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Around us, light is returning. It rekindles the spirit of life in the skeletons of trees. It brings forth new shoots from the soil. It wakes us from our winter slumber, and invites us to see what lies beyond. We light this chalice in the spirit of our Earth’s awakening and to reaffirm our...Chalice Lighting | By Kate McPhee | May 13, 2016 | From WorshipWebTagged as: 7th Principle (Interconnected Web), Climate Justice, Earth, Earth-Centered, Healing, Home, Nature, Vernal EquinoxWorship element -
Leader: Quick! Look about you! The snows of Winter are gone and the Earth has awoken once more! Congregation: Hail the Spring in all her green glory! L: The brave small flowers push up from the warming soil; birds return from their southerly homes; the first buds appear on the trees....Responsive Reading | By Lorelei Greenwood-Jones | May 13, 2016 | From WorshipWebTagged as: 4th Principle (Truth & Meaning), 7th Principle (Interconnected Web), Earth, Earth Day, Earth-Centered, Hope, Nature, Spring, Vernal Equinox, WonderWorship element -
Leader: For the love of all began with the world. Congregation: All of Nature is sacred. L: Every creature is a thinking, feeling being. C: We are blessed with wondrous variety. L: We are part of nature and of every being on the planet. What we do to one affects the many. C: In this web of...Responsive Reading | By Lorelei Greenwood-Jones | May 13, 2016 | From WorshipWebTagged as: 7th Principle (Interconnected Web), Animals, Awe, Climate Justice, Earth, Earth Day, Earth-Centered, Nature, Responsibility, WonderWorship element -
Living the Wasteless Life by Carter Smith My story actually begins almost a year ago, when one of my Facebook friends posted an article about Lauren Singer, blogger at zero waste lifestyle” was possible for people living in industrialized Western societies seemed both outlandish and amazing. From...By Annie Gonzalez Milliken | April 21, 2016 | From Stories and VoicesTagged as: Activism, Climate & Environmental Justice, Connections, Earth, Earth Day, Education, Faith Development, Growth, News, Secular, Teaching Methods, Truth, Unitarian Universalism, UU Identity, Young Adult Faith Development (ages 18-35)Page/Article -
New Orleans Service Trip by Emily Parker On this small lot in the Lower Ninth Ward of New Orleans, organic vegetables grow in rows. Honey bees housed in hives on the lot buzz by, and a bench constructed between cinder blocks doubles as a flower planter. Inside a modest greenhouse, a hodgepodge of...By Emily Parker | April 14, 2016 | From Stories and VoicesTagged as: Activism, Anti-Oppression, Beliefs & Principles, Campus Ministry, Children's / Religious Education Sunday, Climate & Environmental Justice, Connections, Earth, Earth Day, Education, Equity, Faith, Faith Development, Growth, Homecoming / Ingathering, Secular, Sexuality Education, Social Justice, Teaching Methods, Unitarian Universalism, Young Adult Faith Development (ages 18-35), Youth/TeensPage/Article -
EARTH, clay from which we are made and to which we will return. Soil, rich and aromatic, crumbling in my fingers, dark under my nails. This, cleansing dirt, the natural filter for aquifers, holds life....Meditation | By David Snedden | April 5, 2016 | From WorshipWebTagged as: 7th Principle (Interconnected Web), Beginnings, Climate Justice, Direct Experience, Earth, Earth Day, Earth-Centered, Environment, Humanism, Imagination, Imbolc / Brighid's Day / Candlemas, Interdependence, Nature, Spring, Summer Solstice, Vernal EquinoxWorship element -
Spirit of spring and new life, spirit of decay and death, We turn to your wisdom and strength as we seek to live lives of meaning and love. The cycle of life is powerful. Everything that lives, dies. Everything that dies has lived. There is no escaping this cycle. What then, can we learn from its...Prayer | By Cathy Rion Starr | March 28, 2016 | From WorshipWebTagged as: 4th Principle (Truth & Meaning), Beauty, Community, Contemplation, Death, Earth, Earth-Centered, Easter, Growth, Spring, Vernal EquinoxWorship element -
If we lived in another climate Our souls might speak other languages We might speak oasis or permafrost, dry season or monsoon But our souls speak spring Our souls speak green shoots pushing through last year’s leaves Our souls speak flower buds stretching to sun Our souls speak mud puddle and...Opening | By Evin Carvill Ziemer | March 23, 2016 | From WorshipWebTagged as: 7th Principle (Interconnected Web), Direct Experience, Earth, Earth-Centered, Easter, Growth, Hope, Nature, Passover (Pesach), Spring, Vernal EquinoxWorship element -
Once, many grey autumns ago, I came upon a tree. The tree, a poplar, had dropped all of its leaves but for one, just one. Exactly one leaf remained near the topmost part of the tree, fluttering in the breeze like a little reddish-brown flag....Meditation | By David M. Horst | January 25, 2016 | From WorshipWebTagged as: 7th Principle (Interconnected Web), Autumnal Equinox, Connections, Contemplation, Despair, Direct Experience, Earth, Earth-Centered, Letting Go, Nature, Reverence, Samhain, Thanksgiving, Winter Solstice / YuleWorship element -
Image | By Cynthia Landrum | January 10, 2016 | From WorshipWebTagged as: Earth, Flower Communion, Nature, SpringWorship element -
ALL MY BEST TO YOU AND YOURS In case you missed some – or all – of our recent social media blast campaign #BBTOP10of15http://blueboat.blogs.uua.org/2015/01/06/adulthood-spiritually-guided/"… – Spiritually Guided Less than a year ago when we announced that Becoming: A Spiritual Guide for...By Ted Resnikoff | January 2, 2016 | From Guides and ToolsTagged as: Activism, Beliefs & Principles, Business Meetings, Climate & Environmental Justice, Commitment, Community, Connections, Earth, Earth Day, Education, Faith, Faith Development, General Assembly, Growth, Homecoming / Ingathering, Multigenerational Faith Development, Racial Justice, Secular, Spirituality, Teaching Methods, Unitarian Universalism, Unity, UU Identity, Vision for UUism, Youth SundayPage/Article
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In the pagan tradition, which is grounded in a respect and reverence for the natural world, calling upon the four directions is the usual way to begin any ceremony. Each direction is associated with an element of the natural world, and represents some part of our human nature as well....Meditation | By Julia Hamilton | December 21, 2015 | From WorshipWebTagged as: 7th Principle (Interconnected Web), Autumnal Equinox, Earth, Earth-Centered, Imbolc / Brighid's Day / Candlemas, Nature, Paganism, Spiritual Practice, Summer Solstice, Vernal Equinox, Winter Solstice / YuleWorship element -
December twenty-first, the Winter Solstice. (The point along the Earth’s annual solar orbit when the northern hemisphere is at its furthest point from the sun). The last harvest of the year is celebrated shortly before the Winter Solstice. In ancient times people would feast knowing the months...Image | By Ralph Yeager Roberts | November 23, 2015 | From WorshipWebTagged as: Advent, Christmas Eve / Christmas, Death, Earth, Earth-Centered, Nature, Winter, Winter Solstice / YuleWorship element -
For the wonder and inspiration We seek from sun and stars And all the lights of the heavens We light this chalice.Chalice Lighting | By Cynthia Landrum | November 11, 2015 | From WorshipWebTagged as: Awe, Beauty, Connections, Contemplation, Earth, Journey, Mystery, Nature, Presence, WonderWorship element -
Come in, from the crisp morning air outside, come in, wearing the autumn sunlight on your face, come, carrying the turning of the seasons in your heart. Whatever and however the greatness of life is speaking to you now, you are welcome here in our circle of friends.Opening | By Sarah Gettie McNeill | November 11, 2015 | From WorshipWebTagged as: All Saints Day, All Souls Day, Autumnal Equinox, Change, Earth, Earth-Centered, Halloween, Homecoming / Ingathering, Inclusion, NatureWorship element -
For Natalie Fedak, environmentally sustainable moviemaking is no fantasy.By Hafidha Acuay | November 1, 2015 | From UU WorldTagged as: Arts & Music, Earth, Environment, WomenPage/Article -
UU World talks to Elizabeth Mount about climate justice activism and UU values.By Elaine McArdle | November 1, 2015 | From LifeTagged as: Activism, Earth, EnvironmentPage/Article -
As the first hint of green begins to peek through the barren ground As that little sprig grows into a healthy stem As that stem grows into a stalk and forms a bud As that bud slowly opens with each new day To form a yellow daffodil Let us be, like that first hint of green, renewed by the warm of ...Chalice Lighting | By Jennifer McGlothin | October 20, 2015 | From WorshipWebTagged as: 7th Principle (Interconnected Web), Abundance, Awe, Beauty, Beginnings, Earth, Earth Day, Earth-Centered, Easter, Flower Communion, Growth, Health, Interdependence, Nature, Secular, Spring, Unitarian Universalism, Vernal EquinoxWorship element -
We gather this afternoon, under this sky with these clouds and sun, connecting with this earth, which nourishes and supports us, to dedicate this natural playground. New things need to be recognized and appreciated – that’s what we do with a dedication. To dedicate means to set something aside...Blessing | By Jonalu Johnstone | October 17, 2015 | From WorshipWebTagged as: Beauty, Body, Building/Space Dedication, Children, Community, Connections, Direct Experience, Earth, Friendship, Gratitude, Joy, PlayfulnessWorship element -
Fifteen years ago, when I was the religious educator in North Andover, Massachusetts, we held a tashlich ritual as part of marking the Jewish Days of Awe. People of all ages put bread crumbs in bowls of water to recognize the actions they were sorry for and to symbolize a new start. Tashlich...By Gail Forsyth-Vail | September 22, 2015 | From Call and ResponseTagged as: Earth, Multigenerational Faith DevelopmentPage/Article