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A person is not entitled to forgiveness if they haven’t done the work of repair.Reading | By Danya Ruttenberg | November 20, 2023 | From WorshipWebTagged as: Forgiveness, Judaism, Reconciliation, WorshipWeb, WorshipWorship element
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Atonement is, in the framework of my tradition, something that happens in connection with the divine.Reading | By Danya Ruttenberg | November 15, 2023 | From WorshipWebTagged as: Forgiveness, Judaism, WorshipWeb, WorshipWorship element
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We need to summon the courage to cross the bridge...Reading | By Danya Ruttenberg | November 15, 2023 | From WorshipWebTagged as: Blame, Courage, Forgiveness, Judaism, Personal Stories, Relationships, Responsibility, Trust, WorshipWeb, WorshipWorship element
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Thoughtful commentary and context for how to light a menorah responsibly and respectfully.Video | By Joanna Lubkin | October 10, 2023 | From WorshipLabTagged as: Hanukkah, Judaism, WorshipWeb, WorshipPage/Article
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With On Repentance and Repair, UU Common Read groups can seek a Unitarian Universalist resonance with the writings of the 12th century Jewish physician and scholar, Maimonides. Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg offers a contemporary, lively interpretation of the ancient text, inviting people of any and all...June 13, 2023Tagged as: Adult Faith Development, Judaism, Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur, Racial Justice, Faith DevelopmentPage/Article
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A heartfelt call and primer for community-oriented models of wellbeing in our age of polarization and turmoil. Available for preorder...Book | By Pamela Ayo Yetunde, Eboo Patel, Resmaa Menakem | January 29, 2023Tagged as: Activism, Buddhism, Christianity, Community, Compassion, Healing, Hinduism, Judaism, Pastoral Care, Religion, Sacred, SpiritualityProduct
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We all want to feel at home, somewhere, somehow....Reading | By Christian Schmidt | October 18, 2022 | From WorshipWebTagged as: Home, Judaism, Searching, SukkotWorship element
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Breathe in us, with us, and through us as we gather—one in community.Invocation | By Kristin Grassel Schmidt | September 22, 2022 | From WorshipWebTagged as: Awe, Earth-Centered, Judaism, Nature, Rosh Hashanah, Unity, WorshipWeb, WorshipWorship element
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We could have assimilated but instead / we rededicateAffirmation | By Leah Ongiri | March 1, 2022 | From WorshipWebTagged as: Hanukkah, Identity, Judaism, Strength, Tradition, WorshipWeb, WorshipWorship element
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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 WorshipWebTagged as: Generations, Judaism, WorshipWeb, WorshipWorship element
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May this chalice light guide us toward the courageous and openhearted apology, toward repair of relationships in our lives.Chalice Lighting | By Joanna Lubkin | October 1, 2020 | From WorshipWebTagged as: Forgiveness, Judaism, Relationships, Sacred, Yom Kippur, WorshipWeb, WorshipWorship element
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So, friends, let’s practice together. I invite you to engage in some reflection about whether and how you are bringing that individualism into your practice of covenant and what a deeper practice of covenant can make possible for us.By Erica Baron | September 21, 2020 | From CovenantingTagged as: 6th Principle (World Community), Christianity, Covenant, Covenant, Judaism, Six SourcesPage/Article
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We are held by the great Book of Life, in which it is written that we will inevitably face deprivation and discomfort. Each among us must contemplate our own place in it all.Opening | By Leah Ongiri | September 15, 2020 | From WorshipWebTagged as: Judaism, Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur, WorshipWeb, WorshipWorship element
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In ancient times, they said Dayenu It would have been enough to have been spared after the plagues. It would have been enough to have been freed of slavery, It would have been enough to have had food in the desert, Now we question, when will it be enough again? Dayenu Will it be enough to stay home?Opening | By Elizabeth Mount | April 6, 2020 | From WorshipWebTagged as: #COVID19, Generations, History, Judaism, Passover (Pesach), TraditionWorship element
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What if you thought of it as the Jews consider the Sabbath— the most sacred of times? Cease from travel. Cease from buying and selling. Give up, just for now, on trying to make the world different than it is. Sing. Pray. Touch only those to whom you commit your life. Center down. And when your...Poetry | By Lynn Ungar | March 17, 2020 | From WorshipWebTagged as: #COVID19, Body, Contemplation, Direct Experience, Healing, Judaism, Sacred, WisdomWorship element
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We honor the great mystery of the universe, the source of all, which deems everything sacred by its power to unite us...Blessing | By Lorenzo Bassman | January 8, 2020 | From WorshipWebTagged as: Hanukkah, Judaism, Unitarian UniversalismWorship element
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Spirit of Life, Source of Love, you who know our struggles and failures as well as we know them ourselves, be with us as we enter into this time of reflection. Give us the courage to travel through a moral inventory of our lives, to notice the places where we have missed opportunities to live our...Prayer | By Lyn Cox | October 16, 2019 | From WorshipWebTagged as: 7th Principle (Interconnected Web), Community, Conscience, Ethics, Failure, Judaism, Reconciliation, Responsibility, Rosh Hashanah, Transformation, Yom KippurWorship element
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We feel the season turning. The early sunset glancing through the red-tinged leaves. The newspaper arriving in the cool morning air. The flock of migrating swallows. A feeling of being on the edge of something new. These are the Days of Awe. A time to welcome a new year and a time to make the old...Opening | By Ben Soule | January 7, 2019 | From WorshipWebTagged as: 3rd Principle (Acceptance & Spiritual Growth), Awe, Conscience, Contemplation, Judaism, Mindfulness, Peace, Reconciliation, Rosh Hashanah, Sacred, Wonder, Yom Kippur, WorshipWorship element
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The innkeeper isn’t part of most Nativity sets. No one sings carols about innkeepers. There don’t seem to be any paintings that include them. But we can imagine the scene: Bethlehem is crowded with people coming home for the census. It’s late at night when the innkeeper responds to a knock on...Reading | By Anne Dilenschneider | January 2, 2019 | From WorshipWebTagged as: 1st Principle (Worth & Dignity), 2nd Principle (Justice, Equity, & Compassion), Abundance, Anti-Oppression, Christianity, Christmas Eve / Christmas, Compassion, Discernment, Empathy, Hospitality, Inclusion, Judaism, Kindness, Living Our Faith, Responsibility, WorshipWebWorship element
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I invite you now to join me in the spirit of meditation and imagination. Find a comfortable position in your seat and close your eyes. Take a deep breath and try to find the restorative power of air and water in the breath. We must breathe to live, but our bodies also need water to survive. Our...Meditation | By Israel Buffardi | December 7, 2018 | From WorshipWebTagged as: 6th Principle (World Community), Beginnings, Body, Commitment, Courage, Creativity, Generations, History, Judaism, New Year, Power, Rosh Hashanah, Searching, Spiritual PracticeWorship element