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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 -
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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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 -
My UU faith—and my parents’ lived examples—informed my thinking about living and dying, sustaining and influencing me more than I realized.By Kathryn Hamilton Warren | March 1, 2020 | From SpiritTagged as: Death, Grief, Parents, UU IdentityPage/Article -
Before I birthed my baby, he was a possibility, a kick against my insides. With that first cry, first breath, he became a person in the world.Reflection | By Caitlin Cotter Coillberg | February 26, 2020 | From Braver/WiserTagged as: 4th Principle (Truth & Meaning), Beginnings, Birth, Body, Children, Death, Direct Experience, Family, Grief, Mothers, SacredPage/Article -
As my body begins to loose its hold On this life, this earth, this entirety, May I lay my past to rest And face the unknowable With courage and curiosity. May those to whom I am connected gather. May they recall me as I am and have been....Prayer | By Tess Baumberger | January 16, 2020 | From WorshipWebTagged as: 1st Principle (Worth & Dignity), 3rd Principle (Acceptance & Spiritual Growth), Death, Direct Experience, Gratitude, Grief, Humanism, Meaning, Memorial Services, Mystery, Prophetic Words & Deeds, Remembrance Day, SecularWorship element -
This ritual begins by lighting a candle from the chalice, and placing it in position. A list of supplies is at the end of this resource. One: Fire. Source of warmth and life for our ancestors; and for humans still today....Ritual | By Amy G. S. A. Brooks | January 3, 2020 | From WorshipWebTagged as: Climate Justice, Direct Experience, Disaster or Crisis, Earth, Fear, Grief, Solidarity, Unitarian UniversalismWorship element -
The crisis was an opportunity to learn to be fully me and love it, inner turmoil and all. I learned that strength comes from authenticity, never from perfection.Reflection | By Tomo Hillbo | November 27, 2019 | From Braver/WiserTagged as: 1st Principle (Worth & Dignity), Brokenness, Conscience, Direct Experience, Family, Grief, Healing, Love, Mothers, Self-Care, Self-Respect, VulnerabilityPage/Article -
In tragic times, we come together in strength and love.By Paige Grant | November 1, 2019 | From SpiritTagged as: Community, Grief, RelationshipsPage/Article -
Sometimes grief sends notice ahead of time; sometimes, it shows up as an unwelcome, uninvited guest.Reflection | By Monica Dobbins | October 30, 2019 | From Braver/WiserTagged as: 3rd Principle (Acceptance & Spiritual Growth), 4th Principle (Truth & Meaning), Acceptance, Bridging Ceremony, Change, Children, Direct Experience, Grief, Growth, Humanism, Letting Go, Mother's Day, Parents, Secular, TransformationPage/Article