Tenderness helped me on my journey to adulthood, and taught me the importance of hospitality.

A complete service, focusing on how Unitarians, Universalists, and Unitarian Universalists have shown up in struggles for justice, written as clergy are called to witness in Minneapolis.

Help us stretch beyond the human-worn patterns of movement, and to notice more fully the path of the ravens overhead, the bob of the coyotes through the brush.

May we relax our need for certainty and control.

The chalice is a symbol of our faith: Like our faith, it is not magic nor is it mysterious. We light it as a reminder of what we share as a community and of who, each of us, is called to be.

Our resistance is not predicated on how likely it will be to alter the conscience of the oppressor.

Dear humans, the ones with senses that witness and hearts that break; the ones with brokenness and bruises, seen and unseen: Know you are blessed just by being.

In a world that tugs us toward isolation, connection feels both courageous and necessary.

I’ve never lived a year of my life without Kwanzaa. The Nguzo Saba, Kwanzaa’s 7 principles, still help me.

An ever-expanding compendium of music, Sing Out Love is nothing short of groundbreaking.

Their music is part of the ever-growing Sing Out Love collection of hymns, songs, and other worship resources.

How the online resource’s innovative features honor and carry on UU music traditions.

As part of my observance of Yule and Christmas, I honour my female ancestors.

Drink Earth’s declaration of love with snowmelt, droplet and tide.…

In this circle, we honor the courage it takes to live openly, the softness that sustains us, and the joy and power that grow when we gather.

We are bound for freedom, building on foundations laid before us.

Fire lifts us up and invigorates us with purpose, while Water helps us settle down into being.

May we know that love can heal us, all of us, if we act with compassion, if we offer grace.

We don’t try to be the perfect thing for everyone, all the time, because that’s impossible. Instead, we try to be who we are: Unitarian Universalists, who put love at the center of all we do.