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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 -
In the midst of this global pandemic, as we hold the grief and weight of what is happening to the human community, it is clear that the pastoral is prophetic and the prophetic is pastoral.By Susan Frederick-Gray | June 1, 2020 | From UU WorldTagged as: Compassion, Grief, MinistryPage/Article
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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 -
Minister: At this time, we would like to introduce a special ritual. The holidays can be an especially poignant time of year. Alongside the joy in these present moments, we may recall fond memories of past celebrations with our loved ones....Ritual | By Shari Woodbury | May 5, 2020 | From WorshipWebTagged as: Advent, Christmas Eve / Christmas, Connections, Direct Experience, Family, Grief, Spiritual PracticeWorship element -
The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic is real for all of us, whether we are touched by it directly or indirectly. Some of us know people who have the virus, and its impact is getting closer as we learn of second cousins and friends of friends who have died of COVID-19....Ritual | By Cathy Rion Starr | April 28, 2020 | From WorshipWebTagged as: #COVID19, Grief, WorkWorship element -
How can we adapt something we usually do in person—memorial services and celebrations of life—to happen online over videoconference? It’s a question that many of our congregations are facing as we contend with COVID-19 and restrictions on gathering. Some of the challenges are identical to...By Sarah Gibb Millspaugh | April 3, 2020 | From LeaderLabTagged as: #COVID19, Death, Grief, Memorial Services, Pastoral Care, Rites of PassagePage/Article -
When restrictions on gathering are lifted, many congregations will have several memorial services they will need to schedule and hold. This page offers tips for planning services smoothly, so that the focus can be on pastoral care and grief support.By Sarah Gibb Millspaugh | April 3, 2020 | From LeaderLabTagged as: #COVID19, Death, Grief, Memorial Services, Pastoral Care, Rites of PassagePage/Article -
When authorities limit in-person gatherings to 25 or 10 or even fewer people, it necessarily affects our capacity to hold funerals and memorial services....By Sarah Gibb Millspaugh | April 3, 2020 | From LeaderLabTagged as: #COVID19, Death, Grief, Memorial Services, Pastoral Care, Rites of PassagePage/Article -
Origami boxes memorialize people killed by guns.By Elaine McArdle | March 1, 2020 | From UU WorldTagged as: Grief, Nonviolence, PoliticsPage/Article