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  • In an outdoor crowd of people kneeling, fists are raised in solidarity for George Floyd
    We are one, a diverse group of proudly kindred spirits, here not by coincidence but because we choose to journey together.
    Affirmation | By Hope Johnson | February 3, 2021 | From WorshipWeb
    Tagged as: Commitment, Community, Humanism, Relationships, Seven Principles, Unity, WorshipWeb, Worship
  • Two people look up at the camera, their faces pressed together and their hands caressing the other's face.
    I do not wish to breathe another breath if it is not shared with others. The breath of life is not mine alone. I brought myself to be with you, hoping that by inhaling the compassion, the courage, the hope found here, I can exhale the fear, the selfishness, the separateness I keep so close to my...
    Affirmation | By Kristen L. Harper | August 22, 2017 | From WorshipWeb
    Tagged as: Awe, Body, Direct Experience, Humanism, Interdependence, Intimacy, Relationships, Reverence, Secular, Unity
  • Out of a crack in a cement sidewalk, a tiny green shoot emerges.
    How is it with your soul? This is the question that John Wesley, Anglican priest and the founder of Methodism, was known to ask of participants in small reflection groups. I ask you because, for me, this has been a hard week. So, beloveds, how is it with your souls?...
    Affirmation | By Ashley Horan | November 9, 2016 | From WorshipWeb
    Tagged as: 1st Principle (Worth & Dignity), 7th Principle (Interconnected Web), Activism, Anti-Oppression, Community, Despair, Direct Experience, Disaster or Crisis, Hope, Interdependence, Self-Care, Self-Respect, Spirituality, Unitarian Universalism, Unity
  • The silhouette of trees against sky, with reflected lights
    There's my temple! Believer, unbeliever or wild one. You are welcome! We have no definition of who we are but human. We have no code but that of respect. We have no creed but that of equality. There's my temple! Identity-seeker, sinner, stateless or not. You are welcome! We have no constraints on...
    Affirmation | By Ma Theresa "Tet" Gustilo Gallardo | August 11, 2016 | From WorshipWeb
    Tagged as: Acceptance, Community, Covenant, Inclusion, Truth, Unitarian Universalism, Unity
  • Attendees of Mosaic Makers conference raise hands into air during worship
    Do not be alone right now. Gather together. Gathering together grows courage: in ourselves and in others who see the numbers swelling. It is a small thing, but right now it is an important thing....
    Affirmation | By Karen G. Johnston | August 1, 2016 | From WorshipWeb
    Tagged as: 2nd Principle (Justice, Equity, & Compassion), 3rd Principle (Acceptance & Spiritual Growth), 6th Principle (World Community), Community, Direct Experience, Justice, Power, Prophetic Words & Deeds, Purpose, Responsibility, Solidarity, Unity
  • Photo of a river rushing over rocks.
    As drops of rain that find each other and build to become a track, a rivulet, a stream, a river, a sea, so are we drawn together; so are we fortunate to find each other; so are we bound together, on this shared passage toward an unknown ocean and eternity.
    Affirmation | By Elizabeth Lerner Maclay | September 15, 2015 | From WorshipWeb
    Tagged as: 7th Principle (Interconnected Web), Community, Connections, Earth, Earth-Centered, Homecoming / Ingathering, Nature, New Member Ceremony, Relationships, Unitarian Universalism, Unity, Water Communion, WorshipWeb
  • Unitarian Universalist Association Chalice
    We, bearers of the dream, affirm that a new vision of hope is emerging.
    Affirmation | By Loretta Williams | May 21, 2015 | From WorshipWeb
    Tagged as: Activism, Commitment, Hope, Justice, Unity, Vision