Dear Creative Life Force, the infinite healing power of creativity is the best gift you've given to us.

My God lives in the margins and witnesses to the broken-hearted.

Somehow, the things that are too much to bear alone are bearable together.

The 8th Principle is about actively dismantling racism.

The following is an excerpt from the Theological Statement that opens the May 2018 Report of the UUMA Ableism Task Force. The members of that Task Force were Rev. Josh Pawelek and Rev. Barbara F. Meyers, co-chairs; Rev. Mark Belletini; Rev. Erika Hewitt; Rev. Evan Keely; and Rev. Theresa I. Soto.

Don’t argue with salvation when it arrives on your shores.

My inner compass reminds me of the power we’ve been given to create a new future.

I learned that love and support can be expressed in many different ways by different people.

To see how we fight still after entire lifetimes of struggle—and then to tell us to be more polite is just plain cruel.

Emergence, becoming, is inherent in each of us.

Conflict resolution is in fact one of the greatest things that you can accomplish in your life and in your relationship. [W]hen I view people as not bringing conflict up, I think it’s being unfaithful to the relationship. I think it’s an abdication of your role in the relationship, and you are...

Do we who are UUs really believe in the values of our faith enough to enact to them in bold, clear, and unequivocal ways?

We celebrate our desires to stretch our wings towards where we wish to fly and soar free. And thus, we make a bridge. We affirm our commitment to remain connected to those who are still earth-bound and captive, remembering that a bridge may be a footpath or an umbrella. And thus, we offer a bridge.

Čapek turned to the beauty of the countryside; to the beauty of flowers.

Help me live in gratitude for the LGBTQ+ ancestors who paved this road we walk and roll on.

The words we cast to fill the silence left by one we loved never are enough.

A quick flash that makes you doubt your senses— But then a tiny ember glows on the braided twine And brings a flame to life. Soon you find a candle sitting on a table, Desolate until its wick touches yours, And suddenly the brightness doubles; In an instant the warmth has grown. This intensified...

I feel sad to lose a spiritual practice that I can now recognize, honor, and appreciate.

Memorial Day is not to be celebrated. It is to be observed, scrutinized, and witnessed on behalf of the true witnesses of our human failure to love our neighbor as ourselves.

Committing to right relationship means being willing to revise our practices when we learn that previously accepted habits might be harmful.