What do you do when you’re really angry with someone and you can’t seem to let it go?

So many of us want to make positive change in our lives, our families, our communities, our world. But sometimes the forces of inertia and “the way it’s always been done” makes it feel like the system is conspiring against us.

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Let our hearts be welcoming of multiple truths, not holding hard or fast to closed mindedness or judgmental thinking. What can we learn from each other in the richness of our differences?

Staying present to what’s real—our world, our hope, our stories—can help us embody our values.

What can UU congregations learn from an international toy company? Plenty! Like how to reinvigorate an experience steeped in tradition by making it more appealing to younger generations—without diminishing the essence of the original. Presented by Rev. Phil Lund, UUA Congregational Life

During your congregation’s water ceremony, UUs for Justice in the Middle East invite you to place an empty paper cup next to the congregational vessel in solidarity with Palestinians.

A water communion liturgy that asks that we listen for God’s voice in the waters.

You are now holding in your heart a precious commodity. Someone trusted you with what was irking them, what brought them joy, what enraged them, what frightened them, what moved them, or simply, what is.

Give thanks for all the waters that be—for bays and gulfs and shining seas!

To be hopeful in bad times is not just foolishly romantic. It is based on the fact that human history is a history not only of cruelty, but also of compassion, sacrifice, courage, kindness.

We honor all our beloved dead whose bodies have returned to the earth, the earth that is our home. We honor their lives which shaped our own. We honor their love, which is beyond death. We honor their teachings, which teach us still.

We are whole and holy; we are loved beyond all measure. And in our refusal to accept anything less, may we know we are rooted in the infinite divinity.

We light this chalice to ignite the divine spark of the universe, whose pronouns have always been plural…

As T. Thorn Coyle says, “Practice makes possible.” How can the practice of covenant help us to navigate relationships in our lives and in our congregations?

High up, the wild geese have pulled the rusty doorway of Autumn closed behind them, their sharp music a choir of deep acoustic truth.

We lift up those who fear that their hurts, their pains, are too insignificant for healing. May they know that their hurt and their pain is valid, no matter the size, and may they feel comforted in the knowledge that they are not alone and that they are loved.

We extinguish this flame to remind us: Love is the center. As we explore and rest, engage and heal: Love is our center. When all we can see is cold ashes: Love endures.

We light this flame to remind us: Love is the center. As we grow and connect, mature and deepen: Love is our center. When the light of truth burns all else away: Love endures.

We light this chalice with all our soul’s longing, to be who we are, to be who will we will become, to be ourselves.