Gordon B McKeeman

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Ministry is all that we do—Together Ministry is that quality of being in community that affirms human dignity— beckons forth hidden possibilities, invites us into deeper, more constant, reverent relationships, and carries forward our heritage of hope and liberation. Ministry is what we do...

Meditation | By Gordon B McKeeman | May 14, 2015 | From WorshipWeb
Tagged as: Community, Courage, Dignity, Hope, Installations, Ministry, Ordinations, Relationships, Reverence, Service, Solidarity, Unity
Cover of Becoming: A Spiritual Guide for Navigating Adulthood

I stretch forth my hand Knowing not what I shall touch... A tender spot, An open wound, Warmth, Pulsing life, Fragile blossoms, A rock, Ice. I am tentative, trembling... Wishing to avoid hurt, Wanting to link my life with Life. Lonely, I desire companions Naked, I long for defenders....

Poetry | By Gordon B McKeeman | April 27, 2015 | From WorshipWeb
Tagged as: 3rd Principle (Acceptance & Spiritual Growth), 4th Principle (Truth & Meaning), Caring, Connections, Despair, Hope, Intimacy, Vulnerability
Cover of Becoming: A Spiritual Guide for Navigating Adulthood

Wisdom, fundamentally, is knowing who you are, where you are, and what you’re trying to do or be.

Quote | By Gordon B McKeeman | April 26, 2015 | From WorshipWeb
Tagged as: Identity, Purpose, Wisdom

We summon ourselves from the demands and delights of the daily round: from the dirty dishes and unwaxed floors; from unmowed grass, and untrimmed bushes; from all incompletenesses and not-yet-startednesses; from the unholy and the unresolved....

Opening | By Gordon B McKeeman | January 21, 2015 | From WorshipWeb
Tagged as: 2nd Principle (Justice, Equity, & Compassion), 4th Principle (Truth & Meaning), 6th Principle (World Community), Beauty, Calling, Hope, Sacred, Unitarian Universalism, Vision

The other day I was driving on an expressway. These days expressway driving seems a frantic enterprise. Near one of the exit ramps, one of the highway denizens, a behemoth "semi" had pulled over onto the berm. The driver had emerged and was gathering some wild plants along the side of the road.

Reading | By Gordon B McKeeman | January 21, 2015 | From WorshipWeb
Tagged as: Solidarity

Ministry is a quality of relationship between and among human beings that beckons forth hidden possibilities; inviting people into deeper, more constant, more reverent relationship with the world and with one another; carrying forward a long heritage of hope and liberation that has dignified and...

Reading | By Gordon B McKeeman | January 21, 2015 | From WorshipWeb
Tagged as: Compassion, Healing, Installations, Leadership, Ordinations, Presence, Service, Teacher Dedication, Unitarian Universalism
In a night sky, bolts of lightning shoot down towards the silhouette of evergreen trees.

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 WorshipWeb
Tagged as: Awe, Connections, Contemplation, Mystery, Presence, Unity, Wonder

The worship of the gathered community is now ended. Go in peace. Go in joy. Go in love to share in the ongoing worship of the community in dispersion. Carry with you what is precious to us all: reverence for all life, beauty that displays itself in love, deep, abiding peace.

Closing | By Gordon B McKeeman | January 21, 2015 | From WorshipWeb
Tagged as: Community, Peace, Purpose, Service, Unitarian Universalism

Worship need not cease. It can echo in our lives, in our words, in our deeds, in our moods, in our dreams. Carry worship with you wherever you may go. Be a blessing in your going out and your coming in.

Closing | By Gordon B McKeeman | January 21, 2015 | From WorshipWeb
Tagged as: Sacred
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"Let there be light!" Let it shine in dark places, in moments of pain, in times of grief, in the darkness of hatred, violence, oppression, where there is discouragement and despair. Wherever darkness is to be put to flight, "Let there be light!"...

Chalice Lighting | By Gordon B McKeeman | January 21, 2015 | From WorshipWeb
Tagged as: 2nd Principle (Justice, Equity, & Compassion), 6th Principle (World Community), Balance, Christianity, Compassion, Despair, Grief, Healing, Hope, Oppression, Pain, Sorrow, Unitarian Universalism, Violence

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