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It often feels like we’re shouting into the void. It was a gift to be reminded that sometimes someone is listening.Reflection | By Jodi Cohen Hayashida | July 8, 2020 | From Braver/WiserTagged as: 1st Principle (Worth & Dignity), 2nd Principle (Justice, Equity, & Compassion), 6th Principle (World Community), Activism, America, Belief, Democracy, Direct Experience, Imagination, Justice, Prophetic Words & Deeds, Race/Ethnicity, Solidarity, TruthPage/Article
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Once there was a wise woman named Athenerva.* Athenerva would travel from town to town in her country, spending a few days, maybe a week in each town. People came to her with difficult problems or arguments they were having with others, and she would help them find their way toward satisfying...Story | By Gail Sphar | May 8, 2020 | From WorshipWebTagged as: 4th Principle (Truth & Meaning), Belief, Diversity, God, Goddess, ImaginationWorship element
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I would not be the kind of person I am today if I hadn’t kept searching.By Aneesa Shaikh | June 1, 2019 | From SpiritTagged as: Belief, Multiculturalism, Spirituality, Youth/TeensPage/Article
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I'll keep being open to deep magic until I find a way to believe in it.By Meg Barnhouse | March 1, 2019 | From SpiritTagged as: Belief, Mystery, Personal StoriesPage/Article
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UU World editors invited readers to answer survey questions to compare themselves to a new Pew Research Center “religious typology” analysis.By Kenneth Sutton | August 31, 2018 | From UU WorldTagged as: Belief, Culture, Religion, Spirituality, UU IdentityPage/Article
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Leader: In this sacred space People: Let us be still in the quiet. Leader: In this sacred space People: Let our hearts open as a butterfly’s wings. Leader: In this sacred space People: May the glow of this light shine within us.Chalice Lighting | By Cheryl Block | August 6, 2018 | From WorshipWebTagged as: 2nd Principle (Justice, Equity, & Compassion), 3rd Principle (Acceptance & Spiritual Growth), Belief, Community, Compassion, Contemplation, Faith, Unitarian UniversalismWorship element
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today is a story day of a man who was loved dying washed with herbs wrapped in scented cloths laid to rest in a cave tomb a rock marking the place a story of followers weeping in surprise when they are told not to be afraid that the rock is rolled away and the cave tomb is empty and somewhere up...Invocation | By Lois Van Leer | June 18, 2018 | From WorshipWebTagged as: Belief, Christianity, Easter, Hope, PresenceWorship element
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Putting holes in things that used to be solid is hard. Some days, there is broken glass everywhere. And not all of us are skilled with the metaphorical power tools.By Liz James | February 19, 2018 | From UU WorldTagged as: Anti-Oppression, Belief, Community, Forgiveness, Power, Safe Congregations, UU TheologyPage/Article
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More than an adherence to a belief system, faith is an orientation to life.By Daniel Chesney Kanter | November 1, 2017 | From SpiritTagged as: Belief, Doubt, Faith, UU TheologyPage/Article
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Six leaders reflect on activism and religious identity in a racially and politically charged era.Feature | By Takiyah Nur Amin, Robin Bartlett, Ranwa Hammamy, Paul Rasor, Marilyn Sewell, Pamela Wat | November 1, 2017 | From UU WorldTagged as: Activism, Anti-Oppression, Belief, Courage, Living Our Faith, Politics, Social Justice, UU Beliefs, Vision for UUismPage/Article
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Humanism… is primarily about who we are connected to, what we think about each other, and how we work for justice in the world. No matter what else they believe, Humanists insist on the inherent worth of every person....Reading | By Amanda Poppei | April 20, 2017 | From WorshipWebTagged as: 1st Principle (Worth & Dignity), Acceptance, Belief, Humanism, Unitarian Universalism, Unitarianism, UnityWorship element
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Canadian Unitarian Council removes “work for justice” from its charitable purposes to comply with tax authority while adopting new vision statement.By Elaine McArdle | January 9, 2017 | From UU WorldTagged as: Belief, Ethics, Governance, PurposePage/Article
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"Our universal calling as humans is to be the most loving people we can be."...Quote | By David Richo | December 3, 2016 | From WorshipWebTagged as: Belief, Calling, Direct Experience, Humanism, Living Our Faith, Love, Purpose, Secular, SpiritualityWorship element
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Painting celebrates Arkansas congregation’s fiftieth anniversary with a depiction of its Unitarian Universalist values.By Jerry Offerman | November 1, 2016 | From UU WorldTagged as: Arts & Music, Belief, Beliefs & Principles, HistoryPage/Article
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Our whole life is a series of signs. Any slight action: a dim semaphore. Our redemption, if it happens, will mean somebody tried.Reflection | By Jake Morrill | September 21, 2016 | From Braver/WiserTagged as: 1st Principle (Worth & Dignity), 4th Principle (Truth & Meaning), Anger, Belief, Brokenness, Caring, Direct Experience, Fear, Humanism, Redemption, SecularPage/Article
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[We suggest that the Worship Leader act out the relevant parts of this message: e.g clutch a bag tightly; let the contents spill; hold it like a "club" for bopping congregants over the head.] Babies don’t believe anything. Babies aren’t born Buddhists or Baptists or believers of any sort. But...Time for All Ages | By Gary Kowalski | September 8, 2016 | From WorshipWebTagged as: 4th Principle (Truth & Meaning), Acceptance, Belief, Credo, Faith, Freedom, Identity, Integrity, Living Our Faith, Reason, Unitarian UniversalismWorship element
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We come together tonight to remember the history, or the myth, that says hope was born in the form of a baby named Jesus. What is so compelling about the story of Jesus’s birth, his life, his love? Why has this story reached across the ages to us while so many others have faded into history?...Opening | By Alix Klingenberg | May 31, 2016 | From WorshipWebTagged as: 1st Principle (Worth & Dignity), 4th Principle (Truth & Meaning), Belief, Birth, Christianity, Christmas Eve / Christmas, Hope, Identity, Purpose, Unitarian UniversalismWorship element
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Using SnapChat to Expand Your Reach To Younger Folks Recently I shared this image, by Benjamin Schwartz that appears in the New Yorker Magazine: to Facebook adding "Imagine being the one trying to explain why churches and our office should be using it." In the comments, a number of folks asked ho...By Bart Frost | May 16, 2016 | From Guides and ToolsTagged as: Activism, Belief, Community, Connections, Faith, Growth, High School-Aged Youth Faith Development, Identity, Leadership, Membership Growth & Outreach, News, Secular, Spiritual Practice, Truth, Unitarian Universalism, Unitarianism, Universalism, UU Identity, Worship, Young Adult Faith Development (ages 18-35), Youth SundayPage/Article
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Our Time for All Ages this morning is a time of make-believe. I’d like you to put your imagination caps on so that we can pretend together. Raise your hand if you've ever been to a baseball game. How many of you follow a team you think of as “your” team? Well, I have bad news. (Here’s the...Time for All Ages | By Erika Hewitt | April 2, 2016 | From WorshipWebTagged as: 2nd Principle (Justice, Equity, & Compassion), 3rd Principle (Acceptance & Spiritual Growth), 4th Principle (Truth & Meaning), 5th Principle (Conscience & Democracy), Belief, Choice, Courage, Generations, History, International, Living Our Faith, Partner Church Observation, Prophetic Words & Deeds, Psychology, SecularWorship element
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They say a story can carry a truth far greater than the literal truth. We Unitarians* know the value of stories. We know they carry truth. We know they carry more truth than just the plain truth ever can. Maybe we can’t believe a virgin gave birth to the son of God: but we can believe that all...Meditation | By Kate McKenna | January 12, 2016 | From WorshipWebTagged as: Belief, Birth, Christianity, Christmas Eve / Christmas, Credo, Faith, Living Our Faith, Mystery, Religion, UnitarianismWorship element