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  • A low-angle view of the gray paving stones on a street. The stones are foreshortened vertically, so we see two dozen or so rows of them, each row containing three or four stones. The stones are rough-hewn and of varying shades of gray.
    ...we don’t know, can’t anticipate...the paths, unexpected, that open before us.
    Opening | By Linda Hart | July 23, 2025 | From WorshipWeb
    Tagged as: Acceptance, Conscience, Discernment, Humility, Letting Go, Limitations, Listening, Mindfulness
  • A silhouette of a person’s face in profile, looking to our left. The background is black, and most of the face is in shadow, so all we see is a line of white light at the very edge of the face.
    Our financial offerings today help sustain this congregation as a place where truth can be spoken without fear....
    Offering | By Jo VonRue | July 23, 2025 | From WorshipWeb
    Tagged as: Anti-Oppression, Conscience, Courage, Generosity, Responsibility, Stewardship
  • Unitarian Universalist Association Chalice
    ... the fullness of our shapes and sizes are countless as stars in an infinite universe.
    Affirmation | By Amy G. S. A. Brooks | July 23, 2025 | From WorshipWeb
    Tagged as: Acceptance, Body, Empathy, Fat Liberation, Identity, Inclusion
  • A hand with some dirt smudges on it holds a compass. The background in blurred.
    I trust that my heart knows the way
    Affirmation | By Kari Kopnick | July 23, 2025 | From WorshipWeb
    Tagged as: Acceptance, Patience, Peace, Searching, Self-Respect, Spiritual Practice, Spirituality, Transcendence, Trust, Worship
  • A view of wooden church pews, and the church narthex, from the pulpit. The pulpit holds a piece of sheet music and a microphone.
    an online sermon-writing experience for laypeople
    July 9, 2025 | From WorshipLab
    Tagged as: Worship Tips
  • Two photos in wood frames are propped in front of a row of books. Both photos are in sepia tones, and obviously very old. The first photo, of Rev. Samuel Longfellow, is a close-up of a white man with short parted hair, a mustache, bushy beard, and a bow tie. The second photo, of Rev. Samuel Johnson, is set back slightly, showing a white man with longer dark hair, and a longer beard. He is wearing a suit and bow tie, as well, and his name appears in calligraphy under the portrait.
    The love that brought The Sams into partnership ripples outward from their lives.
    Reflection | By Norman Allen | June 25, 2025 | From Braver/Wiser
    Tagged as: Worship
  • In the foreground, a small candle is lit inside of a glass jar. It's setting on the back of a wooden church pew, in the dark. In the background, the chancel of the sanctuary is visible, an altar filled with lit candles, and strings of white lights draped across the vaulted ceiling. It's a cozy vibe.
    “The Sams,” as they were known in Transcendentalist circles, revised time-worn lyrics to move beyond dogma and creed.
    Reflection | By Norman Allen | June 18, 2025 | From Braver/Wiser
    Tagged as: Worship
  • A dark-skinned person, wearing headphones and with closed eyes, as if caught up in the joy of music. The background is stylized with paint-like splashes of color, musical notation, and other artistic elements.
    Art heals.
    Reflection | By Jolie Rocke | June 11, 2025 | From Braver/Wiser
    Tagged as: Worship
  • Taken from behind and between two people, a woman sitting at a piano uses her hands to position the hands of a young child next to her, as if the child is having trouble striking the correct keys.
    May I always seek the wisdom, beauty, and whimsy in the grace notes of life.
    Reflection | By Sarah Dutton | June 4, 2025 | From Braver/Wiser
    Tagged as: Worship
  • Against a black background, puffs of glittery smoke appear in a span of teal, blue, violet, lavender, red, orangey-yellow, lime, and green.
    Unitarian Universalism “queers” the idea of theology itself.
    Reflection | By Karishma Gottfried | May 28, 2025 | From Braver/Wiser
    Tagged as: 1st Principle (Worth & Dignity), 2nd Principle (Justice, Equity, & Compassion), 3rd Principle (Acceptance & Spiritual Growth), 4th Principle (Truth & Meaning), Acceptance, Anti-Oppression, Freedom, Identity, Imagination, Lesbian/Gay/Bisexual/Transgender/Queer, Pride Sunday, Unitarian Universalism, Worship
  • From behind, a dark-skinned person wearing jeans and a hoodie holds the hand of a small child. They're standing on a beach, looking at the waves. Next to them, a looming metal border wall, with one tarnished panel, stretches far into the ocean.
    It is a profoundly simple thing to put love at the center.
    Reflection | By Zeb Green | May 21, 2025 | From Braver/Wiser
    Tagged as: Worship
  • Two leaf-strewn paths diverging in a wooded area with a light dusting of snow on the ground.
    The moral component of history, the most necessary component, is simply a single question, asked over and over again: When it mattered, who sided with justice and who sided with power?
    Quote | By Omar El Akkad | May 19, 2025 | From WorshipWeb
    Tagged as: Ethics, History, Integrity, Justice, Power, Worship
  • Swirls of red, orange, and yellow light against a black background, giving an impression of fire.
    Guide us all to a Wild and Holy vision of our shared humanity.
    Chalice Lighting | By Shawn Gibson | May 19, 2025 | From WorshipWeb
    Tagged as: Awe, Change, Growth, Sacred, Transformation, Worship
  • Five young multicultural adults are seated at two adjoining desks in a glass-walled room suggesting a library. Two students are looking down at open books, while the other three appear to be chatting with one another.
    I need the balance of accountability and support that comes only from being in deep relationship with others.
    Reflection | By Takiyah Nur Amin | May 14, 2025 | From Braver/Wiser
    Tagged as: 4th Principle (Truth & Meaning), Accountability, Challenge, Change, Direct Experience, Humanism, Humility, Listening, Relationships, Responsibility, Trust, Truth, Unitarian Universalism, Worship
  • Caught in flight, a red-winged blackbird flies over greenery. The small, bright red patches on its wings blaze against its black body and wings.
    When we live authentically, we honor the truth that all people are beloved.
    Reflection | By Cara Stultz Costello | May 7, 2025 | From Braver/Wiser
    Tagged as: Worship
  • The words "A lamentation on the first 100 days of this administration" appear over a darkened human figure, from the waist up, holding a lit taper candle in their stacked, upturned palms. The Side With Love name and rainbow heart logo appear in the lower right hand corner.
    May we be a people who side with love.
    Prayer | May 5, 2025 | From WorshipWeb
    Tagged as: America, Living Our Faith, Politics, Worship
  • From above, a large white salt crystal rests on a light surface next to a bowl filled with pink rose petals. A narrow prism of rainbow light falls directly between the two objects.
    A ritual honoring the story of love in our lives
    Ritual | By Erika Hewitt | May 1, 2025 | From WorshipWeb
    Tagged as: 3rd Principle (Acceptance & Spiritual Growth), All Souls Day, Beauty, Direct Experience, Father's Day, Letting Go, Love, Mother's Day, Parents, Relationships, Spiritual Practice, Transformation, Valentine's Day, Vulnerability, Worship
  • A dark mosaic, crafted from many small pieces of dark glass, reflect a rainbow of vivid colors.
    Everything is different now.
    Reflection | By Manish Mishra-Marzetti | April 30, 2025 | From Braver/Wiser
    Tagged as: 1st Principle (Worth & Dignity), 3rd Principle (Acceptance & Spiritual Growth), 4th Principle (Truth & Meaning), Abundance, America, Direct Experience, Empathy, Family, Fathers, Fear, Humanism, Identity, Lesbian/Gay/Bisexual/Transgender/Queer, Love, Worship
  • A black-and-white photo of an older person carrying a heavy bucket uphill on a dark-colored road next to a whitewashed stucco wall. The person is wearing sandals and a calf-length sleeveless dress made of a diamond-patterned fabric. They are stooped over and walking away from the camera, so all that can be seen of their head is some curly grey hair. They are carrying the bucket with their left arm, and their right arm is bent with the hand at their right hip.
    We don’t have to impress or convince or win over. We don’t have to know the words. It’s okay we didn’t read the book, or pass that class, or carry that title, or meet that mark. We don’t have to be anything but who we are.
    Opening | By Kate Steinberg | April 24, 2025 | From WorshipWeb
    Tagged as: Acceptance, Community, Compassion, Connections, Interdependence, Justice, Letting Go, Self-Care, Worship
  • A chalice with the word Love over the flame, with six outstretched swirls that create a circular space within them. Together, they form a six-petal flower shape and alternate in color between goldenrod and dark pink. Each contains one of the six UU shared values, printed in a modern font. Clockwise: Transformation (aqua), Equity (bright green), Pluralism (red), Interdependence (dark blue), Justice (goldenrod), and Generosity (dark pink).
    … Love is not only at the center but also the opening that invites us to lament, celebrate, and care.
    Opening | By anastasia birosh | April 24, 2025 | From WorshipWeb
    Tagged as: Caring, Equity, Generosity, Interdependence, Justice, Love, Pluralism, Transformation, Worship
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