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Blessed are the heavens, for they declare the power of creation. Blessed is the earth, our beloved home, for she is a planet of plenitude. Blessed are the waters thereon, for they gave rise to living things. Blessed is the land, for it is the source of life abundant....Reading | By Richard S. Gilbert | January 21, 2015 | From WorshipWebTagged as: 7th Principle (Interconnected Web), Awe, Earth Day, NatureWorship element
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(May be read responsively) We are not alone. We are this flame, ancient as the stars, new as the vulnerable spark. We are not alone. We are this chalice, rimmed by the spiral dance of searching. We are not alone. We are the light soaring, the shadow deepening, the dance between them. We are not...Chalice Lighting | By Michael DeVernon Boblett | January 21, 2015 | From WorshipWebTagged as: 7th Principle (Interconnected Web), Awe, Connections, Generations, Prophetic Words & Deeds, WonderWorship element -
Praise the sun, the moon, the stars,...Reading | By Kathy A Huff | January 21, 2015 | From WorshipWebTagged as: AweWorship element
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Spirit of life—mysterious power in all creation—we gather before you now as countless others have stood asking that you make yourself known to us. Let us find you in the glories and wonders of the world and in moments of great joy and ecstasy. But most of all, let us find you in the commonplace:...Meditation | By Andrew C Backus | January 21, 2015 | From WorshipWebTagged as: 4th Principle (Truth & Meaning), Awe, Connections, Growth, Mystery, Revelation, TranscendenceWorship element -
Oh power of springtime, Spirit of green grasses and warm breezes; Goddess of creativity of birth of life renewed You sing all about us at this time. The birds call your sacred name. Buds burst forth with your vestment....Prayer | By George A Tyger | January 21, 2015 | From WorshipWebTagged as: 7th Principle (Interconnected Web), Awe, Body, Direct Experience, Earth, Earth Day, Earth-Centered, Grace, Nature, Vernal EquinoxWorship element -
Oh God of many moments, of night gliding into day, and day seeping into night, of infant milky sleeping breaths and wrinkled, crinkled aging eyes, of the starting beauty of sunlight gazed upon a tree and mournful moonlit vistas, call us from days of doing into instances of being, remind us of the...Meditation | By Tess Baumberger | January 21, 2015 | From WorshipWebTagged as: Awe, Body, Connections, God, Grace, NatureWorship element -
Oh Divine Spirit, healer of my hurts, consoler of my sorrows, vibrant light of happiness, birther of all life and gentle way of death, hear my prayer. I raise my heart to you as do the ancient redwoods, rooted in the ground, swaying in the wind....Meditation | By Tess Baumberger | January 21, 2015 | From WorshipWebTagged as: Awe, Body, Gratitude, Joy, Listening, Mystery, Presence, Unitarian Universalism, WorthWorship element
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Loving God, We gather today in humility, Awed by the stone rolled back; And the surprise of the empty tomb. We gather in defiance Of the pain and the injustice that came before; And of the pain and injustice that will likely come again. We gather in hope That life can begin anew; That our...Meditation | By Paul S Sawyer | January 21, 2015 | From WorshipWebTagged as: Awe, Birth, Christianity, Commitment, EasterWorship element
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Lord of all being, the longer I walk upon this great green earth the less do I understand my purpose in being here; the less am I able to fathom the reason of my birth and span of life....Prayer | By Michael A Schuler | January 21, 2015 | From WorshipWebTagged as: Awe, Faith, Peace, Purpose, Transcendence, Unitarian UniversalismWorship element
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Let us pray to the God who holds us in the hollow of his hands -- to the God who holds us in the curve of her arms -- to the God whose flesh is the flesh of hills and hummingbirds and angleworms -- whose skin is the color of an old black woman and a young white man, and the color of the leopard a...Meditation | By Max A Coots | January 21, 2015 | From WorshipWebTagged as: Awe, GodWorship element
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Each of the stars in the heavens is unique, an individual, yet together they form the night sky; Each of us here is unique, an individual, yet together we are a congregation; Each of our congregations is unique, an individual, yet together we are an Association....Chalice Lighting | By Erik Walker Wikstrom | January 21, 2015 | From WorshipWebTagged as: Awe, Caring, Connections, Diversity, Gratitude, Identity, Individualism, Nature, Purpose, RelationshipsWorship element -
May the prayers of our hearts and the songs of our lips shared in this holy hour of worship, be with us now in all the days to come. Amen.Closing | By Phyllis B O'Connell | January 21, 2015 | From WorshipWebTagged as: Arts & Music, Awe, Grace, Peace, Sacred, Unitarian UniversalismWorship element
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May the love that gives to life its beauty, the reverence that gives to life its sacredness, and the purposes that give to life its deep significance be strong within each of us and lead us into ever deepening relationships with all of life. Amen.Closing | By George G Brooks | January 21, 2015 | From WorshipWebTagged as: 4th Principle (Truth & Meaning), 7th Principle (Interconnected Web), Abundance, Awe, Interdependence, Relationships, Sacred, Unitarian UniversalismWorship element
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Many of the past generation and many of today have found three abiding values in prayer: the quiet meditation on life, the reaching out toward the universal and the infinite, and the courageous facing of one's profoundest wishes....Chalice Lighting | By Sophia Lyon Fahs | January 21, 2015 | From WorshipWebTagged as: Awe, Beginnings, Children, Courage, Empathy, Generations, Journey, Mystery, ProgressWorship element -
Great Rainbow Arch your bright light your seven colours your cool dew link sky and earth above the Christmas stable. Hold us all in your encompassing arms. Forgive our exclusion of others earth and life and child. So may we too forgive those who have excluded us. Save us from the darkness of deep...Meditation | By Andrew M Hill | January 21, 2015 | From WorshipWebTagged as: Awe, Christmas Eve / Christmas, Earth, Earth-Centered, Forgiveness, Nature, Presence, Transcendence, Winter Solstice / YuleWorship element -
Please join with me in the spirit of meditation and prayer. We know the leaves are dying. We know that their blaze of beauty is a preparation for death. It is a time when we appreciate the effort of nature to rise above the ordinariness of life and death. It is a time when we visibly comprehend...Meditation | By Elizabeth M Strong | January 21, 2015 | From WorshipWebTagged as: Acceptance, Autumnal Equinox, Awe, Death, Earth, Earth-Centered, NatureWorship element -
We are in the midst of the season of celebration. Celebrations: Of the birth of new hope, Of the festival of lights, Of the triumph of freedom. The darkness of the year is lifting and the time of light grows longer. We have gathered with an anticipation of hope for peace on earth and in our homes.Meditation | By Elizabeth M Strong | January 21, 2015 | From WorshipWebTagged as: Awe, Christmas Eve / Christmas, Ending, Hanukkah, Hope, Letting Go, New Year, Searching, Unitarian Universalism, Winter Solstice / YuleWorship element -
Day by day, month by month, year by year we are confronted with all that we do not know, that we do not understand, that we do not grasp....Meditation | By Susan L Suchocki | January 21, 2015 | From WorshipWebTagged as: Awe, Direct Experience, Growth, Humility, Mystery, Prophetic Words & Deeds, SearchingWorship element -
Now is the moment of magic, when the whole, round earth turns again toward the sun....Meditation | By Victoria Safford | January 21, 2015 | From WorshipWebTagged as: Awe, Christmas Eve / Christmas, Connections, Earth-Centered, Gratitude, Hanukkah, IllUUmination, Kwanzaa, Love, Winter Solstice / Yule, WonderWorship element -
Let us take a moment to settle into the silence. Hear and feel your quiet breathing. Hear and feel the quiet of this room and this community of quiet people. As we sit in the quiet, feel the life that stretches between us, that fills this room....Meditation | By Emmy Lou Belcher | January 21, 2015 | From WorshipWebTagged as: 7th Principle (Interconnected Web), Awe, Connections, Freedom, Presence, Silence, Unitarian UniversalismWorship element