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I [do not] mean to present myself as some kind of bodhisattva of compassion. However, in my better moments—at least in my more conscious moments—while I’m eating, I do try to imagine the lives and even the deaths of the creatures who nourish me. I try to think of the freedom and exhilaration...Reading | By Lillian Nye | January 21, 2015 | From WorshipWebTagged as: 7th Principle (Interconnected Web), Activism, Animals, Body, Earth Day, Ethics, Food, Food Justice, Nature, Thanksgiving, Unitarian Universalism, WorkWorship element -
Let us bless the Earth, And all that is steady and firm. Let us bless the Sky, And all that is open and filled with light. Let us bless their union, Holy and without ceasing. Let us bless their children, The bounty of field and forest, Stones, plants, animals, and all living things....Prayer | By Eric Williams | January 21, 2015 | From WorshipWebTagged as: 7th Principle (Interconnected Web), Abundance, Earth, Earth Day, Earth-Centered, Healing, Imbolc / Brighid's Day / Candlemas, Lammas, Nature, Paganism, Relationships, Summer Solstice, Vernal EquinoxWorship element
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Call to sing joyfully to fulfill our role as part of creation Let us sing a song to the Eternal. Let the earth and her children break forth in song. Let the sky and its creatures in chorus reply. Let the sea and all that is within it sound out praise. Let the storms raise their voices, the river...Opening | By Eric Williams | January 21, 2015 | From WorshipWebTagged as: 7th Principle (Interconnected Web), Creativity, Joy, JudaismWorship element
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God of many names, you who have searched what is hidden within us and who knows us to our core: Our intentions, our wounds, our aspirations and our dreams. You who is familiar with all our ways, even before a word is on our tongue you know it completely. Where can we go from your Spirit?...Prayer | By Tamara Lebak | January 21, 2015 | From WorshipWebTagged as: 1st Principle (Worth & Dignity), 7th Principle (Interconnected Web), Direct Experience, God, Immanence, JudaismWorship element
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For dragonflies, butterflies, Caterpillars on leaves, Lizards, wild turkeys, and tigers and deer, We give thanks! For sunset and seashells And starfish and sand, Octopus, jellyfish, and hammerhead shark, We give thanks!...Prayer | By Gail Forsyth-Vail | January 21, 2015 | From WorshipWebTagged as: 7th Principle (Interconnected Web), Animals, Children, Earth, Earth-Centered, Gratitude, NatureWorship element
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Spirit of life, help me remember that all animals belong. Bless the bats for eating mosquitoes. Bless the crows and buzzards for cleaning up the dead, and bless even the snakes, who keep the mice out of the rice. Each of them is important. And each does good in its own way. Blessed be.Prayer | By Eliza Blanchard | January 21, 2015 | From WorshipWebTagged as: 7th Principle (Interconnected Web), Animals, Earth-Centered, Purpose, ServiceWorship element
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O God, we give thanks this day and every day for all you have made known to us through the life of Jesus. Glory to you throughout the ages. We give thanks for all the knowledge, faith and hope that is implanted in our hearts by the teachings of Jesus, whom you sent to us, and spiritually remains...Ritual | By Kenneth Claus | January 21, 2015 | From WorshipWebTagged as: 3rd Principle (Acceptance & Spiritual Growth), 6th Principle (World Community), 7th Principle (Interconnected Web), Christianity, Communion (Christian), Connections, Direct Experience, God, Immanence, Nature, Revelation, Reverence, Tradition, TransformationWorship element -
Service Leader: In our religious tradition, it is not just ministers and religious professionals who have power to bless. Each of us has the power to bless another, and to bless the world. Therefore I invite everyone here to participate in this blessing....Blessing | By John Gibb Millspaugh, Sarah Gibb Millspaugh | January 21, 2015 | From WorshipWebTagged as: 7th Principle (Interconnected Web), Body, Caring, Creativity, Earth, Health, Hinduism, Joy, Love, Power, Relationships, Strength, Unitarian UniversalismWorship element
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"Humans are part of the web of life. What we do to the planet, what we do to other species, and what we do to other people, we end up doing to ourselves."...Quote | By John Robbins | January 21, 2015 | From WorshipWebTagged as: 7th Principle (Interconnected Web), Animals, Earth, Earth Day, Earth-Centered, Interdependence, Nature, Prophetic Words & Deeds, ResponsibilityWorship element
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A person is ethical only when life, as such, is sacred, that of plants and animals as that of other men and women, and when one devotes oneself helpfully to all life that is in need of help.Quote | By Albert Schweitzer | January 21, 2015 | From WorshipWebTagged as: 7th Principle (Interconnected Web), Animal Blessing, Animals, Connections, Earth, Earth Day, Humanism, Interdependence, SacredWorship element -
Utility | January 8, 2015 | For Preschool | From Chalice ChildrenTagged as: 2nd Principle (Justice, Equity, & Compassion), 7th Principle (Interconnected Web), Caring, Community, Food, Friendship, Happiness, Hospitality, Love, Teamwork, Unitarian UniversalismCurriculum page -
Utility | December 19, 2014 | For Preschool | From Chalice ChildrenTagged as: 7th Principle (Interconnected Web), Climate Change, Climate Justice, Earth, Earth Day, Earth-Centered, Environment, Interdependence, Nature, Science, WholenessCurriculum page
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Utility | December 2, 2014 | For Preschool | From Chalice ChildrenTagged as: 4th Principle (Truth & Meaning), 7th Principle (Interconnected Web), Awe, Direct Experience, Earth, Environment, Nature, Reason, Science, Unitarian Universalism, WonderCurriculum page
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Adapted from the story, "We Are All One," in Stories in Faith by Gail Forsyth-Vail (Boston: Unitarian Universalist Association, 2007), which was adapted from a Cantonese tale adapted by Lawrence Yep....Story | November 9, 2014 | For Children, Grades 2-3 | From Moral TalesTagged as: 7th Principle (Interconnected Web), Animals, Compassion, Connections, Empathy, Interdependence, Kindness, NatureCurriculum page -
Utility | November 7, 2014 | For Preschool | From Chalice ChildrenTagged as: 7th Principle (Interconnected Web), Direct Experience, Food, Gratitude, Tradition, WorkCurriculum page
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Utility | November 7, 2014 | For Preschool | From Chalice ChildrenTagged as: 4th Principle (Truth & Meaning), 7th Principle (Interconnected Web), Awe, Direct Experience, Mystery, Reason, Science, Transcendence, Truth, Unitarian Universalism, WonderCurriculum page
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Utility | November 7, 2014 | For Preschool | From Chalice ChildrenTagged as: 4th Principle (Truth & Meaning), 7th Principle (Interconnected Web), Awe, Direct Experience, Meaning, Mindfulness, Mystery, Reason, Reverence, Science, Searching, Spirituality, Transcendence, Unitarian UniversalismCurriculum page
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Genesis 1: 1-31; 2:1-4 (New Revised Standard Version) In the beginning when God created the heavens and the earth, the earth was a formless void and darkness covered the face of the deep, while a wind from God swept over the face of the waters. Then God said, "Let there be light," and there was...Story | October 29, 2014 | For Multigenerational | From Wisdom from the Hebrew ScripturesTagged as: 7th Principle (Interconnected Web), Animals, Authority, Birth, Connections, Creativity, Diversity, Earth, God, Good, Interdependence, JudaismCurriculum page -
The ban started in 2006, on Tanzania's Zanzibar archipelago. The Zanzibar islands on the Indian Ocean are famous for their pristine beaches and their history of trade in spices and slaves. Today, Zanzibar depends on tourism for most of its income. One month after this island paradise was named as...Story | October 29, 2014 | For High School | From Virtue EthicsTagged as: 7th Principle (Interconnected Web), Balance, Earth Day, Responsibility, StewardshipCurriculum page -
Utility | October 22, 2014 | For Preschool | From Chalice ChildrenTagged as: 2nd Principle (Justice, Equity, & Compassion), 7th Principle (Interconnected Web), Acceptance, Conflict, Death, Depression, Empathy, Failure, Limitations, Pain, Remembrance Day, Sadness, Unitarian UniversalismCurriculum page