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When we take fire from our chalice, it does not become less. It becomes more. And so we extinguish our chalice, but we take its light and warmth with us, multiplying their power by all of our lives, and sharing it with the world.Chalice Extinguishing | By Amy Zucker Morgenstern | May 28, 2015 | From WorshipWebTagged as: Abundance, Activism, Calling, Christianity, Community, Generosity, IllUUmination, Imbolc / Brighid's Day / Candlemas, New Year, Paganism, Seven Principles, Unitarian UniversalismWorship element -
It’s hard to believe it is finished. She was so full of life and fun until just before the end— keeping track of people, enjoying the outdoors, caring for family, all of it. Something came for her. She did not want to go. She denied the summons, fighting this final truth of her life. We did not...Meditation | By Mary Wellemeyer | May 13, 2015 | From WorshipWebTagged as: Acceptance, Calling, Death, Ending, Letting Go, Peace, Sadness, TranscendenceWorship element
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Like those shepherds who were on the hillsides with their flocks, like those wise ones in their observatories with their telescopes and astronomical charts, we find our daily work interrupted by these holidays. Like them, we can’t keep on working, we have to listen to singing angels, we have to...Meditation | By Mary Wellemeyer | May 13, 2015 | From WorshipWebTagged as: Advent, Awe, Beginnings, Calling, Christmas Eve / Christmas, Journey, Searching, Vision, WorkWorship element
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Now is the time to call on the memories of the ancestors who thought they could not walk another step toward freedom—and yet they did. It is that time and place to call on the memories of the ancestors who, when the darkness of their lives threatened to take away the hope and light, reached a...Poetry | By Qiyamah Rahman | April 26, 2015 | From WorshipWebTagged as: Calling, Connections, Generations, History, Power, Purpose, ResponsibilityWorship element -
The question is not, “What happens when we die?” Nobody really knows. The real question is, “What happens when we stop living?” The stoicism we face on a daily basis is a symptom of a larger illness called a dually-dulled life. Our lives can be hypnotized by the monotonous commutes,...Reading | By Nathan C. Walker | February 24, 2015 | From WorshipWebTagged as: 1st Principle (Worth & Dignity), 2nd Principle (Justice, Equity, & Compassion), 3rd Principle (Acceptance & Spiritual Growth), 4th Principle (Truth & Meaning), 5th Principle (Conscience & Democracy), Belief, Calling, Challenge, Change, Character, Direct Experience, Easter, Gratitude, Homecoming / Ingathering, Martin Luther King, Jr. Sunday, Prophetic Words & Deeds, Respect, Trust, Unitarian Universalism, Worth, Yom KippurWorship element
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Blessed is the path on which you travel. Blessed is the body that carries you upon it. Blessed is your heart that has heard the call. Blessed is your mind that discerns the way. Blessed is the gift that you will receive by going. Truly blessed is the gift that you will become on the journey....Benediction | By Eric Williams | February 20, 2015 | From WorshipWebTagged as: 4th Principle (Truth & Meaning), Body, Calling, Discernment, Progress, Transformation, Unitarian UniversalismWorship element
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We are here and together at home in this evolving place, home in this ever changing breath and body, home in this dewy morning even as it reaches toward a hot high noon.Opening | By Susan Maginn | February 20, 2015 | From WorshipWebTagged as: Body, Calling, Direct Experience, Environment, Listening, Nature, Transcendence, Unitarian UniversalismWorship element
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When used as a responsive reading, "We are waiting" is the congregational response. This is the season of anticipation, Of expecting, of hoping, of wanting. This is the time of expecting the arrival of something--or someone. We are waiting. This is the time of living in darkness, in the hues of...Responsive Reading | By Leslie Takahashi | January 25, 2015 | From WorshipWebTagged as: 4th Principle (Truth & Meaning), Advent, Balance, Calling, Christianity, Contemplation, Hope, Unitarian Universalism, VisionWorship element -
In the hours before the birds stream airborne with chiming voice, a silent breath rests in the pines, and upholds the surface of the lake as if it were a fragile bubble in the very hand of God. And I think, this is how we are called....Meditation | By Kimberly Beyer-Nelson | January 21, 2015 | From WorshipWebTagged as: Awe, Calling, Direct Experience, Earth, Earth Day, Earth-Centered, Nature, Transcendence, WonderWorship element -
We have a calling in this world: We are called to honor diversity, To respect differences with dignity, And to challenge those who would forbid it. We are people of a wide path. Let us be wide in affection And go our way in peace. Amen.Closing | By Jean M Rickard | January 21, 2015 | From WorshipWebTagged as: 1st Principle (Worth & Dignity), 2nd Principle (Justice, Equity, & Compassion), 3rd Principle (Acceptance & Spiritual Growth), Acceptance, Calling, Dignity, Diversity, Purpose, Unitarian Universalism, VisionWorship element
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With humility and courage born of our history, we are called as Unitarian Universalists to build the Beloved Community where all souls are welcome as blessings, and the human family lives whole and reconciled. With this vision in our hearts and minds, we light our chalice. —“A vision for...Chalice Lighting | By UUA Leadership Council | January 21, 2015 | From WorshipWebTagged as: Acceptance, Brokenness, Calling, Courage, Diversity, Humility, Strength, Unitarian Universalism, Vision, Wholeness, WorthWorship element -
We kindle this flame as a symbol of the light we would keep glowing in our lives: of appreciation for those who differ, loving kindness for those who suffer, esteem for all who remind us of our heritage and calling as agents of the Most High.Chalice Lighting | By Philip Randall Giles | January 21, 2015 | From WorshipWebTagged as: Calling, Kindness, Purpose, Sacred, Searching, Unitarian UniversalismWorship element
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Deep calls unto deep, joy calls unto joy, light calls unto light. Let the kindling of this flame rekindle in us the inner light of love, of peace, of hope. And "as one flame lights another, nor grows the less,” we pledge ourselves to be bearers of the light, wherever we are.Chalice Lighting | By Gordon B McKeeman | January 21, 2015 | From WorshipWebTagged as: Calling, Caring, Commitment, Community, Covenant, Hope, Journey, Joy, Love, PeaceWorship element -
At this hour, in small towns and big cities, in single rooms and ornate sanctuaries, many of our sibling Unitarian Universalist congregations are also lighting a flaming chalice. As we light our chalice today, let us remember that we are part of a great community of faith. May this dancing flame...Chalice Lighting | By Judith L Quarles | January 21, 2015 | From WorshipWebTagged as: Calling, Community, Connections, Faith, Hope, Interdependence, Justice, Love, Presence, Unitarian UniversalismWorship element -
(May be read responsively) We light this chalice to affirm that new light is ever waiting to break through to enlighten our ways: That new truth is ever waiting to break through to illumine our minds: And that new love is ever waiting to break through to warm our hearts. May we be open to this...Chalice Lighting | By Charles A. Howe | January 21, 2015 | From WorshipWebTagged as: Birth, Calling, Grace, Growth, Healing, Hope, Listening, Love, Truth, Vision, Winter Solstice / YuleWorship element -
What we try to express as Unitarian Universalists, are these truths: Each of us is unique. Each of us has gifts we were given at birth – we were born with these gifts; they are wired within us. Each of us has the responsibility to apply these talents to the world. Each of us must navigate how to...Sermon | By Beth Graham | January 21, 2015 | From WorshipWebTagged as: Calling, Canvass/Pledge, Meaning, Searching, Service, Stewardship, VisionWorship element
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The storm outside echoes the storm raging within my soul. So many people in need… so much pain, so much grief. Too many causes and campaigns fill my mailboxes, sap my energy, beg for my money. Three things I must do...only three things? You've got to be kidding—which three do I choose? Books and...Meditation | By Jan Taddeo | January 21, 2015 | From WorshipWebTagged as: 2nd Principle (Justice, Equity, & Compassion), 3rd Principle (Acceptance & Spiritual Growth), 4th Principle (Truth & Meaning), 6th Principle (World Community), Calling, Choice, Direct Experience, Listening, Peace, Power, Prophetic Words & Deeds, Unitarian UniversalismWorship element
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As part of my seminary training I spent a summer working as a hospital chaplain, assigned to the psychiatric floor. I found it to be deeply gratifying work, and I was able to build relationships with many of the patients. Some were long-term and others had a quick turnaround. Some were what we...Sermon | By Peter Friedrichs | January 21, 2015 | From WorshipWebTagged as: Calling, Identity, Meaning, Self-Respect, Unitarian UniversalismWorship element
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Wondrous Gift of Life, thanks for this day and this gathering in our beautiful diversity and devoted generosity! We revel in our blessings for and from this holy life! Washed and refreshed in such grace, we celebrate the joys of this life....Prayer | By Naomi King | January 21, 2015 | From WorshipWebTagged as: Beauty, Calling, Death, Despair, Disaster, Earth, Environment, Healing, Nature, SufferingWorship element -
Knowing that we do not always live up to our best expectations of ourselves, let us in quietness seek the good within, which some call the inner light, and some "a spark of the divine." Knowing that we live in a society which falls far short of the ideal, let us in quietness resolve to do one thi...Reading | By Maryell Cleary | January 21, 2015 | From WorshipWebTagged as: 3rd Principle (Acceptance & Spiritual Growth), CallingWorship element