Reading

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This list includes every page or product from UUA.org, UU World magazine, or inSpirit books & gifts that is tagged with Reading.

  • Figures from a nativity creche, including an adult figure gazing at the infant Jesus
    The Stolen Infant
    From WorshipWeb
    I like to think that after many years of living together, our family has developed a certain sense of equilibrium, a certain ease with each other. From...
  • Six panels, each one in a different color of "Peep"-shaped bunny, with the words Every + bunny's + welcome + at + Westfield + Church
    Widening Our Welcome
    From WorshipWeb
    Recently, I ordered 4-foot-tall rainbow bunnies for my church. Just after I hit “order,” I wondered if we really needed them. Later that day, one of my...
  • In a gathering lit by red lights, the word COMMUNITY appears on the wall as many arms wave in the air.
    "Hallelujah!" Is a Dangerous Word
    From WorshipWeb
    Hallelujah! is a dangerous word, especially in the mouths of the creatively maladjusted.* Hallelujah! is a dangerous word, for it comes always with an...
  • A close-up photo of the stacked hands, solidarity-style, of three people.
    Communities of Memory and Promise
    From WorshipWeb
    Our communities of memory and promise are founded upon covenants because we all need a defense against the impulse of immediate feelings that challenge ...
  • "We forgive ourselves and each other and begin again in love." Rob Eller-Isaacs
    Complicated Forgiveness
    From WorshipWeb
    As a child, growing up Catholic, my sense was that we should give away forgiveness like candy at Halloween: freely and readily, to anyone who comes asking.
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    The Promise and the Practice: "Words Matter" Reading
    From WorshipWeb
    Diverse. Multicultural. Inclusive. Welcoming....
  • Inside a church, a black father smiles down at his daughter. Behind them is a smiling black woman.
    The Promise and the Practice: "Black Joy" Reading
    From WorshipWeb
    Joy Unspeakable is not silent, it moans, hums, and bends to the rhythm of a dancing universe…. For our free African ancestors, joy unspeakable is drum...
  • The Promise and the Practice: "Missing Voices" Reading
    From WorshipWeb
    When I started attending a UU church, I was excited by the promise of worship that would draw from the arts, science, nature, literature and a multitude...
  • Against a purple-dusk sky, a light bulb hangs suspended; the background are hundreds of other light bulbs, each hanging in mid-air
    Religion at Its Best
    From WorshipWeb
    Religion is as much about faith in humanity as it is about faith in deity. And many of us will find that, over and over, our faith in humanity gets tested.
  • Jabari Jones smiles as he leans over crates filled with fresh bread, at the farmer's market.
    A Story Inherited
    From WorshipWeb
    Yesterday, a new employee—a white guy—walked into the bakery where I work. “Hi,” he said. “I don’t think I’ve met you yet.” He told me his...