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Acknowledging that our dream was not happening didn't end the grief, but it did offer closure.Reflection | By Leslie Gatto | December 1, 2021 | From Braver/WiserTagged as: Children, Direct Experience, Grief, Mothers, Parents, WorshipPage/Article -
May we know that the infinite web of life and love holds us all and holds all the stories.Ritual | By Mary Gear | October 18, 2021 | From WorshipWebTagged as: #COVID19, Brokenness, Death, Grief, Healing, WorshipWorship element -
Somehow, the things that are too much to bear alone are bearable together.Reflection | By Elizabeth Stevens | September 1, 2021 | From Braver/WiserTagged as: Caring, Disaster or Crisis, Grief, Resilience, Trauma, Wisdom, WorshipPage/Article -
The words we cast to fill the silence left by one we loved never are enough.Poetry | By David Breeden | June 2, 2021 | From WorshipWebTagged as: Contemplation, Death, Grief, Meaning, Memorial Services, SilenceWorship element -
Breathe in for caregivers of all kinds who give of themselves to make other people’s lives better, more whole.Prayer | By Sara Goodman | June 2, 2021 | From WorshipWebTagged as: Caring, Family, Generations, Grief, Imagination, Mother's Day, Responsibility, Unitarian UniversalismWorship element -
Memorial Day is not to be celebrated. It is to be observed, scrutinized, and witnessed on behalf of the true witnesses of our human failure to love our neighbor as ourselves.Reflection | By George A Tyger | May 26, 2021 | From Braver/WiserTagged as: America, Death, Direct Experience, Family, Grief, Memorial Day, Military, Sacrifice, Secular, Service, WorshipPage/Article -
Unitarian Universalist congregations in the news.By Staff Writer | May 1, 2021 | From UU WorldTagged as: Diversity, Generosity, Grief, ServicePage/Article -
It can be a lonely time for those of us whose arms are empty.Meditation | By Amy Williams Clark | March 18, 2021 | From WorshipWebTagged as: 1st Principle (Worth & Dignity), 4th Principle (Truth & Meaning), Children, Direct Experience, Grief, Mother's Day, Mothers, Searching, SecularWorship element
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Can I do it again? Do I even dare? Do I have the strength? Because the cradle might be empty—again.Meditation | By Amy Williams Clark | March 18, 2021 | From WorshipWebTagged as: Body, Children, Grief, Mothers, Parents, Searching, Secular, WorshipWorship element -
I am afraid and exhausted from the constant fear. I don’t know who to trust for information about the virus.Ritual | By Kate Landis | March 16, 2021 | From WorshipWebTagged as: #COVID19, Brokenness, Death, Direct Experience, Disaster or Crisis, Grief, Healing, Hope, Secular, Solidarity, WorshipWorship element -
Impermanence, mortality, ashes, dust: this is the truth of being human.Reflection | By Lora Brandis | February 17, 2021 | From Braver/WiserTagged as: 1st Principle (Worth & Dignity), 4th Principle (Truth & Meaning), 7th Principle (Interconnected Web), Christianity, Death, Discernment, Grief, Humility, Lent, Love, Spiritual Practice, WorshipPage/Article -
We gather because we need community to do all of this holy work.Affirmation | By Nicole McKay | January 23, 2021 | From WorshipWebTagged as: Community, Grief, Interdependence, Memorial Day, Memorial Services, Relationships, Remembrance Day, Seven Principles, WorshipWorship element -
Guidance and resources for building a grief support ministry in your congregation during and after the COVID-19 pandemic.By Sarah Gibb Millspaugh | December 18, 2020 | From LeaderLabTagged as: #COVID19, Grief, Pain, Pastoral Care, Suffering, Support and Caring in CongregationsPage/Article -
When we feel overwhelmed, we gather to find a path, to find new ways forward.Responsive Reading | By David Breeden | September 19, 2020 | From WorshipWebTagged as: Community, Disaster or Crisis, Grief, Humanism, Memorial Services, Purpose, Searching, Secular, Strength, Stress, Unitarian Universalism, WorshipWorship element -
We do not aim for erasing people’s pain—only for making it so that they do not face it by themselves.By Liz James | September 1, 2020 | From LifeTagged as: Compassion, Death, Empathy, GriefPage/Article
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How might a Unitarian Universalist ritual of lament help when you are driven to cry out?By Myriam Renaud | September 1, 2020 | From IdeasTagged as: Anger, Grief, Sorrow, Spiritual Practice, UU Theology, WorshipPage/Article
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Spirit of Life, Spirit of Love, we come today carrying our grief, our memories, and our love. We gather around screens and devices, reaching out with our minds and hearts to join in this most ancient of human customs: honoring one whom we loved who has died....Prayer | By Laura Horton-Ludwig | July 1, 2020 | From WorshipWebTagged as: #COVID19, Death, Grief, Love, Memorial ServicesWorship element -
How is it with your spirit today? Today, my spirit is struck by grief.By Lauren Smith | June 4, 2020 | From UU WorldTagged as: Caring, Grief, Pastoral Care, Race/Ethnicity, Self-CarePage/Article -
Yes, even now, / when so much is struggle: / Praise bodies that sweat and trembleMeditation | By Sean Parker Dennison | June 1, 2020 | From UU WorldTagged as: Anger, Grief, Personal InspirationPage/Article -
During the AIDS era, the saving presence of art in my life enabled me both to grieve full time and to serve as a minister full time.Feature | By Mark Belletini | June 1, 2020 | From UU WorldTagged as: Grief, Personal StoriesPage/Article