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  • Let us pause, and breathe, and be in touch with the sacred presence that permeates all, including this room, now. Web of All... of life, death, and renewal: We open our hearts to those who suffer as a result of the wildfires.
    Meditation | By John Gibb Millspaugh, Sarah Gibb Millspaugh | January 21, 2015 | From WorshipWeb
    Tagged as: Courage, Despair, Disaster or Crisis, Faith
    Worship element
  • Sometimes I feel like a motherless child... Here may you find a warm greeting a kind word a gentle touch Sometimes I feel like I have no friend... Here may you find a community of support a pulse of liberation a vision of hope Sometimes I feel I am almost gone......
    Opening | By Amy Bowden Freedman | January 21, 2015 | From WorshipWeb
    Tagged as: Community, Despair, Friendship, Juneteenth, Kindness, Suffering
    Worship element
  • When Jesus was baptized the spirit descended upon him like a dove and God said, “This is my son, in whom I am well pleased.” It must have been a great feeling, but it didn’t last long. The next thing Jesus knew, the nice spirit that had descended like a dove became aggressive and drove him...
    Meditation | By Sarah York | January 21, 2015 | From WorshipWeb
    Tagged as: 4th Principle (Truth & Meaning), Challenge, Change, Christianity, Despair, Solitude, Transformation, Unitarian Universalism, Unitarianism
    Worship element
  • During our darkest moments, still, there is hope. When facing our biggest challenges, still, there is hope. When all we can do is put one foot in front of the other, still, there is hope. When we can’t find the way out, still, there is hope. When all we can do to help is hold someone’s hand as...
    Chalice Lighting | By Nadine McSpadden | January 21, 2015 | From WorshipWeb
    Tagged as: Challenge, Compassion, Despair, Empathy, Hope, Humanism, Interdependence, Journey, Love, Secular, Solidarity, Strength
    Worship element
  • May God—the mind that sees our faults, the tears that sting our wounds, the laugh that soothes our aches, and the love that redeems us all—be illuminated by the light we kindle in this house of faith.
    Chalice Lighting | By Max A Coots | January 21, 2015 | From WorshipWeb
    Tagged as: Balance, Brokenness, Caring, Compassion, Despair, Faith, Forgiveness, God, Grace, Healing
    Worship element
  • "Let there be light!" Let it shine in dark places, in moments of pain, in times of grief, in the darkness of hatred, violence, oppression, where there is discouragement and despair. Wherever darkness is to be put to flight, "Let there be light!"...
    Chalice Lighting | By Gordon B McKeeman | January 21, 2015 | From WorshipWeb
    Tagged as: 2nd Principle (Justice, Equity, & Compassion), 6th Principle (World Community), Balance, Christianity, Compassion, Despair, Grief, Healing, Hope, Oppression, Pain, Sorrow, Unitarian Universalism, Violence
    Worship element
  • Thou who art the soul and heart of life, save us from fear—the fear of days and nights yet to be, the fear of the known and the unknown, the fear that builds high walls around our spirits and our lives, the fear that closes in and envelops us, the fear that nibbles at the edges of every...
    Meditation | By David A Johnson | January 21, 2015 | From WorshipWeb
    Tagged as: Christianity, Compassion, Courage, Despair, Discernment, Doubt, Faith, Fear, Freedom, Hope, Palm Sunday, Salvation
    Worship element
  • My God, my God, why have you forsaken me? Why are you so far from helping me, from the words of my groaning? O my God, I cry by day, but you do not answer; and by night, but find no rest.
    Quote | January 21, 2015 | From WorshipWeb
    Tagged as: Despair, Hope, Pain, Suffering
    Worship element
  • My soul is deprived of peace; I have forgotten what happiness is. Lamentations is a book in the Hebrew (Old) Testaament, written around or after 586 BCE.
    Quote | January 21, 2015 | From WorshipWeb
    Tagged as: Depression, Despair, Ending, Judaism, Sorrow
    Worship element
  • Out of the depths I cry: Who will hear my voice? Out of the pain I cry: Who will make space for my living and my dying? Out of the years I cry: Who will remember? Who will remember? My soul awaits: More than those who watch for the morning. More than those who watch for the morning. —inspired by...
    Quote | By Marjorie Bowens-Wheatley | January 21, 2015 | From WorshipWeb
    Tagged as: Christianity, Death, Despair, Listening, Meaning, Pain, Searching, Unitarian Universalism, Wonder
    Worship element
  • Even when the gates of heaven are shut to prayer, they are open to tears.
    Quote | January 21, 2015 | From WorshipWeb
    Tagged as: Despair, God, Judaism, Pain
    Worship element
  • Lord, make me an instrument of thy peace. Where there is hatred, let me sow love; where there is injury, pardon; where there is doubt, faith; where there is despair, hope; where there is sadness, joy; where there is darkness, light....
    Prayer | By St. Francis of Assisi | January 21, 2015 | From WorshipWeb
    Tagged as: Balance, Christianity, Despair, Forgiveness, God, Healing, Peace, Wholeness
    Worship element
  • Holy One, We are on our knees In awe and supplication For we have remembered the incomprehensible value Of every human life. We have heard the thrum of helicopter blades And wailing sirens. We have smelled the ash and smoke....
    Prayer | By Sue Phillips | January 21, 2015 | From WorshipWeb
    Tagged as: 1st Principle (Worth & Dignity), 2nd Principle (Justice, Equity, & Compassion), 6th Principle (World Community), Compassion, Death, Despair, Disaster, Disaster or Crisis, Good, Kindness, Suffering
    Worship element
  • "The ship struck at ten minutes after four A.M., and all hands, being mostly in their nightclothes, made haste to the forecastle, the water coming in at once. There they remained; the passengers in the forecastle, the crew above it, doing what they could. Every wave lifted the forecastle roof and...
    Quote | By Henry David Thoreau | January 21, 2015 | From WorshipWeb
    Tagged as: Death, Despair, History, Pain, Unitarianism
    Worship element
  • Isaiah 52: 1-2, 13-15; 53: 1-8, 54: 2-4, 7-8 (New Revised Standard Version) Awake, awake, Put on your strength O Zion! Put on your beautiful garments... Shake yourself from the dust and rise up, O captive Jerusalem; Loose the bonds from your neck, O captive daughter Zion! ... See, my servant will...
    Story | October 29, 2014 | For Multigenerational | From Wisdom from the Hebrew Scriptures
    Tagged as: 2nd Principle (Justice, Equity, & Compassion), Belief, Compassion, Courage, Despair, God, Hope, Judaism, Salvation, Strength, Transcendence, Unity
    Curriculum page
  • Utility | March 7, 2013 | From What Moves Us
    Tagged as: 3rd Principle (Acceptance & Spiritual Growth), Authority, Community, Despair, Dignity, Ethics, Faith, Globalism, Grace, Human Rights, Immanence, Unitarian Universalism
    Curriculum page
  • Utility | January 19, 2012 | From What We Choose
    Tagged as: 6th Principle (World Community), Anti-Oppression, Change, Choice, Class, Commitment, Community, Courage, Culture, Despair, Ethics, Prophetic Words & Deeds
    Curriculum page
  • On July 27, 2008, people gathered in the sanctuary of the Tennessee Valley Unitarian Universalist Church in Knoxville to watch the children and youth of the congregation present the musical Annie Jr. Suddenly, a shot rang out. At first, many thought the noise was part of the musical, but they...
    Story | January 19, 2012 | For Adults | From What We Choose
    Tagged as: 2nd Principle (Justice, Equity, & Compassion), Anger, Blame, Challenge, Choice, Community, Conflict, Death, Despair, Fear, Freedom, Unitarian Universalism
    Curriculum page
  • Utility | October 28, 2011 | From Wisdom from the Hebrew Scriptures
    Tagged as: 2nd Principle (Justice, Equity, & Compassion), Belief, Compassion, Courage, Despair, Dignity, Hope, Judaism, Redemption, Salvation, Self-Respect, Strength
    Curriculum page
  • After many years of being out of shape, he decided it was time to do something about the state of his body. With great excitement and enthusiasm, he went to the local gym, got a membership, and began a circuit-training routine. He felt good. And he kept at it, going to the gym several times a week. ...
    Story | October 27, 2011 | For Adults | From Spirit in Practice
    Tagged as: 3rd Principle (Acceptance & Spiritual Growth), Acceptance, Caring, Challenge, Change, Commitment, Community, Despair, Empathy, Friendship, Health, Unitarian Universalism
    Curriculum page