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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 or its children.

  • Large waves crashing on barely-visible rocks.

    Disturbance opens the terrain for transformative encounters… Humanists, not used to thinking with disturbance, connect the term with damage. But disturbance, as used by ecologists, is not always bad—and not always human.

    Reading | By Anna Lowenhaupt Tsing | April 10, 2024 | From WorshipWeb
    Tagged as: Change, Environment, Interdependence, Nature
  • A beaver dam on a pond in a grassy mountain meadow, surrounded by pines and other trees.

    All organisms make ecological living places, altering earth, air, and water... In the process, each organism changes everyone’s world.

    Reading | By Anna Lowenhaupt Tsing | April 10, 2024 | From WorshipWeb
    Tagged as: 7th Principle (Interconnected Web), Animals, Connections, Environment, Interdependence, Nature, Science, WorshipWeb, Worship
  • Roughly 100 white and reddish-brown mushrooms growing on a decaying tree trunk. Most are seen from above, emphasizing their round caps.

    It takes courage to bring our trust forward and invite another person to meet us there. This sometimes sure, often shaky, surrender is an opportunity to discover something deeper than the confines of our individual experience.

    Reading | By Adaku Utah | January 21, 2024 | From WorshipWeb
    Tagged as: Compassion, Earth, Earth Day, Earth-Centered, Freedom, Growth, Interdependence, Nature, Relationships, Trust, WorshipWeb, Worship
  • Black and white photo of two children walking away from the viewer on a straight dirt path, with brush and trees on either side. The taller child's arm is around the smaller child's shoulder. The smaller child is wearing a knit sweater and a striped knit hat with a pompom.

    The journey toward inner truth is too taxing to be made solo.

    Reading | By Parker J. Palmer | December 14, 2023 | From WorshipWeb
    Tagged as: Community, Contemplation, Discernment, Journey, Searching, Truth, WorshipWeb, Worship
  • A mountain range is silhouetted by the orange dawn behind it. Most of the sky is still dark, and time-lapse trails of the paths of the stars show the spinning of the Earth.

    The fulcrum of the Earth tilts toward goodness and I will ride along…

    Reading | By Jennifer Pratt-Walter | December 13, 2023 | From WorshipWeb
    Tagged as: Balance, Beauty, Earth, Earth-Centered, Good, Nature, Transcendence, Winter Solstice / Yule, WorshipWeb, Worship
  • A prism of light, creating a rainbow effect, gleams amid tree trunks and evergreen needles on a sunny day.

    The path of repentance is one that can help us not only to repair what we have broken, but to grow in the process of doing so.

    Reading | By Danya Ruttenberg | November 20, 2023 | From WorshipWeb
    Tagged as: Forgiveness, Reconciliation, WorshipWeb, Worship

  • A person is not entitled to forgiveness if they haven’t done the work of repair.

    Reading | By Danya Ruttenberg | November 20, 2023 | From WorshipWeb
    Tagged as: Forgiveness, Judaism, Reconciliation, WorshipWeb, Worship

  • The work of repentance demands curiosity, care, and a willingness to face hard things with bravery and honesty.

    Reading | By Danya Ruttenberg | November 20, 2023 | From WorshipWeb
    Tagged as: Conscience, Courage, Reconciliation, WorshipWeb, Worship

  • Atonement is, in the framework of my tradition, something that happens in connection with the divine.

    Reading | By Danya Ruttenberg | November 15, 2023 | From WorshipWeb
    Tagged as: Forgiveness, Judaism, WorshipWeb, Worship

  • We need to summon the courage to cross the bridge...

    Reading | By Danya Ruttenberg | November 15, 2023 | From WorshipWeb
    Tagged as: Blame, Courage, Forgiveness, Judaism, Personal Stories, Relationships, Responsibility, Trust, WorshipWeb, Worship