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May we tend our Soul Fire through these challenging and trying timesChalice Lighting | By anastasia birosh | March 31, 2022 | From WorshipWebTagged as: #8thPrinciple, Acceptance, Challenge, Hope, Hospitality, Inclusion, Purpose, Unitarian Universalism, WorshipWorship element -
It is in gathering that we find our hope.Opening | By Pat Uribe-Lichty | March 24, 2022 | From WorshipWebTagged as: Community, Hope, Interdependence, Solidarity, UnityWorship element -
Here we gather to celebrate hope, and the infinite possibilities of love.Chalice Lighting | By Tom Goldsmith | April 28, 2021 | From WorshipWebTagged as: Freedom, Hope, Love, Purpose, Unitarian Universalism, WorshipWorship element -
May we be with one another in solidarity and struggle.Reflection | By Tuli Patel | April 21, 2021 | From Braver/WiserTagged as: Brokenness, Family, Hope, Secular, Solidarity, WorshipPage/Article -
Easter is a holiday of miracles.Opening | By Peggy Clarke | March 31, 2021 | From WorshipWebTagged as: Belief, Christianity, Easter, Hope, Love, Nature, 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 -
The stories remind us there is still and always joy in this world, but it usually comes right alongside the struggle.Reflection | By Elea Kemler | December 16, 2020 | From Braver/WiserTagged as: Advent, Christianity, Christmas Eve / Christmas, Direct Experience, Hope, Joy, Searching, WorshipPage/Article -
This year, the Advent season seems particularly seized by a spirit of the expected, the longing.Reflection | By Robin Tanner | December 2, 2020 | From Braver/WiserTagged as: #COVID19, Advent, Children, Christianity, Hope, Living Our Faith, Parents, Purpose, WorshipPage/Article -
This is a time to remember our collective resilience and ability to protect each other, to defend democracy, and to organize unfailingly for justice, equity and dignity.By Susan Frederick-Gray | November 19, 2020 | From Press ReleasesTagged as: #COVID19, Civil Rights & Religious Liberty, Hope, Social JusticePage/Article -
Rev. Susan Frederick-Gray shares what's giving her hope during this time of uncertainty, as the nation waits for all of the votes to be counted in the 2020 presidential election. We know there will be many opportunities for us to continue our work together and live our values.By Susan Frederick-Gray | November 5, 2020 | From Press ReleasesTagged as: #UUTheVote, Civil Rights & Religious Liberty, Hope, Social JusticePage/Article -
Hope continues, uncertain and true, like candlelight, ready to spark again.Chalice Extinguishing | By Kevin Jagoe | November 2, 2020 | From WorshipWebTagged as: Autumnal Equinox, Despair, Disaster or Crisis, Fall, Hope, Winter, Winter Solstice / Yule, WorshipWorship element -
Advent is about the new story being written in our lives.Quote | By Jes Kast | September 10, 2020 | From WorshipWebTagged as: Advent, Christianity, God, Hope, Spirituality, Vulnerability, WorshipWorship element -
The chalice, as a symbol of Unitarian Universalism, arose as a beacon of hope in an atmosphere of tyranny. The chalice arose as a sign of promise that the marginalized would neither be forgotten nor ignored, because they are beloved and precious from the perspective of the Holy. This morning, we...Chalice Lighting | By Erika Hewitt | August 5, 2020 | From WorshipWebTagged as: 1st Principle (Worth & Dignity), 2nd Principle (Justice, Equity, & Compassion), Anti-Oppression, Freedom, Generations, History, Hope, Oppression, Unitarian Universalism, Unitarianism, WholenessWorship element -
I often go to bed during this pandemic wondering if my heart can hurt anymore. Then I wake up and see the news and my heartache continues. I wonder what to say to my children. What do I say to my little one, versus what I say to my teens about the state of our country?...By Rayla D. Mattson | June 22, 2020 | From Call and ResponseTagged as: #BlackLivesMatter, #COVID19, Brokenness, Child Safety, Children, Families & Faith Development, Hope, Parents, WholenessPage/Article -
I often go to bed during this pandemic wondering if my heart can hurt anymore. Then I wake up and see the news and my heartache continues. I wonder what to say to my children. What do I say to my little one, versus what I say to my teens about the state of our country?...By Rayla D. Mattson | June 22, 2020 | From LeaderLabTagged as: #BlackLivesMatter, #COVID19, Brokenness, Child Safety, Children, Families & Faith Development, Hope, Parents, WholenessPage/Article
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Under the weight of destruction, / we will need the strong shelter / of forgiveness and the deeper wells / that give the sweet water of welcomeMeditation | By Sean Parker Dennison | June 1, 2020 | From UU WorldTagged as: Disaster, Forgiveness, Hope, Interdependence, Personal InspirationPage/Article -
December 4, 2019 The first of the candles in the Advent Wreath is the candle of Hope. In the Lutheran tradition of my childhood, we always lit Advent candles this time of year. Winter is often a time when we look for hope. We look with hope for the return of the sun in the months to come. We hope...Utility | By Sarah Movius Schurr | May 14, 2020 | From Pacific Western RegionTagged as: Despair, Faith Development, Hope, Membership Growth & Outreach, MulticulturalismPage/Article
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I hope that this Great Silence, which has come alongside the suffering, holds the beginnings of our healing.Reflection | By Elea Kemler | May 6, 2020 | From Braver/WiserTagged as: 1st Principle (Worth & Dignity), 2nd Principle (Justice, Equity, & Compassion), 4th Principle (Truth & Meaning), Balance, Beauty, Body, Direct Experience, Earth-Centered, Hope, Humanism, Imagination, Nature, Presence, Prophetic Words & Deeds, Secular, SpringPage/Article -
We kindle this flame, Honoring the doorways in our souls: The windows through which we gaze at one another The balconies where we catch glimpses of sky The thresholds we stand on this morning Wondering, hoping, fearing, dreaming.Chalice Lighting | By Florence Caplow | May 1, 2020 | From WorshipWebTagged as: Connections, Fear, HopeWorship element -
See how the winds have shaped her hands to hold hope? So tenuous, it trembles like a hummingbird’s heart. She gently carries hope to a nest in the midst of the maelstrom and tilts it into the bowl of tiny feathers and mosses. Hope is so hard to cup. She might need your help when it seeps through...Poetry | By Jennifer Pratt-Walter | April 16, 2020 | From WorshipWebTagged as: Awe, Earth-Centered, Hope, Nature, Reverence, WonderWorship element