Mandie McGlynn

Mandie McGlynn smiles. She's wearing eyeglasses with multicolor frames, and her long hair is in shades of teal, pink and purple.

Mandie McGlynn (she/her) is a Spiritual Companion specializing in spiritual care for those unaffiliated with or underserved by institutional religion. A white, able-bodied, queer Jew, Mandie believes that all our stories are sacred, and she uses deep listening and reflection, Tarot, text study, and more to engage those stories. Mandie can be found on social media @mandiemcglynn.

From Mandie McGlynn

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We must be willing and prepared to dance with joy when liberation arrives.

Poetry | By Mandie McGlynn | January 12, 2022 | From WorshipWeb
Tagged as: Generations, Judaism, WorshipWeb, Worship

Spirit of Life and Love, Holy One of our Being and our Becoming, That which is Sacred Within, Among, and Beyond Us… We know so many stories about You: God, Lord, King, Father. Earth Mother, Great Spirit, Universe. Holy Parent, Divine Love, Deepest Longings, Covenanted Partner. We know stories...

Prayer | By Mandie McGlynn | January 29, 2019 | From WorshipWeb
Tagged as: 1st Principle (Worth & Dignity), 3rd Principle (Acceptance & Spiritual Growth), Acceptance, Discernment, God, Honesty, Listening, Self-Respect, Truth, Unitarian Universalism, Vision

Everything is about to change. And it already has. It will be. It was. It is. The dawn you eagerly await to end the long, cold darkness is already full sun far off in the east. Yet even after light’s return spring is months away. Thirty long years pass after His birth before the Messiah comes.

Reading | By Mandie McGlynn | January 7, 2019 | From WorshipWeb
Tagged as: Advent, Beginnings, Change, Christianity, Christmas Eve / Christmas, Contemplation, Ending, Faith, Growth, Hope, Journey, Justice, Life Transition, Paganism, Patience, Winter Solstice / Yule, WorshipWeb

Tell me the story of my birth, and help me understand how you were changed the day I entered the world. Help me know love, deep in my bones.

Reflection | By Mandie McGlynn | May 9, 2018 | From Braver/Wiser
Tagged as: 1st Principle (Worth & Dignity), Beginnings, Birth, Child Dedication, Children, Direct Experience, Family, Father's Day, Fathers, Humanism, Love, Mother's Day, Mothers, Parents, Secular

I’m not the same person who stood in that tattoo parlor eleven years ago. Still, I don’t for a minute regret being permanently marked with this snapshot in time, of my wounds and my hope.

Reflection | By Mandie McGlynn | January 20, 2018 | From Braver/Wiser
Tagged as: 1st Principle (Worth & Dignity), Body, Children, Direct Experience, Discernment, Humanism, Secular, Self-Care, Self-Respect, Women

Spirit of Life and Love, Holy One of our Being and our Becoming, That which is sacred Within, Among, and Beyond us… We have been blessed today by this community of compassion, comfort, and kindness. We’ve confessed that we've broken our vows a thousand times, and we have extended to and received...

Prayer | By Mandie McGlynn | October 24, 2017 | From WorshipWeb
Tagged as: Christianity, Communion (Christian)

While they were eating the Passover meal, Jesus took the bread in his hands and began to speak. “I am working to create infinite Justice, and I will never stop as long as I live.” He looked around at them. “But you know as well as I do that ‘as long as I live’ isn’t going to be very...

Ritual | By Mandie McGlynn | October 24, 2017 | From WorshipWeb
Tagged as: Christianity, Communion (Christian)

At sundown on Saturday, the Sabbath finally over, Mary Magdalene and the other women who loved Jesus began to prepare spices to pour over his body to honor him and say a final farewell. They were up all night, cooking and talking, and remembering his life....

Story | By Mandie McGlynn | October 23, 2017 | From WorshipWeb
Tagged as: Christianity, Communion (Christian), Easter, Tradition, Transformation

Beloved, as we depart this holy space nourished and renewed, let us live into our dreams and expand our circle of justice to encompass all of creation. Let us love one another and the earth, for as a body is animated through the relationships among its many parts, so God is made manifest among us...

Benediction | By Mandie McGlynn | October 20, 2017 | From WorshipWeb
Tagged as: Christianity, Communion (Christian)

'That we might, at last, glimpse the stars, brilliant in the desert sky.'

Image | By Mandie McGlynn | March 17, 2015 | From UU World
Tagged as: Personal Inspiration

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