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This list includes every page or product from UUA.org, UU World magazine, or inSpirit books & gifts that is tagged with Contemplation or its children.

  • A person in pink robes, mostly cropped out of the photo, holds a Qur'am and Muslim prayer beads.

    When the holy month of Ramadan approaches, it becomes a beautiful reminder to return to myself.

    Reflection | By Summer Albayati | March 30, 2022 | From Braver/Wiser
    Tagged as: Contemplation, Islam, Spiritual Practice, Worship
  • A blurry array of pinpoint lights moves out toward the viewer.

    Though we experience discomfort, we are excited to give birth to a new, just world.

    Chalice Extinguishing | By Melissa Jeter | November 22, 2021 | From WorshipWeb
    Tagged as: Challenge, Choice, Contemplation, Imagination, Purpose, Unitarian Universalism
  • Sunbeams break through a layer of clouds over Rioja Alavesa, Laguardia, Spain, with rippling mountains stretching out.

    I believe in your grace and protection and cannot imagine them slipping through the cracks.

    Reading | By Vanessa Titang | September 15, 2021 | From WorshipWeb
    Tagged as: Contemplation, Mystery, Presence, Searching, Transcendence, WorshipWeb, Worship
  • A person's hands shape a clay vessel on a potter's wheel.

    I want to be shaped in a way that lets me serve the eternal.

    Reflection | By Jake Morrill | September 22, 2021 | From Braver/Wiser
    Tagged as: Contemplation, God, Meaning, Presence, Purpose, Transcendence, Worship
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    The words we cast to fill the silence left by one we loved never are enough.

    Poetry | By David Breeden | June 2, 2021 | From WorshipWeb
    Tagged as: Contemplation, Death, Grief, Meaning, Memorial Services, Silence
  • A sharp, gleaming fish hook lies on the edge of a boat, with a body of water visible in the background.

    Spirit of Life and Love, help me to notice when I am hooked.

    Reflection | By Shari Woodbury | March 17, 2021 | From Braver/Wiser
    Tagged as: Buddhism, Contemplation, Mindfulness, Patience, Spiritual Practice, Worship
  • At the edge of the woods, with bare trees, the back of someone's head as they hold binoculars up to their face.

    Maybe hope is fleeting. It leaves and returns again; there’s beauty in its impermanence.

    Reflection | By Jessica Clay | March 10, 2021 | From Braver/Wiser
    Tagged as: 4th Principle (Truth & Meaning), 7th Principle (Interconnected Web), Animals, Contemplation, Earth, Earth-Centered, Nature, Presence, Secular, Winter, Worship

  • "Most of us have been led to believe that prophets 'foretell' the future. That is true, and it is also misleading. It is not the point here. Prophets are seers of the big patterns; they see what is always and forever true. Prophets like Isaiah know how God acts by watching and listening, and they...

    Quote | By Richard Rohr | February 25, 2021 | From WorshipWeb
    Tagged as: Christianity, Contemplation, Courage, Discernment, God, Lent, Revelation
  • Cover of Wintering The Power of Rest and Retreat in Difficult Times

    An intimate, revelatory book exploring the ways we can care for and repair ourselves when life knocks us down.

    Book | By Katherine May
    Tagged as: Change, Contemplation, Healing, Home, Meaning, Peace, Sadness, Self-Care, Simplicity, Spirituality, Strength, Wholeness, Personal Inspiration
  • Swimmers in the waves of the sea look to a pink sky, where a murmuration of starlings forms a striking shape.

    The wilderness alongside every moment, sprawling in each direction, holds more than the silence that theologians imagine of God.

    Reflection | By Jake Morrill | November 25, 2020 | From Braver/Wiser
    Tagged as: #COVID19, Contemplation, Death, Direct Experience, Earth, Earth-Centered, God, Imagination, Nature, Transcendence, Worship