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  • three donuts, with sprinkles, on a table. A child's hand is taking the center donut.
    Being faithful doesn’t mean endless work. It also means attention to the movement of spirit that can appear as an hour of sleep, the truth of a toddler, or a donut in the middle of the day.
    Reflection | By Robin Tanner | February 28, 2018 | From Braver/Wiser
    Tagged as: 2nd Principle (Justice, Equity, & Compassion), 4th Principle (Truth & Meaning), Children, Direct Experience, Faith, Living Our Faith, Parents, Spiritual Practice, Violence
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  • A newborn baby's hand is held gently by an adult hand.
    Gracious God, the week was filled with moments when words escaped me. They would not come. Forgive me, Holy One —I know it is the preacher’s job, but there were moments when I just did not know how to pray. First, at the hospital, labor and delivery, to see the new parents. The overnight bag sat...
    Prayer | By Lori Walke | February 19, 2018 | From WorshipWeb
    Tagged as: 2nd Principle (Justice, Equity, & Compassion), 4th Principle (Truth & Meaning), 6th Principle (World Community), Activism, Birth, Christianity, Death, Direct Experience, Disaster, Disaster or Crisis, Spiritual Practice, Violence
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  • Several Kundalini practitioners, dressed in white, lift their arms as they chant
    “Now,” the yoga instructor said, “begin to chant GOD GOD GOD as you vigorously circle your arms.” Oh boy, I thought, Here we go. Of course it couldn’t just be arm circles.
    Reflection | By Tara Humphries | February 7, 2018 | From Braver/Wiser
    Tagged as: Arts & Music, Challenge, God, Interfaith, Joy, Letting Go, Spiritual Practice
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    Three young ministers discuss Lady Bird, powerful storytelling, and hopes and possibilities for Unitarian Universalist ritual.
    By Aisha Ansano, Abigail Clauhs, Hannah Roberts Villnave | December 14, 2017 | From UU World
    Tagged as: Arts & Music, Culture, Growth, Parents, Spiritual Practice, Young Adults, Youth/Teens
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  • An Advent wreath, with four lit candles, and a fifth white candle in the center
    We lean in expectation into all that is being born in us at this Holy time of the year...
    Ritual | By Erika Hewitt | December 2, 2017 | From WorshipWeb
    Tagged as: Advent, Brokenness, Christianity, Christmas Eve / Christmas, Faith, Spiritual Practice, Tradition, Transcendence, Wholeness
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  • Three purple and one pink candles, all lit, on an Advent wreath
    May love guide us and be a creating force in our lives.
    Ritual | By Erika Hewitt | December 2, 2017 | From WorshipWeb
    Tagged as: Advent, Christianity, Faith, Love, Patience, Spiritual Practice, Tradition
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  • Three purple and one pink candles, all lit, on an Advent wreath
    During Advent, we listen and keep vigil for the promise of things to come.
    Ritual | By Erika Hewitt | December 2, 2017 | From WorshipWeb
    Tagged as: Advent, Christianity, Despair, Faith, Hope, Joy, Spiritual Practice, Tradition
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  • Two lit candles on an advent "wreath"
    May this time of waiting inspire our courage.
    Ritual | By Erika Hewitt | December 2, 2017 | From WorshipWeb
    Tagged as: Advent, Buddhism, Christianity, Patience, Peace, Spiritual Practice, Spirituality
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  • An assortment of brightly colored holiday sweaters, in profile, lined up as they hang together
    An adequate Christmas would have you calm and open, taking it in, accepting whatever is. Slow it all down like you might be, in some way, attuned to the pace of the Eternal. If you need, you can fake it at first.
    Reflection | By Jake Morrill | November 29, 2017 | From Braver/Wiser
    Tagged as: 4th Principle (Truth & Meaning), Advent, Balance, Challenge, Choice, Christmas Eve / Christmas, Courage, Direct Experience, Family, God, Self-Care, Spiritual Practice, Spirituality, Thanksgiving, Winter Solstice / Yule
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  • A purple taper candle, lit, with other taper candles blurred in the background.
    Week by week, the candles remind us that fear and hopelessness recede as more warmth enters the world.
    Ritual | By Erika Hewitt | November 26, 2017 | From WorshipWeb
    Tagged as: Advent, Beginnings, Christianity, Christmas Eve / Christmas, Ending, Faith, Hope, Letting Go, Patience, Spiritual Practice
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  • A small evergreen tree next to a bowl holding four purple candles and small gold star.
    This is the season of endings and beginnings.
    Opening | By Erika Hewitt | November 26, 2017 | From WorshipWeb
    Tagged as: Advent, Beginnings, Ending, Letting Go, New Year, Patience, Spiritual Practice, Spirituality
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  • A close-up photo of the stacked hands, solidarity-style, of three people.
    It is always good to give thanks! All that we have is a gift from life: our food, our relationships, our shelter from the cold. And when we give thanks, it is always good to be mindful of all people, and notice those who are suffering and do what we can to ease suffering and change its causes....
    Opening | By Myke Johnson | November 23, 2017 | From WorshipWeb
    Tagged as: 1st Principle (Worth & Dignity), 2nd Principle (Justice, Equity, & Compassion), 4th Principle (Truth & Meaning), 6th Principle (World Community), 7th Principle (Interconnected Web), Anti-Oppression, Gratitude, Healing, Justice, Spiritual Practice, Suffering, Thanksgiving, Vulnerability, Wholeness
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  • Inside a church, a black father smiles down at his daughter. Behind them is a smiling black woman.
    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 WorshipWeb
    Tagged as: Anti-Oppression, Arts & Music, Community, Direct Experience, Joy, Living Our Faith, Multiculturalism, Personal Stories, Race/Ethnicity, Spiritual Practice, Unitarian Universalism
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  • In a dark sanctuary, two youth light tealights from a two-foot-tall ceramic chalice
    How often do you introduce spiritual practice when your youth gather? Make every effort to ensure that gathering of your young ones taps into the spirit.
    Activity | By Eric Dew Bliss | September 18, 2017 (reviewed April 2025) | For Youth, Emerging Adults (18-24) | From Youth Ministry
    Tagged as: 3rd Principle (Acceptance & Spiritual Growth), High School-Aged Youth Faith Development, Spiritual Practice, Unitarian Universalism
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    A Gary Snyder poem helps me find my way in our messed-up world.
    By Jeffrey A. Lockwood | July 17, 2017 | From Ideas
    Tagged as: Climate Justice, Community, Environment, Interdependence, Nature, Spiritual Practice
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  • A person's hands and lower arms: the hands touch at the fingertips, palms separated, pointed upwards as if in prayer.
    One: It may be the hardest thing we will ever do, Many: Caught up in our self-righteousness, honing our pain. One: The one who offended may not deserve forgiveness Many: And we are not obliged to offer it. One: Why, then, should we forgive? Many: Because we have all caused pain....
    Responsive Reading | By Amanda Udis-Kessler | July 3, 2017 | From WorshipWeb
    Tagged as: 1st Principle (Worth & Dignity), 3rd Principle (Acceptance & Spiritual Growth), 4th Principle (Truth & Meaning), Direct Experience, Fire Communion, Forgiveness, Growth, Healing, Humanism, Letting Go, Limitations, New Year, Spiritual Practice, Transformation, Yom Kippur
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    Creating art as a form of meditation.
    Image | By Staff Writer | May 15, 2017 | From UU World
    Tagged as: Arts & Music, Spiritual Practice
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  • On a New York City subway (black and white photo), passengers sit. In the foreground, a man cradles his face in one hand.
    ”If we don’t find a way to transform our pain, we will always transmit it to those around us or turn it against ourselves… If your religion is not teaching you how to recognize, hold, and transform suffering, it is junk religion.” —Fr. Richard Rohr People are in pain all around us, all of...
    Reflection | By Erika Hewitt | May 10, 2017 | From Braver/Wiser
    Tagged as: Brokenness, Buddhism, Compassion, Connections, Direct Experience, Healing, Mystery, Pain, Spiritual Practice, Spirituality, Unitarian Universalism
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  • Resources for Youth and Young Adult Ministry ...
    By Jennica Davis-Hockett | April 26, 2017 | From Guides and Tools
    Tagged as: Choice, Community, Congregational Action, Education, Faith, Faith Development, Growth, High School-Aged Youth Faith Development, Interdependence, Leadership, Multiculturalism, Purpose, Secular, Spiritual Practice, Teaching Methods, Unitarian Universalism, UU Identity, UUA Headquarters, Youth Sunday
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    Registration for General Assembly 2017 in New Orleans, LA, June 21-25 is in full-swing. It's not too late to join fellow Unitarian Universalists in worship, learning and action! Learn more here.
    By Ted Resnikoff | April 11, 2017 | From Events and Opportunities
    Tagged as: Business Meetings, Commitment, Community, Congregational Action, General Assembly, High School-Aged Youth Faith Development, Leadership, Nourishing the Spirit, Secular, Spiritual Practice, Unitarian Universalism, Youth Sunday
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