Tess Baumberger

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Small figurines in period dress, meant to appear as Bob Crachit and family

Leader 1: This is a special night – Christmas Eve, the night before we celebrate the birth of a Jewish leader whose life and words have changed the minds and hearts of many to the side of goodness, generosity and caring. Leader 2: In honor of that birth, tonight we tell the story of a man whose...

Script | By Tess Baumberger, Cindy Clarenbach | January 25, 2015 | From WorshipWeb
Tagged as: 1st Principle (Worth & Dignity), 3rd Principle (Acceptance & Spiritual Growth), 6th Principle (World Community), Christianity, Christmas Eve / Christmas, Compassion, Conscience, Dignity, Generosity, Prophetic Words & Deeds, Transformation, Unitarian Universalism, Unitarianism

A Christmas Play for Grownups Minister: Tonight I invite you to imagine yourselves there that holy night, when a mother and father had their first child. We try to imagine what went through the minds and hearts of the parents of Jesus, in the months leading up to his birth....

Script | By Tess Baumberger | January 25, 2015 | From WorshipWeb
Tagged as: Children, Christianity, Christmas Eve / Christmas, Contemplation, God, Love, Parents, Unitarian Universalism

Something has changed in me this winter. In the past I’ve focused on how long winter is, How miserable I find it, and how it seems so interminable. This winter, I find myself thinking instead That every day, every hour, every minute Brings us just that much closer to spring. We all experience...

Poetry | By Tess Baumberger | January 25, 2015 | From WorshipWeb
Tagged as: 3rd Principle (Acceptance & Spiritual Growth), 4th Principle (Truth & Meaning), 7th Principle (Interconnected Web), Acceptance, Advent, Agnosticism, Atheism, Brokenness, Christmas Eve / Christmas, Despair, Earth-Centered, Humanism, New Year, Strength, Unitarian Universalism, Wholeness, Winter Solstice / Yule

Waiting to be born, again, into the morning, onto the day, from dark warm comfort, of my bed full of sleep and blankets, back into bright spring-scented air with all its life and branches....

Reading | By Tess Baumberger | January 25, 2015 | From WorshipWeb
Tagged as: 3rd Principle (Acceptance & Spiritual Growth), Advent, Birth, Christianity, Hope, Letting Go, Patience, Unitarian Universalism, Winter Solstice / Yule

Wouldn't it be great if you could take a picture of your soul?...

Meditation | By Tess Baumberger | January 21, 2015 | From WorshipWeb
Tagged as: Beauty, Identity, Mystery, Playfulness, Unitarian Universalism, Wonder

I lean against wise woman redwood, press my cheek to her scaly side and cry, whisper how I wish to be a tree, so I would no longer have to see what humans do to one another. Her wooden reedy voice replies, "Yes, but then you'd listen to earth lament what humans do to her."...

Meditation | By Tess Baumberger | January 21, 2015 | From WorshipWeb
Tagged as: Earth, Nature, Pain

Spirit of life and spirit of grace, Rest with us this day, in this place. We lift up every joy, every gladness, We hold up every hurt, every sadness Spoken in this good company As well as every secret feeling Held quiet in the hollows of our hearts.

Meditation | By Tess Baumberger | January 21, 2015 | From WorshipWeb
Tagged as: 3rd Principle (Acceptance & Spiritual Growth), 4th Principle (Truth & Meaning), Community, Gratitude, Healing, Presence, Unitarian Universalism, Unity

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 WorshipWeb
Tagged as: Awe, Direct Experience, God, Mindfulness, Presence, Wholeness

Innocence does not die at once, in that first raptured thrust. It dies in each small seduction, in every subsequent acquiescence....

Meditation | By Tess Baumberger | January 21, 2015 | From WorshipWeb
Tagged as: Anti-Oppression, History, Oppression, Race/Ethnicity, Terrorism

Oh Divine Spirit, healer of my hurts, consoler of my sorrows, vibrant light of happiness, birther of all life and gentle way of death, hear my prayer. I raise my heart to you as do the ancient redwoods, rooted in the ground, swaying in the wind....

Meditation | By Tess Baumberger | January 21, 2015 | From WorshipWeb
Tagged as: Awe, Body, Gratitude, Joy, Listening, Mystery, Presence, Unitarian Universalism, Worth

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