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with a bow to Ysaye Barnwell and Stephanie Kaza Spirit within all, mysterious force giving shape to life, miraculous source and river of being, help us to know who we are, to see our place in the history of the earth and in the family of things; help us to see that we are part of all that ever...Prayer | By Rebecca A Edmiston-Lange | April 27, 2015 | From WorshipWebTagged as: Awe, Connections, Earth, Generations, Gratitude, WonderWorship element -
"Good fences make good neighbors" – Now as Then Unitarian Universalist. I was willing to take the chance at being in authentic relationship with someone, willing to risk my own need to keep things copacetic in order to maintain my own dignity, finally willing to stand up for myself. Here are the...By Jennica Davis-Hockett | April 27, 2015 | From Guides and ToolsTagged as: Beliefs & Principles, Connections, Education, Faith, Faith Development, Growth, High School-Aged Youth Faith Development, Leadership, Meaning, Personal Inspiration, Secular, Spirituality, Teaching Methods, Trust, Unitarian Universalism, UU Identity, Vision for UUism, Worship, Youth SundayPage/Article -
They teach us to read in black and white. Truth is this—the rest false. You are whole—or broken. Who you love is acceptable—or not. Life tells its truth in many hues. We are taught to think in either/or. To believe the teachings of Jesus—OR Buddha. To believe in human potential—OR a power...Meditation | By Leslie Takahashi | April 26, 2015 | From WorshipWebTagged as: 1st Principle (Worth & Dignity), 3rd Principle (Acceptance & Spiritual Growth), Connections, Direct Experience, Diversity, Division, Interdependence, Multiculturalism, Prophetic Words & Deeds, Truth, Unitarian Universalism, UnityWorship element -
This is what one hundred years look like: A rounded wrinkled back, sparkling wet and soapy above the shower bench, and my hand, having gently formed in your seventieth year, and emerged with lifelines bent toward blessing, scrubbing circles across your soft, white skin. I drag the cloth...Poetry | By Angela Herrera | April 26, 2015 | From WorshipWebTagged as: Body, Caring, Connections, Direct Experience, Generations, Prophetic Words & Deeds, Relationships, ServiceWorship element
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New People came this time, and we shared our stories, the familiar truths, about shock and healing and being glad that at last our children can say who they are, and we know them now, love them more. Funny stories and good news ripple around, and smiles about lesbigay ways, and jokes, against...Poetry | By Geoffrey Herbert | April 26, 2015 | From WorshipWebTagged as: Brokenness, Connections, Direct Experience, Healing, Love, Relationships, WholenessWorship 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
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Let my body remember. Let my hands and feet remember. Let my breath remember those who have come before me, those who have come before us. Didn’t Muhammad wait quietly in his cave? And didn’t Jesus sigh silently by the blue lake? And Guan Yin, didn’t she sit in silence thinking about what to...Poetry | By Mark Belletini | April 26, 2015 | From WorshipWebTagged as: Connections, Contemplation, Generations, History, Silence, UnityWorship element
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Listen carefully… Can you still hear the song? The one sung for you when you were born. The song sung by a cosmos in motion rejoicing at your life.Reading | By Manish Mishra-Marzetti | April 26, 2015 | From WorshipWebTagged as: Arts & Music, Community, Connections, Limitations, WonderWorship element -
Unitarian Universalists are mosaic makers.Reading | By Marcus Liefert | April 23, 2015 | From WorshipWebTagged as: 3rd Principle (Acceptance & Spiritual Growth), 4th Principle (Truth & Meaning), Community, Connections, Direct Experience, Friendship, Identity, Relationships, Unitarian UniversalismWorship element -
We meet on holy ground, Brought into being as life encounters life, As personal histories merge into the communal story, As we take on the pride and pain of our companions, As separate selves become community. How desperate is our need for one another: Our silent beckoning to our neighbors, Our...Opening | By Richard S. Gilbert | April 23, 2015 | From WorshipWebTagged as: 1st Principle (Worth & Dignity), 3rd Principle (Acceptance & Spiritual Growth), Community, Connections, Purpose, Relationships, SacredWorship element
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There is a living web that runs through us To all the universe Linking us each with each and through all life On to the distant stars. Each knows a little corner of the world, and lives As if this were his all. We no more see the farther reaches of the threads Than we see of the future, yet...Poetry | By Robert T Weston | April 23, 2015 | From WorshipWebTagged as: 1st Principle (Worth & Dignity), 7th Principle (Interconnected Web), Awe, Connections, Individualism, Unity, Wholeness, WonderWorship element
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We never know who we are (this is strange, isn’t it?) or what vows we made or who we knew or what we hoped for or where we were when the world’s dreams were seeded. Until the day just one of us sighs a gentle longing and we all feel the change one of us calls a name and we all know to be there...Poetry | By Margaret Wheatley | April 23, 2015 | From WorshipWebTagged as: 3rd Principle (Acceptance & Spiritual Growth), 4th Principle (Truth & Meaning), Connections, Identity, WonderWorship element
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Committing to Climate Justice This post is adapted from the 2015 Earth Sunday Sermon for UU Ministry for Earth, “Shifting Energy: From Fossil Fuels to Climate Action.” Read the full sermon and find other worship resources. KeystoneXLtar sands pipeline was expected to be a done deal. Then a...By Ted Resnikoff | April 22, 2015 | From Future of FaithTagged as: Activism, Anti-Oppression, Climate & Environmental Justice, Climate Justice, Connections, Faith Development, Growth, Homecoming / Ingathering, Interdependence, Leadership, Meaning, Personal Inspiration, Purpose, Secular, Unitarian Universalism, UU Identity, UUA Headquarters, Young Adult Faith Development (ages 18-35)Page/Article -
Spiritual Life and Connection to Everything (We present excerpts of Huffington Post. -ed.) Climate Change: Tending Our Planet. I was not raised in a family where religion played a big role. I have always known that both my parents were Christians at one point in their lives, but they drifted away...By Ted Resnikoff | April 16, 2015 | From Future of FaithTagged as: Beliefs & Principles, Climate & Environmental Justice, Climate Justice, Connections, Earth, Earth Day, Faith, Faith Development, Growth, High School-Aged Youth Faith Development, Interdependence, Leadership, Meaning, Personal Inspiration, Purpose, Secular, Spirituality, Unitarian Universalism, UU Identity, UUA Headquarters, Youth SundayPage/Article -
Based on a folktale from Africa and China. Printed in Doorway to the Soul, ed. Elisa Davy Pearmain (Pilgrim Press, 1998). Themes: cooperation, gratitude, sharing, generosity Roles: 5* for rehearsal; 9 more characters can be briefed by phone or email Preparation: moderate This humorous folk tale...Complete Service | By Erika Hewitt | April 16, 2015 | From WorshipWebTagged as: 3rd Principle (Acceptance & Spiritual Growth), 7th Principle (Interconnected Web), Connections, Generosity, International, Prophetic Words & Deeds, Relationships, Responsibility, Stewardship, Water CommunionWorship element -
What does deep spirituality feel like to you? Spirituality is impossible to define and difficult to describe. For me, it feels like connection—connection to myself, to others around me, to the earth and all of creation. Connection to myself feels like deep peace, awareness, calm, authenticity.Meditation | By Peter Morales | April 16, 2015 | From WorshipWebTagged as: Connections, Direct Experience, Earth, Relationships, Seven Principles, Spiritual Practice, Spirituality, Unitarian Universalism, UnityWorship element
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And Natural Extension of Unitarian Unversalist Core Values Unitarian Universalist congregations engage their community: When two young adults realized that homeless young adults were falling through the cracks Sam Greenberg and Sarah Rosenkrantz determined to open a shelter to help them find a pa...By Ted Resnikoff | April 15, 2015 | From Future of FaithTagged as: Community, Connections, Education, Faith Development, Growth, Meaning, Multiculturalism, Personal Inspiration, Secular, Teaching Methods, Unitarian Universalism, UU Identity, Young Adult Faith Development (ages 18-35)Page/Article -
Marching Forward Events of 50 Years Ago Today This is the final installment in a series of reflections on the 50th Anniversary of the Selma Marches. Here are Part One, Part Two, and http://blueboat.blogs.uua.org/2015/04/03/looking-back-to-move-forward/"… Three. – ed. Sunday was the day that most...By Bart Frost | April 14, 2015 | From Future of FaithTagged as: Activism, Anti-Oppression, Connections, Due Process & Civil Liberties, Education, Equity, Faith Development, Growth, Homecoming / Ingathering, Interdependence, Justice, Leadership, Martin Luther King, Jr. Sunday, Meaning, Personal Inspiration, Purpose, Racial Justice, Secular, Social Justice, Teaching Methods, Unitarian Universalism, UU Identity, Youth SundayPage/Article -
Let us contemplate the Spirit together: Spirit of Life and Love, Justice and Peace: Six weeks ago our Christian neighbors held their rite of ashes, and this past week they scattered palms from which next year’s ashes will be made, and commemorated the death of the ancient leader whose ministry...Prayer | By Paul R Beedle | April 9, 2015 | From WorshipWebTagged as: Christianity, Connections, Easter, Hope, InterdependenceWorship element
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We do not know the woman’s name. Jesus tells those with him not to scold her for anointing his head: “Let her alone; why do you trouble her? She has performed a good service for me. For you always have the poor with you, and you can show kindness to them whenever you wish; but you will not...Reading | By Paul R Beedle | April 9, 2015 | From WorshipWebTagged as: Christianity, Connections, Easter, Faith, Relationships, UnityWorship element