direct Experience, Listening, Relationships, Unitarian UniversalismWorship element
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Eternal spirit, we witness bringing green growth throwing out tiny tendrils seeking support; sprouting thin twigs reaching for the bright golden sun; guiding new tubers seeking water in dark, sandy soil, Be in and amongst us this Easter morning. We gather this morning to celebrate the triumph of...Meditation | By Sam Trumbore | January 21, 2015 | From WorshipWebTagged as: Christianity, Courage, Earth, Easter, Faith, Fear, Hope, Unitarian UniversalismWorship element
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God, God is water sleeping in high-piled clouds. She is gentle drink of rain, pooling lake, rounding pond, angry flooding river. She is frothy horse-maned geyser. She is glacier on mountains and polar ice cap, and breath-taking crystalline ideas of snowflakes. She is frost-dance on trees....Meditation | By Tess Baumberger | January 21, 2015 | From WorshipWebTagged as: 4th Principle (Truth & Meaning), Awe, Direct Experience, Earth, Earth-Centered, God, Immanence, Nature, WonderWorship element
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Enter into the communion of flowers with joyful hearts. Enter with reverent thoughts. It has taken long months beneath cold ground for these flowers to prepare their blooming. It has taken each of us long times of growth through sorrow and joy to prepare for our living now. The blooming season is...Meditation | By Elizabeth M Strong | January 21, 2015 | From WorshipWebTagged as: Beauty, Earth, Flower Communion, Limitations, Nature, TranscendenceWorship element -
"Dukkha," they say. The Buddhists say, "All is dukkha." It is hard to translate, they tell us. It means literally "suffering" but the feeling of dukkha is closer to impermanence. The fact of impermanence is central to the Buddhist path to nirvana, enlightenment. Dukkha. All is impermanence....Meditation | By Elizabeth Tarbox | January 21, 2015 | From WorshipWebTagged as: Buddhism, Change, Connections, Death, Letting Go, Presence, Unitarian UniversalismWorship element
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May our lives be blest according to the depth of our love, the persistence of our faith, our willingness to forgive and be compassionate, and in proportion to our yearning to be free. Amen.Meditation | By Paul H Beattie | January 21, 2015 | From WorshipWebTagged as: Compassion, Faith, Forgiveness, Freedom, SearchingWorship element
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May your journey know joy and contentment and satisfaction.Meditation | By Dana E Worsnop | January 21, 2015 | From WorshipWebTagged as: Coming of AgeWorship element