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Utility | May 18, 2015 | From MiraclesTagged as: 7th Principle (Interconnected Web), Choice, Climate Justice, Commitment, Earth, Ethics, Nature, Responsibility, Stewardship, Transformation, Unitarian Universalism, VisionCurriculum page -
In 1927 a Roman Catholic priest and scientist Georges Lemaitre proposed what later became known as the Big Bang theory of the origin of the Universe, based on work by Edwin Hubble who theorized and then proved that the Universe was getting bigger and bigger. Many scientists have discovered other...Story | May 13, 2015 | For Multigenerational | From MiraclesTagged as: 7th Principle (Interconnected Web), Birth, Earth, Earth Day, Growth, Humanism, Mystery, Nature, Progress, Reason, Science, TransformationCurriculum page
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A retelling of a Hawaiian legend. The god Maui was the smallest but smartest of his brothers, who often made fun of him because he couldn’t fish very well. Sometimes Maui would go out on a boat with his brothers, distract them when they had a fish on the line, and steal it from them, claiming it...Story | May 13, 2015 | For Multigenerational | From MiraclesTagged as: 7th Principle (Interconnected Web), Awe, Birth, Earth, Earth Day, Earth-Centered, Family, God, Goddess, Interdependence, Mystery, Nature, TransformationCurriculum page
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What if when I light the chalice, you hear an invitation to welcome gratitude for the earth? This week, as I got ready to light the chalice, my family talked about blessings from this planet. Here is my list: [list 3-7 things] And now, with this flame of hope shedding light in your heart: what is...Chalice Lighting | By Karen G. Johnston | May 6, 2015 | From WorshipWebTagged as: 7th Principle (Interconnected Web), Animals, Children, Earth, Earth Day, Earth-Centered, Environment, Gratitude, Nature, Unitarian UniversalismWorship element -
Utility | April 29, 2015 | From MiraclesTagged as: 4th Principle (Truth & Meaning), Awe, Culture, Direct Experience, Diversity, Earth, Gratitude, Meaning, Mystery, Nature, Reason, WonderCurriculum page
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Train to Change the Climate on Climate Justice! GROW Climate Justice, from the Unitarian Universalist College of Social Justice (UUCSJ), trains young adult activists to do the work of climate justice for the long haul. Learn skills, gain practices, spiritual grounding and build relationships that...By Ted Resnikoff | April 28, 2015 | From Young AdultsTagged as: Activism, Awards, Scholarships, & Grants, Climate & Environmental Justice, Congregational Action, Earth, Earth Day, Growth, Leadership, News, Secular, Truth, Unitarian Universalism, Young Adult Faith Development (ages 18-35)Page/Article -
Barukh atah, Emeth! Blest are you, o Truth. Like the fabled Moses, I too can never claim to have seen you “face to face.” Too often, I’ve hung my own face on you and pretended that I know something I do not. Indeed, my most honest heart confesses that at most, I have only caught the briefest...Poetry | By Mark Belletini | April 27, 2015 | From WorshipWebTagged as: Awe, Connections, Earth, Imagination, Interdependence, Nature, Truth, WonderWorship element
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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 -
I am part of you, O Truth Unfolding. I am part of you. I am part of a cosmos. I cannot see either its edge or its end. How amazing! I am part of a galaxy of a million, billion stars. They say it’s a pinwheel. How wonderful! I am part of a system of planets that swing around a small parent star.Poetry | By Mark Belletini | April 23, 2015 | From WorshipWebTagged as: 7th Principle (Interconnected Web), Awe, Earth, Gratitude, Nature, Unity, Wholeness, WonderWorship element -
#Commit2Respond We re-post this message from the Unitarian Universalist Association and other Unitarian Universalist leaders who urge you to act for Climate Justice starting today.– ed. Earth Day, when people all over the planet celebrate our beautiful, life-giving, and fragile Mother Earth. This...By Ted Resnikoff | April 22, 2015 | From Future of FaithTagged as: Activism, Anti-Oppression, Climate & Environmental Justice, Climate Justice, Earth, Earth Day, Education, Growth, Homecoming / Ingathering, Interdependence, Leadership, News, Purpose, Secular, Teaching Methods, Truth, Unitarian Universalism, UUA HeadquartersPage/Article -
When I look up into the night sky, I am in awe of all that is. There in a far away galaxy A star has died, Yet it is still bright for my eyes to see. And make a wish upon When I walk in the ocean I feel the waves rush across my feet And I feel a certain peace with the world I peer out into the...Poetry | By Jay Wolin | April 22, 2015 | From WorshipWebTagged as: 7th Principle (Interconnected Web), Awe, Earth, Earth Day, Nature, Presence, WonderWorship element
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When I begin to bless this food and close my eyes I lose myself first just in green: how do leaves grow themselves this green and how do they grow at all to be so large and how do they make themselves from soil which in itself is only brown and sunlight helps and water but how is the end of this,...Meditation | By Nancy Shaffer | April 18, 2015 | From WorshipWebTagged as: 7th Principle (Interconnected Web), Awe, Body, Direct Experience, Earth, Food, Grace, Gratitude, Table Grace, WonderWorship element -
What We Will Make of Our Time on Earth Climate Justice Month we have reveled in the world we live in. We have embraced its warmth, its greenness, its snow, and its sunshine. We have gazed at https://www.google.com/search?q=superman&source=lnms&tbm=isch&a…...By Bart Frost | April 17, 2015 | From Social JusticeTagged as: Activism, Anti-Oppression, Climate & Environmental Justice, Climate Justice, Earth, Earth Day, Education, Faith, Faith Development, Growth, Homecoming / Ingathering, Identity, Interdependence, Leadership, Multiculturalism, Purpose, Secular, Teaching Methods, Unitarian Universalism, UU Identity, UUA Headquarters, Vision for UUismPage/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 -
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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Once upon a time there was a drop of water named Higgins. Higgins was no ordinary drop of water. He was a drop with a dream. Higgins lived in a valley where it had not rained in a very long time, so all the lovely green grass was turning brown, all the beautiful flowers were wilting, and all the...Story | By Christopher Buice | April 14, 2015 | From WorshipWebTagged as: 2nd Principle (Justice, Equity, & Compassion), 5th Principle (Conscience & Democracy), Community, Earth, Power, Purpose, Service, Strength, Unitarian Universalism, Water CommunionWorship element
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You Decide if Activists for Climate Change GROW or whither on April 22 Unitarian Universalist College of Social Justice (UUCSJ) with FaithifyUUCSJ GROW Climate Justice, the Grounded & Resilient Organizers’ Workshop if AND ONLY IF you – and we – rise to the challenge right now, because if...By Ted Resnikoff | April 10, 2015 | From Future of FaithTagged as: Abundance, Awards, Scholarships, & Grants, Climate & Environmental Justice, Climate Justice, Congregational Action, Earth, Earth Day, Education, Fundraising for Congregations, Growth, Human Rights, Leadership, Secular, Teaching Methods, Unitarian Universalism, Young Adult Faith Development (ages 18-35)Page/Article -
Commit2Respond: Week 3 I heard liberation theologist and immigration rights activist, speak a few days ago. He started by saying, “I’m hoping to chat about how hopeless our work is.” I sat up straight, paying attention. I confess that these days I often pray for the doubters, for those of us...By Elizabeth Nguyen | April 6, 2015 | From Future of FaithTagged as: Activism, Anti-Oppression, Beliefs & Principles, Climate & Environmental Justice, Climate Justice, Connections, Earth, Earth Day, Faith, Faith Development, Homecoming / Ingathering, Meaning, News, Personal Inspiration, Secular, Spirituality, Truth, Unitarian Universalism, UU IdentityPage/Article -
Our Self-Wrought Epic Disaster “Would you stop yelling about how we’re all screwed?” my supervisor politely asked. Oh. Right. Not exactly the type of thing to yell when you work in an open office like I do at the climate change, of course in light of the new UU-led coalition effort Boston...By Annie Gonzalez Milliken | April 1, 2015 | From Future of FaithTagged as: Activism, Anti-Oppression, Beliefs & Principles, Business Meetings, Climate & Environmental Justice, Discernment, Earth, Earth Day, Economic Justice, Education, Faith, Faith Development, Growth, News, Personal Inspiration, Prayer Practices, Secular, Spirituality, Teaching Methods, Truth, Unitarian Universalism, Worship, Young Adult Faith Development (ages 18-35)Page/Article -
“I believe that if, on every Sunday morning before going to church, we could be lifted to a mountain-peak and see a horizon line of six hundred miles enfolding the copious splendor of the light on such a varied expanse; or if we could look upon a square mile of flowers representing all the specie...Quote | By Thomas Starr King | March 31, 2015 | From WorshipWebTagged as: 7th Principle (Interconnected Web), Awe, Climate Justice, Earth, Earth Day, Nature, Reverence, Unitarianism, Universalism, WonderWorship element