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Finding myself on the Camino de Santiago.By Rachel Mize | March 1, 2019 | From UU WorldTagged as: Growth, Mystery, Personal StoriesPage/Article -
I'll keep being open to deep magic until I find a way to believe in it.By Meg Barnhouse | March 1, 2019 | From SpiritTagged as: Belief, Mystery, Personal StoriesPage/Article -
I go for fierce landscapes every chance I get.By Jane Rzepka | February 18, 2019 | From UU WorldTagged as: Gratitude, Nature, Personal Stories, Transcendence, TransformationPage/Article -
You just sit in a chair and write, right?By Meg Barnhouse | January 30, 2019 | From UU WorldTagged as: Creativity, Personal StoriesPage/Article -
A grandmother shares a story of a great-great grandfather's reputation of helping others on the anniversary of his birth.Story | December 2, 2018 (reviewed December 2024) | For Children, Youth, Adults | From Faith Curriculum LibraryTagged as: 1st Principle (Worth & Dignity), Aging, Character, Compassion, Hinduism, Personal Stories, RespectPage/Article -
People move places for jobs, relations, opportunities, escape, hindering our ability to put down new roots. And yet, we carry a constancy: the still, quiet voice within.Reflection | By Teresa Honey Youngblood | June 6, 2018 | From Braver/WiserTagged as: 7th Principle (Interconnected Web), Awe, Change, Choice, Connections, Contemplation, Direct Experience, Home, Humanism, Nature, Personal Stories, Searching, Secular, WonderPage/Article -
Music is a spiritual discipline for me. And I only need to practice on the days I eat.Reflection | By Colleen M. McDonald | June 1, 2018 | From UU WorldTagged as: Aging, Arts & Music, Education, Personal Stories, Spiritual PracticePage/Article -
The impending death of a loved one often leaves us sitting in a between-state.By Kenneth Sutton | March 1, 2018 | From UU WorldTagged as: Death, Personal StoriesPage/Article -
The first time, I emerged merely breathless, wet, and cold.By Jim Sherblom | March 1, 2018 | From SpiritTagged as: Coming-of-Age, Personal Inspiration, Personal Stories, Spiritual Practice, Spirituality, TranscendencePage/Article -
The holiday season can be a tangled web of memory, tradition, longing, and joy.By Meg Barnhouse | December 21, 2017 | From UU WorldTagged as: Family, Holidays & Ceremonies, Parents, Personal Stories, UU IdentityPage/Article -
We were all children once, and we carry fragments of our childhood times with us. Today, let us honor those children who walked before us, who transformed into who we have become, who led us to this place, who have lessons for us still.Opening | By Meredith Olson | November 15, 2017 | From WorshipWebTagged as: Children, Direct Experience, Generations, Growth, History, Humanism, Personal Stories, TraditionWorship element -
This Lamentation is for two voices: one white, and one person of color/indigenous (POCI). Both voices invite people to repeat a refrain several times: white voices say, “So much has been lost,” and voices of color say, “Beloved, you must not be defensive when you hear our hurt.” The latter,...Responsive Reading | By Erika Hewitt, Rebekah Savage | October 15, 2017 | From WorshipWebTagged as: Anti-Oppression, Direct Experience, Forgiveness, Grief, History, Humanism, Listening, Multiculturalism, Pain, Personal Stories, Race/Ethnicity, Reconciliation, Secular, Unitarian UniversalismWorship element
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When I was in middle school, I was taught that every person, to some extent, holds a set of prejudices that impact our perceptions of others. We were asked to think about what our prejudices might be, and how they might inform our relationships and our movement through the world....Homily | By DeReau K. Farrar | October 15, 2017 | From WorshipWebTagged as: Anti-Oppression, Direct Experience, Integrity, Living Our Faith, Money, Multiculturalism, Pain, Personal Stories, Privilege, Race/Ethnicity, Reconciliation, Unitarian UniversalismWorship element
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I play this moment over and over again in my head: the day I heard of the Thomas Jefferson Ball, hosted by Unitarian Universalists in 1993. As a person of color, raised in a UU congregation, I felt a shiver down my spine as I learned something new and unsettling about the faith that I call home....Homily | By Rebekah Savage | October 15, 2017 | From WorshipWebTagged as: Commitment, Direct Experience, History, Integrity, Listening, Living Our Faith, Multiculturalism, Pain, Personal Stories, Race/Ethnicity, Reconciliation, Unitarian UniversalismWorship element
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The summer of 2016 began as an exciting one for me: I was finally going to a beloved Unitarian Universalist conference and retreat center. I’d heard many wonderful stories about it, and I couldn’t wait to bring my three children with me. On the drive there, I felt excited about spending a full...Homily | By Rayla D. Mattson | October 15, 2017 | From WorshipWebTagged as: Anti-Oppression, Community, Direct Experience, Multiculturalism, Pain, Personal Stories, Race/Ethnicity, Unitarian UniversalismWorship element -
Diverse. Multicultural. Inclusive. Welcoming. If I made a list of every single Unitarian Universalist congregation I have served, visited or worshipped at, they would have a few things in common—including the use of these words. Perhaps on the front of the Order of Service?...Reading | By Carol Thomas Cissel | October 15, 2017 | From WorshipWebTagged as: Anti-Oppression, Direct Experience, Health, Listening, Multiculturalism, Pain, Personal Stories, Race/Ethnicity, Reconciliation, Unitarian UniversalismWorship element -
Joy Unspeakable is not silent, it moans, hums, and bends to the rhythm of a dancing universe…. For our free African ancestors, joy unspeakable is drum talk… For enslaved Africans during the Middle Passage, joy unspeakable is the surprise of living one more day… For Africans in bondage in the...Reading | By Kimberly Quinn Johnson | October 15, 2017 | From WorshipWebTagged as: Anti-Oppression, Arts & Music, Community, Direct Experience, Joy, Living Our Faith, Multiculturalism, Personal Stories, Race/Ethnicity, Spiritual Practice, Unitarian UniversalismWorship element -
When I started attending a UU church, I was excited by the promise of worship that would draw from the arts, science, nature, literature and a multitude of voices. Indeed, some of the voices that Unitarian Universalists hear in worship each week belong to Thoreau, Emerson, Ballou, and others....Reading | By Connie Simon | October 15, 2017 | From WorshipWebTagged as: Community, Direct Experience, Identity, Inclusion, Listening, Multiculturalism, Pain, Personal Stories, Race/Ethnicity, Reconciliation, Unitarian UniversalismWorship element
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We are all dependent on seeds, literally and metaphorically.By Jinny Batterson | September 1, 2017 | From UU WorldTagged as: Abundance, Nature, Personal StoriesPage/Article -
Unlike many Unitarian Universalists, I was brought up openly racist. I’ve made progress, and I still have a long way to go.By Doug Muder | September 1, 2017 | From SpiritTagged as: Character, Personal Stories, Race/EthnicityPage/Article