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A cold grey sky, a cold grey sea And a cold grey mist that is chilling me; A light that burns on the harbor bar With the dull dim glow of a distant star....Poetry | By Lewis H. Latimer | March 9, 2015 | From WorshipWebTagged as: Earth, Earth-Centered, Home, Letting Go, MysteryWorship element -
Our Subaru Forester was sliding sideways down Interstate 80 at fifty miles per hour. My wife, Nan, had gingerly switched to the left-hand lane to avoid a truck that was overturned on the right shoulder, but no amount of experience, skill, or caution could overcome our car’s mass and momentum on a...Press Release | By Unitarian Universalist Association | March 2, 2015 | From Home Page StoryTagged as: Death, Fear, Meaning, Mystery, SearchingPage/Article -
Oh spirit of life and love, We pause for a moment on this snowy day to reflect on the changes one week can make in our lives. We celebrate the feast of Imbolc, the pagan holiday that heralds the coming of spring. Our hearts stir with the thought that lambs are being born, that the light is...Prayer | By Deborah Weiner | March 2, 2015 | From WorshipWebTagged as: 7th Principle (Interconnected Web), Acceptance, Agnosticism, Climate Justice, Earth-Centered, Imbolc / Brighid's Day / Candlemas, Mystery, Nature, Paganism, Reverence, Unitarian Universalism, Vulnerability, WinterWorship element
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We all emerge from Dwell within Are transformed by And called back to Love. May your mind be humbled before this Mystery. May your heart grow hopeful by it. May you be sustained by this Love always.Benediction | By Eric Williams | February 27, 2015 | From WorshipWebTagged as: Connections, Love, Mystery, Reverence, UniversalismWorship element -
My friends, There is a power at work in the universe. It works through human hands, but it was not made by human hands. It is a creative, sustaining, and transforming power and we can trust that power with our lives [and with our ministries]....Benediction | By Tom Schade | February 25, 2015 | From WorshipWebTagged as: 2nd Principle (Justice, Equity, & Compassion), 4th Principle (Truth & Meaning), 6th Principle (World Community), Awe, Creativity, God, Immanence, Mystery, Power, Service, Unitarian Universalism, WorshipWorship element -
Gracious Mother Matrix of Creation Womb of Mystery We thank you on this day for the miracle of birth, For the holiness of sex, For the power of eros and passionate love To regenerate the world. Mother Nature, Earth Mother, We lift our hearts in song For all forms green and fragrant Glad with the...Meditation | By Gary Kowalski | February 23, 2015 | From WorshipWebTagged as: Birth, Earth-Centered, Goddess, Love, Mother's Day, Mothers, Mystery, Paganism, Pain, SexualityWorship element
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Blessed is the Sky, And all that is warm and filled with light. Blessed is the Air, And all that is open and free. Blessed is the Earth, And all that is steady and firm. Blessed is the Sea, And all that is hidden and deep.Blessing | By Eric Williams | February 20, 2015 | From WorshipWebTagged as: 7th Principle (Interconnected Web), Acceptance, Awe, Beauty, Earth, Earth Day, Earth-Centered, Freedom, Immanence, Mystery, Nature, Paganism, Reverence, Summer Solstice, Vernal Equinox, WisdomWorship element -
Creator and Creation, We are here and We know paradise is beyond our reach yet at our finger tips. Here the sacred is revealed, And we hope for peace, And restoration of the soul. We acknowledge we are not in charge, And relinquish control. Let the realm of humanity be transcended by all that is...Meditation | By Daniel Chesney Kanter | February 17, 2015 | From WorshipWebTagged as: Acceptance, Christianity, Mystery, Sacred, Transcendence, Unitarian UniversalismWorship element
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The more we try to say precisely what is in our hearts, the more we find that we are speaking for multitudes of strangers the world over. The deeper we get down to our own fundamentals, the more deeply we represent those of other people. Like all human beings, I live on borrowed time....Reading | By Jack Mendelsohn | January 21, 2015 | From WorshipWebTagged as: Death, Meaning, Mystery, Purpose, Seven Principles, Unitarian Universalism, WholenessWorship element
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Our Subaru Forester was sliding sideways down Interstate 80 at fifty miles per hour. My wife, Nan, had gingerly switched to the left-hand lane to avoid a truck that was overturned on the right shoulder, but no amount of experience, skill, or caution could overcome our car’s mass and momentum on a...Reading | By Jeffrey A. Lockwood | January 21, 2015 | From WorshipWebTagged as: Death, Fear, Meaning, Mystery, SearchingWorship element
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"I never lived, that I remember, what you call a common natural day. All my days are touched by the supernatural, for I feel the pressure of hidden causes, and the presence, sometimes the communion, of unseen powers. It needs not that I should ask the clairvoyant whether a spirit‐world projects...Quote | By Margaret Fuller | January 21, 2015 | From WorshipWebTagged as: Awe, History, Mystery, Presence, WonderWorship element
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"All around us lies what we neither understand nor use. Our capacities, our instincts for this our present sphere are but half developed. Let us confine ourselves to that till the lesson be learned; let us be completely natural; before we trouble ourselves with the supernatural....Quote | By Margaret Fuller | January 21, 2015 | From WorshipWebTagged as: Character, Earth, History, Mystery, Power, SpiritualityWorship element
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"Thou art greatly wise, my friend, and ever respected by me, yet I find not in your theory or your scope, room enough for the lyric inspirations, or the mysterious whispers of life. To me it seems that it is madder never to abandon oneself, than often to be infatuated; better to be wounded, a...Quote | By Margaret Fuller | January 21, 2015 | From WorshipWebTagged as: Awe, Mystery, Sacred, Searching, Vulnerability, WonderWorship element
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For five thousand years, or more,more than two hundred fifty generations,human beings have been invoking spiritual power.My predecessors, and yours,have gathered togetherto make sense of their livesand their place in the cosmos.And they have spoken aloud,and invited what they conceived as sacred ...Opening | By Matthew Johnson | January 21, 2015 | From WorshipWebTagged as: Awe, Direct Experience, Earth-Centered, Generations, History, Indigenous American, Meaning, Mystery, Power, PurposeWorship element -
We seek life’s meaning in the wonder of morning In the freshness of springtime, And in each others hearts and minds. Yet still we hope for something more, A break in the ordinary, An infusion of the unexpected, An explosion of glory, A miracle, Revealing more than we hope to understand.Opening | By Charles F Flagg | January 21, 2015 | From WorshipWebTagged as: Easter, MysteryWorship element
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Many of the past generation and many of today have found three abiding values in prayer: the quiet meditation on life, the reaching out toward the universal and the infinite, and the courageous facing of one's profoundest wishes....Chalice Lighting | By Sophia Lyon Fahs | January 21, 2015 | From WorshipWebTagged as: Awe, Beginnings, Children, Courage, Empathy, Generations, Journey, Mystery, ProgressWorship element -
In the mystery of life about us there is light. It gives us a place to be, to grow, to rejoice together. It opens the pathways to love. In this place of friendship there is freedom. Let the light we kindle go before us, Strong in hope, wide in good will, Inviting the day to come.Chalice Lighting | By George Kimmich Beach | January 21, 2015 | From WorshipWebTagged as: Community, Connections, Friendship, Good, Growth, Hope, Journey, Joy, Love, Mystery, Unitarian UniversalismWorship element -
God of all generations, in all the power, mystery and design of this world, draw us near, inspire us to see anew the life before us. Make us like the child who sees so clearly and touches so deeply. From the source of our being, we yearn for new vision, new eyes to see the world, new ears to hear...Meditation | By Marta Flanagan | January 21, 2015 | From WorshipWebTagged as: Mystery, Pain, Presence, Searching, Unitarian UniversalismWorship element
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Giver of being and freedom, thou who touches our lives in unforeseen ways, who unsettles our ease and upsets our self-satisfactions: We wait in these moments of stillness to let the hidden processes of healing and growth do their silent work within us, and to let the quiet work of reconciliation ...Meditation | By George Kimmich Beach | January 21, 2015 | From WorshipWebTagged as: Growth, Mystery, Searching, Silence, Trust, Unitarian UniversalismWorship element
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Wouldn't it be great if you could take a picture of your soul?...Meditation | By Tess Baumberger | January 21, 2015 | From WorshipWebTagged as: Beauty, Identity, Mystery, Playfulness, Unitarian Universalism, WonderWorship element