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  • Against a dark background, four pink paper letters dangle from individual strings: L O V E
    If love is sweet labor, love can be taught, modeled, and practiced. This labor engages all our emotions.
    Quote | By Valerie Kaur | February 4, 2026 | From WorshipWeb
    Tagged as: Grief, Joy, Love, Wonder, Work, Worship
  • A gold Emmy statue rests on a table: a winged figure holding, over their head, a stylized globe. The statue is on a table, seen from above and close up.
    I grew up witnessing Black people who were free to exercise our own self-determination.
    Reflection | By Antoinette Hollamon | February 4, 2026 | From Braver/Wiser
    Tagged as: #8thPrinciple, #BlackHistoryMonth, #BlackLivesMatter, #WidenTheCircle, Black History / Whitney Young / James Reeb, Worship
  • A life-size statue of Carter G. Woodson, sitting on a concrete memorial. He is seated with one hand on a knee, and the other arm along the back of the support. Next to him, there's a bouquet of flowers and a color sign with Woodson's face and the caption "Father of Black History Month." The words "Father of Black History" are engraved into the memorial's base.
    Black History Month has a beautiful, amazing history; it comes from a deep culture of resistance.
    Reflection | By Takiyah Nur Amin | January 28, 2026 | From Braver/Wiser
    Tagged as: #8thPrinciple, #BlackHistoryMonth, #BlackLivesMatter, America, Black History / Whitney Young / James Reeb, Generations, Identity, Justice, Progress, Race/Ethnicity, Self-Respect, Solidarity, Worship
  • A young woman with a huge smile turns to smile at the camera as she boards a plane. She's carrying a backpack and walking up an external flight of stairs. In front of her is someone else boarding the plane.
    Tenderness helped me on my journey to adulthood, and taught me the importance of hospitality.
    Reflection | By Sue Oshiro-Zeier | January 21, 2026 | From Braver/Wiser
    Tagged as: 3rd Principle (Acceptance & Spiritual Growth), 4th Principle (Truth & Meaning), Beginnings, Change, Compassion, Generations, Generosity, Kindness, Vulnerability, Worship, Young Adults
  • Two people, one with dark skin and one with light skin, are seen from behind outdoors. They're both wearing backpacks and looking up at the trees in front of them. One person is pointing up toward a tree.
    May we relax our need for certainty and control.
    Reflection | By Christine Slocum | January 14, 2026 | From Braver/Wiser
    Tagged as: 4th Principle (Truth & Meaning), Animals, Leadership, Letting Go, Limitations, Mindfulness, Nature, Presence, Worry, Worship
  • A black-and-white photo at a rally, with a blurred crowd of people raising their fists in the air. The focus of the photo is a person with their back to the camera who also has their fist raised in the air, and is standing higher than the crowd.
    Our resistance is not predicated on how likely it will be to alter the conscience of the oppressor.
    Quote | By Cole Arthur Riley | January 10, 2026 | From WorshipWeb
    Tagged as: 2nd Principle (Justice, Equity, & Compassion), 5th Principle (Conscience & Democracy), 6th Principle (World Community), Activism, Anti-Oppression, Conscience, Justice, Nonviolence, Oppression, Responsibility, Worship
  • Outdoors, with sky and treetops in the background, four hands each hold up a gold number: 2 - 0 - 2 - 6
    In a world that tugs us toward isolation, connection feels both courageous and necessary.
    Reflection | By Tim Atkins | January 7, 2026 | From Braver/Wiser
    Tagged as: Beginnings, Connections, Contemplation, Integrity, New Year, Spiritual Practice, Worship
  • In a living room, a Black woman wearing an African-print top blows out a match. On the Kwanzaa table in front of her, draped with Kente cloth in shades of gold, green, and red, are ears of corn and a kinara: a Kwanzaa candle holder with three red taper candles, three green, and one black candle in the center, which is lit. There are gifts and gift bags propped around the table, and on the wall above the Kwanzaa table is a purple banner that says "Kwanzaa" under a stylized kinara with seven lit candles.
    I’ve never lived a year of my life without Kwanzaa. The Nguzo Saba, Kwanzaa’s 7 principles, still help me.
    Reflection | By Takiyah Nur Amin | December 17, 2025 | From Braver/Wiser
    Tagged as: #BlackLivesMatter, 4th Principle (Truth & Meaning), Generations, Kwanzaa, Multiculturalism, Race/Ethnicity, Self-Respect, Spiritual Practice, Tradition, Worship
  • Unitarian Universalist Association Chalice
    I believe that my name is on an ancestor's lips—that even now, someone who has gone before is praying for me and on my behalf.
    Quote | By Yolanda Pierce | December 10, 2025 | From WorshipWeb
    Tagged as: #BlackHistoryMonth, #BlackLivesMatter, 1st Principle (Worth & Dignity), Direct Experience, Generations, Identity, Imagination, Purpose, Race/Ethnicity, Spirituality, Worship
  • From behind, seen from shoulders to knee, three Sámi women wearing traditional clothing: cornflower blue dresses with a red ruffle at the bottom, and fringed shawls in shades of light blue and bright yellow-gold, with white and red accents.
    As part of my observance of Yule and Christmas, I honour my female ancestors.
    Reflection | By Laura Dobson | December 10, 2025 | From Braver/Wiser
    Tagged as: 4th Principle (Truth & Meaning), Earth-Centered, Generations, Goddess, International, Mothers, Multiculturalism, Nature, Paganism, Winter, Winter Solstice / Yule, Women, Worship
  • A trail through a redwood forest. The trees take up most of the image. There is a path through the trees, wet with recent rain, with ferns on either side. In the center of the photo, dwarfed by the trees, there is a man holding up a small camera or phone to take a picture.
    Drink Earth’s declaration of love with snowmelt, droplet and tide.…
    Poetry | By Jennifer Pratt-Walter | December 6, 2025 | From WorshipWeb
    Tagged as: Connections, Earth, Interdependence, Love, Nature, Self-Care, Worship
  • Seen from below, a flock of pigeons flies from the lower left to the upper right of the frame, against the white and pale blue background of a cloudy sky.
    We are bound for freedom, building on foundations laid before us.
    Opening, Reading | By Joan Javier-Duval | December 5, 2025 | From WorshipWeb
    Tagged as: Activism, Anti-Oppression, Character, Commitment, Courage, Freedom, Justice, Justice Sunday, Living Our Faith, Progress, Rights, Worship
  • In a living room with a lit Christmas tree and gifts, a woman sits with closed eyes, slumped, with her hand on her forehead as if she's disappointed or frustrated.
    Help me feel the calm in the storm—even the ones of my own making.
    Reflection | By Kahla Childers | December 3, 2025 | From Braver/Wiser
    Tagged as: Acceptance, Advent, Christmas Eve / Christmas, Compassion, Empathy, Failure, Family, Letting Go, Limitations, Responsibility, Self-Care, Self-Respect, Worship
  • Prehistoric stenciled outlines of many overlapping hands on the wall of a cave (the Cueva de las Manos in Argentina). Some hands show up as ochre on a white background, some are white on a black or ochre background.
    We sang, we loved, we gazed up at the mysterious stars. We tried to understand what had created us, why we were here, why we suffered and how to keep what was precious.
    Reading | By Lóre Stevens | December 1, 2025 | From WorshipWeb
    Tagged as: Awe, Beginnings, Connections, Earth, Generations, History, Journey, Nature, Reverence, Science, Worship
  • A wooden crate holding vegetables like carrots, peppers, and leeks is carried between two people: each person is holding one handle, outdoors, as they walk through a field or garden.
    My grandparents are now ancestors, but they taught me about creating a home of abundance.
    Reflection | By Melissa Jeter | November 26, 2025 | From Braver/Wiser
    Tagged as: Abundance, All Souls Day, Direct Experience, Earth, Earth Day, Earth-Centered, Family, Food, Friendship, Generations, Generosity, Gratitude, Humanism, Simplicity, Stewardship, Thanksgiving, Worship
  • A lecturer with graying hair speaks at a lectern, holding a page of notes, his back to the camera. In the background, blurred, is a bank of seats filled with audience members.
    Whether they walk, shuffle, or wheel themselves into my life, every person I interact with matters.
    Reflection | By JD Stillwater | November 19, 2025 | From Braver/Wiser
    Tagged as: Worship
  • A table covered with a red tablecloth and a purple tablecloth. The front is labeled with the word PRIDE, with each letter handwritten on a separate piece of letter paper. On the center of the table is a clear box filled with large serving spoons. The rest of the table is completely covered by many loose spoons. Among the spoons are many handwritten signs labeled with types of disabilities: “cognitive,” “developmental,” “sensory,” “hidden,” and so on.
    This two-part ritual, inspired by the disability justice concept of spoon theory, includes a litany of things that can “take spoons away” from people. Part of the WorshipWeb collection “Worth and Dignity of All Bodies.”
    Litany, Ritual | By Anna Tulou | November 17, 2025 | From WorshipWeb
    Tagged as: 1st Principle (Worth & Dignity), 2nd Principle (Justice, Equity, & Compassion), 3rd Principle (Acceptance & Spiritual Growth), 4th Principle (Truth & Meaning), Anti-Oppression, Body, Commitment, Disability, Human Rights, Identity, Inclusion, Respect, Rights, Solidarity, Worship
  • Indoors, in front of a sunny window and amid houseplants, a light-skinned Black sits cross-legged, eyes closed, as if meditating.
    I have a right to feel scared and hurt, and angry. Yet I refuse to let hate calcify my heart.
    Reflection | By Vanessa Titang | November 12, 2025 | From Braver/Wiser
    Tagged as: America, Anger, Anti-Oppression, Belief, Commitment, Identity, Spiritual Practice, Spirituality, Worship
  • Sitting on a couch, with only their torso and upper legs visible, a dark-skinned person wearing jeans and an olive T-shirt leans forward with their elbows on their knees. In one hand they dangle a military dog tag, and a similar tag is visible hanging from their neck outside of their T-shirt.
    As citizens of this democratic nation, we’re all complicit in its wars and conflicts.
    Reflection | By Rina Shere | November 5, 2025 | From Braver/Wiser
    Tagged as: 3rd Principle (Acceptance & Spiritual Growth), Accountability, America, Compassion, Conscience, Mental Health, Military, Politics, Veterans Day, Worship
  • An woman wearing an olive T-shirt and camo pants, suggesting a military veteran, leans forward in her chair, hands together, towards a counselor who's seated with a clipboard of notes on her lap.
    Just as you and I are more than our suffering, so too is each veteran more than their suffering.
    Reflection | By Rina Shere | October 29, 2025 | From Braver/Wiser
    Tagged as: Military, Veterans Day, Worship