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Spirit of Life and Love, Holy God, Source Eternal, in our midst yet still ever so elusive: To breathe your sacred name is a blessing. Your world become, Your will be done here, on Earth, inspired by our aspirations to do and be better people. May we have all that we need to survive, live, and...Prayer | By Alex Jensen | January 7, 2020 | From WorshipWebTagged as: 1st Principle (Worth & Dignity), 2nd Principle (Justice, Equity, & Compassion), 6th Principle (World Community), 7th Principle (Interconnected Web), Christianity, Commitment, Creativity, Humility, Justice, Living Our Faith, Oppression, Spirituality, Unitarian UniversalismWorship element -
Reader 1: We come today to gather together as Unitarian Universalists. Reader 2: We come today to join in the spirit of love and the service of life. Reader 3: We come today to be part of the stream of this living tradition. All: In our gathering, may we be blessed. Reader 1: Our shared faith is...Responsive Reading | By Monica Jacobson-Tennessen | January 2, 2020 | From WorshipWebTagged as: 2nd Principle (Justice, Equity, & Compassion), Commitment, Direct Experience, God, Justice, Living Our Faith, Love, Ordinations, ServiceWorship element -
Many: This morning* and all mornings, we are called to pay attention. One. We are called to pay attention to our individual lives, to our delights and pains. We are called to understand and cherish ourselves, to take good care of ourselves, to know ourselves as loving and worthy of love....Responsive Reading | By Amanda Udis-Kessler | January 2, 2020 | From WorshipWebTagged as: 1st Principle (Worth & Dignity), 2nd Principle (Justice, Equity, & Compassion), 3rd Principle (Acceptance & Spiritual Growth), 6th Principle (World Community), 7th Principle (Interconnected Web), Caring, Compassion, Direct Experience, Earth-Centered, Interdependence, Justice, Mindfulness, Presence, Prophetic Words & Deeds, Relationships, Respect, Unitarian UniversalismWorship element -
I once saw a little sign, carved in wood, that read, “There is only the hard way.” Many of us have been harmed by theology that told us that suffering was a sacrifice that would bring us closer to God. Many of us were told that our suffering would redeem us, even when we knew that actual...Reading | By Elizabeth Nguyen | November 14, 2019 | From WorshipWebTagged as: Activism, Anti-Oppression, Direct Experience, Humanism, Integrity, Interdependence, Justice, Living Our Faith, Privilege, Prophetic Words & Deeds, Redemption, Sacrifice, Secular, Seven Principles, Solidarity, Unitarian UniversalismWorship element -
Do not fear agitation, for agitation is the rhythm of life itself; to be put into motion, to be stirred. Do not fear the movements that decenter what you always thought permanent. You carry within the center of your understanding, the compass to show you the way. Carry with you the love that will...Blessing | By Tania Y Márquez | November 4, 2019 | From WorshipWebTagged as: 4th Principle (Truth & Meaning), Activism, Conflict, Courage, Direct Experience, Fear, Humanism, Justice, SolidarityWorship element -
"A faith that is not the sister of justice is bound to bring people to grief....Quote | By James Luther Adams | October 16, 2019 | From WorshipWebTagged as: 3rd Principle (Acceptance & Spiritual Growth), 4th Principle (Truth & Meaning), 5th Principle (Conscience & Democracy), Freedom, Justice, Religion, UnitarianismWorship element
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The crushing interconnectedness of our world’s problems can be leveraged to create a comprehensive solution.By Lily Hartzell | October 15, 2019 | From UU WorldTagged as: Climate & Environmental Justice, Climate Justice, Environment, Justice, NaturePage/Article -
My four-year-old daughter has taught me this lesson: when a child wants to derail Business As Usual— to curb the hubris of adults who dare believe in schedules and plans and productivity— one fierce little body and one clear, piercing voice, strategically applied to the right pressure point,...Meditation | By Ashley Horan | September 16, 2019 | From WorshipWebTagged as: Activism, Children, Climate Justice, Direct Experience, Earth, Justice, ResponsibilityWorship element -
As we light the chalice may our souls become its hearth. We join our hearts to the one great flame of bright compassion, Beloved Community, and fervent justice. May we become lanterns to the world, lighting the way for all.Chalice Lighting | By Bear W. Qolezcua | September 7, 2019 | From WorshipWebTagged as: 1st Principle (Worth & Dignity), 2nd Principle (Justice, Equity, & Compassion), 6th Principle (World Community), Community, Compassion, Hope, Humanism, JusticeWorship element -
The Transcendentalists practiced the art of forming and maintaining spiritual friendships transcending differences of gender, social location, theology, politics, and race.By John A. Buehrens | September 1, 2019 | From UU WorldTagged as: Community, Connections, Friendship, History, Interdependence, Justice, UU History, UU IdentityPage/Article -
A journalist on the front lines in a battle for criminal justice reform in Spokane, Washington.By Sandra Williams | September 1, 2019 | From UU WorldTagged as: Criminal Justice, Justice, Race/EthnicityPage/Article -
Like other young gay men of my generation, I had few role models in the 1980s. I’m wrestling with the reality that I am now an elder.By Kenneth Sutton | September 1, 2019 | From UU WorldTagged as: Interdependence, Justice, Leadership, Lesbian/Gay/Bisexual/Transgender/Queer, Men, SolidarityPage/Article
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General Assembly rallies with local activist groups against expansion of Spokane County Jail, raises almost $40,000 for community center.By Elaine McArdle | September 1, 2019 | From UU WorldTagged as: Criminal Justice, General Assembly, Justice, PoliticsPage/Article -
Empire has failed Puerto Rico. It’s time for us to demand better.By Julio Noboa Polanco | September 1, 2019 | From IdeasTagged as: Democracy, Justice, Politics, Race/EthnicityPage/Article -
The wellspring of decency is loving this life in which people die, people suffer, there are limits, and we make mistakes. The wellspring, then, of moral action is not utopia, not a counterfactual vision, not a declaration that the world could and should be otherwise....Reading | By Sharon D. Welch | August 31, 2019 | From WorshipWebTagged as: Activism, Balance, Character, Commitment, Direct Experience, Ethics, Gratitude, Hope, Integrity, Justice, Purpose, Seven PrinciplesWorship element -
Oh you You rebel You queer and wayward child You abandoned and listless You angry and forgotten You brown and black and indigenous You homeless and impoverished You dreamer You warrior You are not alone here You have never been alone Not in this place, not in this time Not in the whole of history...Poetry | By Anna Geoffroy | August 12, 2019 | From WorshipWebTagged as: 2nd Principle (Justice, Equity, & Compassion), Activism, Anger, Anti-Oppression, Direct Experience, Humanism, Justice, Justice Sunday, Politics, SecularWorship element -
By no means are we [Unitarian Universalists] perfect; we often fail as much as we succeed. Yet even when "we have broken our vows a thousand times,"* we return to this essential work of justice and liberation for all. We do the work best when we remember what church is and what it is not....Affirmation | By Rosemary Bray McNatt | July 16, 2019 | From WorshipWebTagged as: Identity, Justice, Living Our Faith, Seven Principles, Unitarian UniversalismWorship element -
Members and leaders join July 2 “Close the Camps” protests, plan to join July 12 protests.By Elaine McArdle | July 12, 2019 | From UU WorldTagged as: Immigration, Justice, Solidarity in Immigration JusticePage/Article -
Thousands of immigrant children are held at for-profit detention center in Florida.By Elaine McArdle | June 28, 2019 | From UU WorldTagged as: Children, Immigration, Justice, Solidarity in Immigration JusticePage/Article -
Chanting “End mass incarceration!” and “Schools not cells!” about 1,000 Unitarian Universalists gathered in a public park in Spokane, Washington, for the General Assembly 2019 public witness event.By Elaine McArdle | June 21, 2019 | From UU WorldTagged as: Activism, Anti-Oppression, Criminal Justice, Justice, SolidarityPage/Article