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This is the season of endings and beginnings.Opening | By Erika Hewitt | November 26, 2017 | From WorshipWebTagged as: Advent, Beginnings, Ending, Letting Go, New Year, Patience, Spiritual Practice, SpiritualityWorship element -
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 WorshipWebTagged 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, WholenessWorship 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 -
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 MinistryTagged as: 3rd Principle (Acceptance & Spiritual Growth), High School-Aged Youth Faith Development, Spiritual Practice, Unitarian UniversalismPage/Article -
A Gary Snyder poem helps me find my way in our messed-up world.By Jeffrey A. Lockwood | July 17, 2017 | From IdeasTagged as: Climate Justice, Community, Environment, Interdependence, Nature, Spiritual PracticePage/Article -
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 WorshipWebTagged 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 KippurWorship element -
Creating art as a form of meditation.Image | By Staff Writer | May 15, 2017 | From UU WorldTagged as: Arts & Music, Spiritual PracticePage/Article -
”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/WiserTagged as: Brokenness, Buddhism, Compassion, Connections, Direct Experience, Healing, Mystery, Pain, Spiritual Practice, Spirituality, Unitarian UniversalismPage/Article -
Resources for Youth and Young Adult Ministry ...By Jennica Davis | April 26, 2017 | From Guides and ToolsTagged 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 SundayPage/Article
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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 OpportunitiesTagged 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 SundayPage/Article -
The Many Faiths within Unitarian Universalism Skinner House Books (SHB) series exploring the many faith traditions that also find a home in Unitarian Universalism (UU) has just been published. "Religious Humanism - which is founded upon the belief that human beings are of great worth and dignity...By Ted Resnikoff | February 16, 2017 | From Guides and ToolsTagged as: Beliefs & Principles, Choice, Congregational Action, Education, Faith, Faith Development, Growth, High School-Aged Youth Faith Development, Identity, Leadership, Multiculturalism, Multigenerational Faith Development, Nourishing the Spirit, Secular, Spiritual Practice, Spirituality, Teaching Methods, Unitarian Universalism, UnityPage/Article -
Questions to help you find your own way to pray.By Ashley Horan | February 15, 2017 | From UU WorldTagged as: Spiritual PracticePage/Article -
I truly do not care if a god ever hears me when I pray, but praying together with others is among the most transformative work that I do.By Nancy McDonald Ladd | February 15, 2017 | From SpiritTagged as: Spiritual PracticePage/Article -
The great https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2016/11/15/safety-pi… pin debate. The epic http://www.nationalreview.com/article/444201/sjw-blog-vagina-imagery-wo… hat debacle. These are just two examples of an ongoing trend in liberal circles: people (often with relative privilege)...By Annie Gonzalez Milliken | January 26, 2017 | From Guides and ToolsTagged as: Activism, Anti-Oppression, Community, Discernment, Faith, Homecoming / Ingathering, Multiculturalism, News, Nourishing the Spirit, Prayer Practices, Secular, Spiritual Practice, Truth, Unitarian Universalism, UU Identity, WorshipPage/Article -
In this time of long nights and short days, let us seek the light within … by contemplating, through our mind’s eye, the image of a candle flame. Notice how the soft, quiet, and gentle flame tamely rises from the wick. Yet, just by touching a dry twig, it has the power to become a raging bonfire...Meditation | By Sam Trumbore | January 1, 2017 | From WorshipWebTagged as: 4th Principle (Truth & Meaning), Direct Experience, Imagination, Mindfulness, Peace, Presence, Secular, Spiritual Practice, Unitarian Universalism, Winter, Winter Solstice / Yule, WonderWorship element -
The new year calls us forward, filled with mystery. As we turn toward that new year, we take a final glimpse of the past year, and reckon with all that it held for us. There are baskets moving through the aisles with pens and something called flash paper. It’s specially treated paper that...Ritual | By Erika Hewitt | December 15, 2016 | From WorshipWebTagged as: 4th Principle (Truth & Meaning), Beginnings, Direct Experience, Ending, Fire Communion, Letting Go, New Year, Self-Care, Self-Respect, Spiritual Practice, Transformation, Unitarian Universalism, VisionWorship element -
A Seat at the Table: The Transformative Practice of Being Together Early this year, the congregation I am a part of in KnoxvilleTennesseeTennessee Valley Unitarian Universalist Church (TVUUC), helped bring an Interfaith program called A Seat at the Table (ASATT) to our hometown....By Lauren Hulse | December 13, 2016 | From Stories and VoicesTagged as: Activism, Anti-Oppression, Beliefs & Principles, Choice, Community, Congregational Action, Education, Faith, Growth, Homecoming / Ingathering, Multiculturalism, Multigenerational Faith Development, Secular, Spiritual Practice, Teaching Methods, Unitarian Universalism, Unity, Young Adult Faith Development (ages 18-35)Page/Article -
Dearly beloved, the story is told that a man named Jesus dined nearly two thousand years ago among his disciples on the eve of his arrest and crucifixion. Some say that Jesus took bread, spoke of it as his body, broke it into pieces and passed it among them to eat....Blessing | By Barnaby Feder | December 8, 2016 | From WorshipWebTagged as: 1st Principle (Worth & Dignity), Christianity, Communion (Christian), Community, Earth, Faith, Food, Generosity, God, Gratitude, Hospitality, Spiritual Practice, SpiritualityWorship element -
December 7, 2016 “Use loneliness. Its ache creates urgency to reconnect with the world.” — Natalie Goldberg I know a little about "merry" meeting "mess" at the holidays — and by a little I mean How much time have you got? Four Christmases ago, a painful break-up sent me spinning into a long...Reflection | By Erika Hewitt | December 7, 2016 | From Braver/WiserTagged as: Advent, Brokenness, Christmas Eve / Christmas, Commitment, God, Healing, Hope, Pain, Sadness, Spiritual PracticePage/Article -
For many, leaving their birth congregation is a rending experience, and finding a new home congregation a daunting one. Every instance of this transition is a personal story which, when shared speaks to the universal experience of seeking and belonging....By Ted Resnikoff | November 30, 2016 | From Young AdultsTagged as: Choice, Congregational Action, Education, Growth, Multigenerational Faith Development, Secular, Spiritual Practice, Teaching Methods, Unitarian Universalism, Unity, Young Adult Faith Development (ages 18-35)Page/Article