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Ministerial Conference at Berry Street essay presented by the Rev. Sean Parker Dennison.By Kenneth Sutton | June 25, 2015 | From UU WorldTagged as: Failure, FearPage/Article
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We must accept finite disappointment, but never lose infinite hope.Quote | By Martin Luther King, Jr. | June 25, 2015 | From WorshipWebTagged as: Acceptance, Failure, Hope, LimitationsWorship element
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Dear great lathe of heaven, O foundry of souls, You churning, burning cosmos which has wrought me on the infinite loom of your celestial body. Spinning stars and indifferent stones: hear my prayer. Do not curse me to perish with all my dreams fulfilled....Prayer | By Kelly Weisman Asprooth-Jackson | June 18, 2015 | From WorshipWebTagged as: Acceptance, Calling, Challenge, Failure, Imagination, Letting Go, Limitations, Success, Vision, WorkWorship element
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I have learned some things about life from canoes. I’m not saying I know how to paddle. I have been in canoes twice, and both have been learning experiences. The second time was fun. The first time, a friend and I decided to take one out on a lake. We slid the canoe into the water. She hopped in.Meditation | By Meg Barnhouse | May 28, 2015 | From WorshipWebTagged as: Acceptance, Arrogance, Challenge, Courage, Direct Experience, Failure, Humility, Letting Go, Limitations, Secular, WorkWorship element
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The future health of Unitarian Universalism depends on all of us learning to embrace failure.By Peter Morales | May 14, 2015 | From UU WorldTagged as: Failure, Vision for UUismPage/Article
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A retelling of a story from Cherokee tradition. When the earth was first made, it was very dark, and the animals were afraid. One day Bear said, “I have seen light on the other side of the world, but the people will not share. Perhaps we could steal some for ourselves.” The others thought this...Story | May 13, 2015 | For Multigenerational | From MiraclesTagged as: 7th Principle (Interconnected Web), Animals, Awe, Challenge, Community, Courage, Creativity, Failure, Indigenous American, Interdependence, Limitations, Summer Solstice, TeamworkCurriculum page
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“The beauty of the world is the mouth of a labyrinth,” writes Simone Weil. We would be foolish not to follow its call. And so we enter the labyrinth, lured by the whiff of a dream still in the making: the possibility of a new relationship, the promise of a new career, the potential for a new...Reading | By Erik W. Martínez Resly | April 27, 2015 | From WorshipWebTagged as: Challenge, Change, Failure, Faith, Journey, Living Our FaithWorship element
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To those who gave birth this year to their first child—we celebrate with you To those who lost a child this year–we mourn with you To those who are in the trenches with little ones every day and wear the badge of food stain–we appreciate you To those who experienced loss through miscarriage,...Prayer | By Amy Young | April 17, 2015 | From WorshipWebTagged as: 3rd Principle (Acceptance & Spiritual Growth), Children, Despair, Direct Experience, Failure, Family, Love, Mother's Day, Mothers, ParentsWorship element
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This short, personal essay from Raziq Brown speaks to failure, loss and personal growth.Reading | By Raziq Brown | March 9, 2015 | From WorshipWebTagged as: 3rd Principle (Acceptance & Spiritual Growth), 4th Principle (Truth & Meaning), Aging, Direct Experience, Failure, Generations, Men, Unitarian Universalism, Youth/TeensWorship element
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I have a story to tell you, about the less-than-triumphal first appearance I made in a pulpit. I was a first-year seminarian, doing my field work at the old First Parish in Lexington, Massachusetts. When they invited me to preach my first sermon on such an important day as Palm Sunday, I was...Sermon | By John A. Buehrens | January 21, 2015 | From WorshipWebTagged as: Brokenness, Christianity, Failure, ForgivenessWorship element