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This list includes every page or product from UUA.org, UU World magazine, or inSpirit books & gifts that is tagged with Purpose.

  • With white Christmas lights strung in the background, and lit candles, a paper Advent calendar on a table has open doors.
    A Holy Impatience

    Robin Tanner

    From Braver/Wiser
    This year, the Advent season seems particularly seized by a spirit of the expected, the longing.
  • Protesters hold a Standing on the Side of Love banner outside the US Supreme Court
    To Be a Unitarian Universalist

    Erika A. Hewitt

    From WorshipWeb
    To be a Unitarian Universalist means we’ll never be done with the work.
  • Team with hands together and looking very happy
    Our Journey Is to Transform

    Elizabeth Nguyen

    From WorshipWeb
    As Unitarian Universalists, our journey is to transform the big and the small, to transform ourselves, and to transform the world.
  • A sculpture by Jane Mortimer ("Loss"), showing a seated figure with their head tucked against their knees
    A Lament

    David Breeden

    From WorshipWeb
    When we feel overwhelmed, we gather to find a path, to find new ways forward.
  • Looking straight up to branches and spring blossoms found all around Boston Common
    Pastoral Prayer of Longing

    Karen G. Johnston

    From WorshipWeb
    May the invitation of prayer and meditation embrace this holy house and each precious person, moving each and all to connect with a sense of affirmation...
  • On pavement, the message written in pastel chalk, (hashtag) love one another.
    The Church Has Left the Building

    Margaret Weis

    From WorshipWeb
    Note: Rev. Margaret Weis invites you to replace "church" with "congregation" or "Fellowship" if that feels most appropriate for your community....
  • A Fierce and Compelling Power

    Nancy McDonald Ladd

    From WorshipWeb
    If God’s name is love, then God compels us to resist the fall to sinful violence by pushing back with muscular resolve against the social structures tha...
  • At a conference table, young adults smile around an open laptop.
    Work in Commitment and Love

    Viola Abbitt

    From WorshipWeb
    As we light this chalice [this evening], may it serve to give us clarity of purpose and illumine our way as we set about doing the work of this...
  • A group of dancers, lit from above, blurred by being caught in motion.
    Magic Is Afoot

    Karen G. Johnston

    From WorshipWeb
    The word liturgy is a fancy word meaning the formulation of a religious service. Its etymology tells us that it means “the work of the people.” In many...
  • In the background, letters are piled on a Scrabble board. In the foreground, someone holds the "C" tile as the letters "R E A T E" fall towards the board.
    Next Year's Words

    Tim Atkins

    From Braver/Wiser
    When I’m questioning what’s the right thing to do, I will look to my word of the year for guidance.

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