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  • In a kitchen, a mother with an iPod and headphones dances and sings while her teenage daughter also dances.
    Spirit of Life, remind me to release that which no longer serves me so that I may be present to joy.
    Reflection | By Katie Romano Griffin | May 5, 2021 | From Braver/Wiser
    Tagged as: Acceptance, Children, Family, Generations, Home, Mothers, Parents, Worship
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    Civil rights attorney Sam Ames says the 2020 election marks the beginning, not the end, of work to strengthen trans rights.
    By Staff Writer | May 1, 2021 | From UU World
    Tagged as: Acceptance, Human Rights, Lesbian/Gay/Bisexual/Transgender/Queer
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  • Four young adults, with their backs to the camera, wrap their arms around each other outdoors as bright sun shines around them.
    Unitarian Universalism has a place for you. It is right here.
    Chalice Lighting | By Tara Humphries | March 3, 2021 | From WorshipWeb
    Tagged as: 1st Principle (Worth & Dignity), 3rd Principle (Acceptance & Spiritual Growth), Acceptance, Community, Inclusion, Worship, Young Adults, Youth/Teens
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  • Sure, I have pink hair, and sure, I love to dance all night to a raucous feminist punk band, but my participation in a faith community is what sets me apart from my peers.
    By Kate Landis | September 1, 2020 | From Spirit
    Tagged as: Acceptance, Community, Lesbian/Gay/Bisexual/Transgender/Queer, Salvation, Spiritual Practice, Spirituality
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  • image of various quilt patterns with text overlay that reads "Tapestry of Faith Harvest the Power 2nd Edition"
    For Workshop 3, Are We Doing the Right Things? Activity 1, Turning Points
    June 1, 2020 | From Harvest the Power, 2nd Edition
    Tagged as: Acceptance, Disability & Accessibility, Diversity & Inclusion, Self-Respect
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    Our Whole Lives offers new program for adults aged 50 and over.
    By Andrea Dulanto | June 1, 2020 | From UU World
    Tagged as: Acceptance, Education, Lesbian/Gay/Bisexual/Transgender/Queer, Self-Care, Sexuality, Sexuality Education
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  • A person's torso and arms. They're holding out their forearms and hands, palms up, in a gesture of acceptance or receiving.
    Feel that? Each breath, every inhale, exhale We are living, breathing, connected. We are the whole, complete, beautiful selves that we were born to be. Feel that? In your bones, in your muscles In your heart and your blood That is the extraordinary you. The you who was born for this time, this...
    Affirmation | By Gwen Matthews | April 21, 2020 | From WorshipWeb
    Tagged as: #COVID19, 1st Principle (Worth & Dignity), Acceptance, Awe, Beauty, Body, Direct Experience
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  • a horizontal wisp of orange, yellow, green, and purple smoke
    There is a Universal Love that has never broken faith with us and never will.
    Affirmation | By Rebecca Ann Parker | April 21, 2020 | From WorshipWeb
    Tagged as: Acceptance, Compassion, Love, Peace, Presence, Unitarian Universalism
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  • A person's torso and arms. They're holding out their forearms and hands, palms up, in a gesture of acceptance or receiving.
    Give up the fight For some other moment Some other life Than here, and now Give up the longing for some other world The wishing for other choices to make other songs to sing other bodies, other ages, other countries, other stakes Purge the past; forgive the future— for each come too soon.
    Opening | By Gretchen Haley | April 8, 2020 | From WorshipWeb
    Tagged as: 1st Principle (Worth & Dignity), 3rd Principle (Acceptance & Spiritual Growth), Acceptance, Body, Choice, Direct Experience, Forgiveness, Mindfulness, Peace, Presence
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  • Seen from above, in light cast only by flames, a solitary person swings two "poi" fire weights on chains (sometimes called "fire juggling")
    We all have our foibles; pieces of ourselves that we both admire and occasionally revile. These gifts and struggles exist in tandem.
    Reflection | By Alix Klingenberg | March 4, 2020 | From Braver/Wiser
    Tagged as: 1st Principle (Worth & Dignity), 3rd Principle (Acceptance & Spiritual Growth), Acceptance, Body, Compassion, Direct Experience, Discernment, Self-Care, Self-Respect
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    We can be cheerleaders for people’s simple joys—even if we don’t share them.
    By Erika Hewitt | March 1, 2020 | From Life
    Tagged as: Acceptance, Compassion, Integrity, Joy, Playfulness
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  • A singer with a microphone, reaching with dramatic body language, with smoke and lights in the background.
    We have so many opportunities to bless each other in this world, but they don’t always announce themselves as moments of profound transformation.
    Reflection | By Lindasusan Ulrich | February 5, 2020 | From Braver/Wiser
    Tagged as: 1st Principle (Worth & Dignity), 2nd Principle (Justice, Equity, & Compassion), Acceptance, Body, Direct Experience, Diversity, Fat Liberation, Friendship, Humanism, Kindness, Relationships, Secular, Youth/Teens
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  • A close-up of green strips of broken glass, as if petals of a flower.
    Surround yourself with skillful teachers. Let them teach you, but don't let them do it for you. That learning is yours to do.
    Reflection | By Karen G. Johnston | January 22, 2020 | From Braver/Wiser
    Tagged as: 4th Principle (Truth & Meaning), Acceptance, Arts & Music, Beauty, Brokenness, Creativity, Direct Experience, Growth, Humanism, Prophetic Words & Deeds, Secular
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  • Two pairs of hands hold a map and a compass, as if to get bearings mid-journey.
    In honor of the risk takers, those that hold the vision with clarity and charge forward with optimism even in the face of others doubts. You are our lamp lighters and our guides; may we never forget the courage it takes to lead the way forward. In honor of the cautious skeptics, those that gather...
    Affirmation | By Amanda Schuber | December 18, 2019 | From WorshipWeb
    Tagged as: 3rd Principle (Acceptance & Spiritual Growth), Acceptance, Community, Direct Experience, Diversity, Interdependence, Journey, Leadership, Responsibility, Unitarian Universalism
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  • On a city street strewn with fallen leaves, a person with long hair is seen from behind, wearing a backpack.
    Sometimes grief sends notice ahead of time; sometimes, it shows up as an unwelcome, uninvited guest.
    Reflection | By Monica Dobbins | October 30, 2019 | From Braver/Wiser
    Tagged as: 3rd Principle (Acceptance & Spiritual Growth), 4th Principle (Truth & Meaning), Acceptance, Bridging Ceremony, Change, Children, Direct Experience, Grief, Growth, Humanism, Letting Go, Mother's Day, Parents, Secular, Transformation
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  • Side With Love Against Hate
    Side With Love Against Hate: A Post-Straight Pride Reflection “Let’s continue to turn our backs on hatred, using our voices to continue spreading the message of love.” - Mayor Marty Walsh
    By Art Nava | October 30, 2019 | From Uplift
    Tagged as: Acceptance, Activism, LGBTQ Issues, LGBTQ Welcome & Equality, Social Justice
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  • Two wooden knitting needles plunged into a ball of thick purple yarn
    Knit six purl six sets of two rows four rows six rows up to twelve, patterns, repeating, steady, soothingly same. This is not what life is like. Life is like picking up a tousled hunk of yarn pulled out of the basket by an impatient child looking for a string too many times. You find an end. You...
    Poetry | By Dawn Star Sarahs-Borchelt | October 16, 2019 | From WorshipWeb
    Tagged as: 3rd Principle (Acceptance & Spiritual Growth), 7th Principle (Interconnected Web), Acceptance, Brokenness, Connections, Direct Experience, Grief, Humanism, Interdependence, Life Transition, Pain, Secular, Stress
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    The tides slowly wear away at the ragged and scraped edges where we tore ourselves out, and what is left behind is as smooth as breath.
    Meditation | By Jess Reynolds | June 1, 2019 | From UU World
    Tagged as: Acceptance, Body, Nature, Transformation
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  • ‘You said it was for the best if my soul remained hidden. . . . I believed you for a time.’
    Feature | By Gwen­dolyn Howard | June 1, 2019 | From UU World
    Tagged as: Acceptance, Courage, Gender, Integrity, Lesbian/Gay/Bisexual/Transgender/Queer
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  • From several stories above street level, a large fabric rainbow is carried between contingents at a Pride parade
    Blessed are the wanderers, Seeking affirmation. Blessed are the worshipers, Praying from closets, Pulpits, pews, and hardship. Blessed are the lovers of leaving – Leaving family and familiarity, Leaving tables Where love is not being served. Blessed are those who stay....
    Blessing | By Helen “HP” Rivers | May 28, 2019 | From WorshipWeb
    Tagged as: 1st Principle (Worth & Dignity), 2nd Principle (Justice, Equity, & Compassion), 6th Principle (World Community), 7th Principle (Interconnected Web), Acceptance, Anti-Oppression, Coming Out, Compassion, Diversity, Family, Gender, Humanism, Justice, Justice Sunday, Lesbian/Gay/Bisexual/Transgender/Queer, Love, National Coming Out Day, Pride Sunday, Prophetic Words & Deeds, Secular, Sexuality
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