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Divinity is our birthright. God nods to God from behind each of us. But let us remember, as Mr. Emerson said, "divinity is behind our failures and follies also." In the silence that follows, let us pray that we may notice and accept the Divinity of tiny things the Divine of ordinary miracles and...Meditation | By Victoria Weinstein | January 21, 2015 | From WorshipWebTagged as: Brokenness, Connections, Direct Experience, God, Meaning, Purpose, Unitarian Universalism, UnitarianismWorship element
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The church is a body. May this body breathe and be together in the spirit of hope May it feel held by comfort. Those who seek consolation, may they find it in the solace of this moment. The church is a body. It is as strong as all the people who have ever gathered within its walls....Meditation | By Victoria Weinstein | January 21, 2015 | From WorshipWebTagged as: Body, Community, Connections, History, Purpose, Seven Principles, VulnerabilityWorship element
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On this both joyous and solemn day we have reason to celebrate; we have reason to be grateful; we have reason to be proud. We gather in the shadow of a world unsure of itself, of plans for peace lost in the plague of ambition, of a planet under threat. And yet, we have cause to be hopeful. Our...Meditation | By Priscilla Murdock | January 21, 2015 | From WorshipWebTagged as: Commitment, Connections, Gratitude, History, Purpose, Unitarian UniversalismWorship element
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A well-known poem by Robert Graves speaks of butterflies—their "honest idiocy of flight," "lurching here and there by guess and God and hope and hopelessness." Any number of quotations sound this way, and so, I think do we. But privately. Publicly we speak the civilized language of human beings...Reading | By Jane Rzepka | January 21, 2015 | From WorshipWebTagged as: Acceptance, Connections, SufferingWorship element
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(Tea lights are set up in groups of 50 on either side of the chancel in this ritual borrowed from Soulful Sundown.) The long Summer has faded, now, and these first days of November mark the beginning of the coming of Winter....Reading | By Christine Robinson | January 21, 2015 | From WorshipWebTagged as: All Souls Day, Community, Connections, Día de los Muertos, Family, Grief, Halloween, Letting Go, Relationships, SamhainWorship element -
All too often, we pace the geometries of our walled gardens, Believing we are traversing the whole of creation. With spirits of discovery, let us uncover the mysteries nested in our routines, With the eagerness of children, let us seek out the secrets unfolding in our peripheral vision. Let us...Reading | By John Gibb Millspaugh | January 21, 2015 | From WorshipWebTagged as: Challenge, Connections, Grace, Spiritual PracticeWorship 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 -
To be human is to be aware of our separation. We want to love and to be loved by our friends, our parents, our children; but often we feel alone, not knowing the right things to do or the right words to say....Reading | By Thomas Fritts | January 21, 2015 | From WorshipWebTagged as: Connections, GraceWorship element
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May we open ourselves ever more fully to that Eternal Mystery which lures us onward toward life and creativity. May we find the courage to live our faith, to speak our truth, and to strive together for a world where freedom abounds and justice truly does roll down like water. May we know the...Meditation | By Carol Meyer | January 21, 2015 | From WorshipWebTagged as: Compassion, Connections, Mystery, Prophetic Words & Deeds, VulnerabilityWorship element
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We join together now in a time of meditation or prayer, spoken at first and then for a time in the peace that silence brings.Meditation | By Wayne B. Arnason | January 21, 2015 | From WorshipWebTagged as: Connections, Gratitude, Interdependence, Memorial Day, Unitarian UniversalismWorship element
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One of the old ones stood up into the morning light and spoke to those who had come back to the river: "Now we have come again to this place; it is a good thing. My life apart from you is not as strong. "Yes, I have danced and I have told the stories at my own fire and I have sung to all the six...Opening | By Barbara J Pescan | January 21, 2015 | From WorshipWebTagged as: Buddhism, Connections, FriendshipWorship element
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Spirit of life, we come from different spaces. Some of us arrive alive with hope and joy. Some of us come in loneliness or fear -- looking for friendship and support but not sure we'll find it.Meditation | By Tony A Larsen | January 21, 2015 | From WorshipWebTagged as: 1st Principle (Worth & Dignity), Compassion, ConnectionsWorship 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 -
Source of life and death, ground of all being, Spirit of our spirits, whose we are in life and in death—Life itself is the great mystery and death a part of it. In truth we know not the one nor the other. We live and die in the mystery of being from moment to moment till at the end we merge with...Prayer | By Richard M Fewkes | January 21, 2015 | From WorshipWebTagged as: 4th Principle (Truth & Meaning), Connections, Death, Gratitude, Mystery, Prophetic Words & Deeds, Reverence, Unitarian UniversalismWorship element
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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 -
No one is ever really ready for Christmas....Meditation | By Maureen Killoran | January 21, 2015 | From WorshipWebTagged as: Christianity, Christmas Eve / Christmas, Connections, Direct Experience, Love, PatienceWorship element
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We leave blessed by our connections to one another, to the spirit of life. Walk lightly that you see the life that is below your feet. Spread your arms as if you had wings and could dance through the air. Feel the joy of the breath in your lungs and the fire in your heart. Live to love and be a...Closing | By Susan Karlson | January 21, 2015 | From WorshipWebTagged as: Abundance, Body, Connections, Playfulness, Service, Unitarian UniversalismWorship element -
Let us be together in silence. Let our hearts listen. Let this house be quiet. For a moment, stretch back in memory to the first time you joined a meeting of this church. It may have been in this building or in a rented space or a home. What was happening then? Were you comfortable, anxious,...Meditation | By Jacqueline A Collins | January 21, 2015 | From WorshipWebTagged as: Building/Space Dedication, Connections, Friendship, History, Purpose, Strength, Unitarian UniversalismWorship element
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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 -
The moment of prayer is an invitation to be calm in the midst of the tumult of the world and our over-busy lives, to bring together thought and feeling, mind and spirit, and to find some center -- some still point -- of perspective and peace. Here in this sanctuary which has been the home for so...Meditation | By Earl K Holt III | January 21, 2015 | From WorshipWebTagged as: Connections, GenerosityWorship element