John Saxon

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Against an indigo sky, people sit gazing into a sparking campfire.

This religious community exists by its mission as a fire exists by burning. But a fire cannot burn without fuel. And it is the time, the energy, the imagination, the vision, the creativity, the compassion, the love, and the financial support of the members and friends of this community that fuels...

Offering | By John Saxon | April 6, 2017 | From WorshipWeb
Tagged as: Abundance, Money, Stewardship
river photo pedro j perez morguefile_14410912277vsc

A religious community is like a river formed from the many streams of our lives that meet and merge and flow to the sea....

Offering | By John Saxon | April 6, 2017 | From WorshipWeb
Tagged as: Community, Generosity, Money, Stewardship
Offering bakset

The light of our chalice would soon flicker and die without the oil that nourishes its flame. And just as this flame cannot burn without oil, this religious community cannot survive or thrive without the financial, as well as personal, support of its members and friends—the oil that keeps the...

Offering | By John Saxon | April 6, 2017 | From WorshipWeb
Tagged as: Generosity, Money, Stewardship, Unitarian Universalism

Holy One, known by many names and beyond all names—Spirit of Life, Spirit of Love, Spirit of Community, Spirit of Justice: We ask your blessings on the people who have been called to lead the community in which we live and work and play. Help them as leaders to not ask first “How do we fix...

Prayer | By John Saxon | April 6, 2017 | From WorshipWeb
Tagged as: Activism, Community, Democracy, Humanism, Inclusion, Leadership, Secular, Service, Unitarian Universalism
In a dark field, a curlicue of red smoke unfurls

This day is simply one more day on the calendar. The eleventh day of September. Another beautiful, sunny day on the cusp between summer and fall. And yet, this day, September 11th, will never be just another day on the calendar as we remember that beautiful, sunny day in September fifteen years...

Prayer | By John Saxon | April 6, 2017 | From WorshipWeb
Tagged as: America, Direct Experience, Grief, Secular, Terrorism
a cluster of wooden matches, tips in the same direction, are alit. A large orange tongue of flame trails into a blue plume of smoke.

Holy One, known by many names and beyond all names, known in many ways and beyond our knowing: We gather together this evening in the cold of winter as people of many faiths, as Christians, Jews, Muslims, and Unitarian Universalists, as believers and non believers, young and old, gay and straight...

Prayer | By John Saxon | April 6, 2017 | From WorshipWeb
Tagged as: 1st Principle (Worth & Dignity), 2nd Principle (Justice, Equity, & Compassion), Anti-Oppression, Compassion, Hope, Immigration, Interdependence, Justice, Poverty, Prophetic Words & Deeds, Service, Unitarian Universalism
A pile of bright fuschia flower blossoms rest in the open hands and lap of a stone Buddha or Quan Yin statue

I invite you to join me in a time of prayer, meditation, and reflection—to be fully present here and now, in this sacred time and space, with ourselves, with each other, and with that which is larger than ourselves....

Prayer | By John Saxon | April 6, 2017 | From WorshipWeb
Tagged as: 7th Principle (Interconnected Web), Compassion, Contemplation, Direct Experience, Interdependence, Spirituality, Unitarian Universalism
Against a black backdrop, a person's hands reach gracefully toward the sky.

Listen! Can you hear it? The Spirit is calling. It calls us in the silence and through the noise and busyness of our daily lives. It calls us in the brightness of the day and the darkness of the night, in times of hope and despair. Listen! Can you hear it? The Spirit is calling. It doesn't matter...

Opening | By John Saxon | April 6, 2017 | From WorshipWeb
Tagged as: Calling, Direct Experience, Listening, Purpose, Spirituality, Transcendence

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