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  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • From behind, from the neck down, a military service member is shown wearing camouflage holds his rucksack in front of a house's doorstep. An American flag hangs next to the front door.
    My Universalist theology guides me to remind our veterans that they are not defined by their worst moment or action.
    Reflection | By Rina Shere | October 22, 2025 | From Braver/Wiser
    Tagged as: Military, Military Service, Veterans Day, Worship
  • Inside an structure that contains many angled mirror panels, the camera captures a mosaic of reflections of people moving through an urban landscape.
    May my path be guided by dharma—a love ethic of right thought and action.
    Reflection | By Rumni Saha | October 15, 2025 | From Braver/Wiser
    Tagged as: Worship
  • Outdoors under a canopy of trees, three men chat while looking upward; one points toward something out of frame.
    The neighborhood, the village, the beloved community is for all of us.
    Reflection | By Helen “HP” Rivers | October 8, 2025 | From Braver/Wiser
    Tagged as: Worship
  • In a hospital bed, a person wearing an oxygen mask gazes up at two nurses or physicians, who are wearing blue scrubs, masks, and hairnets.
    The most important person is the person in front of us, whether they’re a person we’re “supposed” to help, a friend, or a stranger.
    Reflection | By Sue Oshiro-Zeier | October 1, 2025 | From Braver/Wiser
    Tagged as: Worship
  • A close up of a person's hands, with dirt under their nails. One open palm cradles a pile of seeds; the other hand is pinching a few of those seeds.
    To live well is to be in relationship with the earth’s constant change.
    Reflection | By Kimi Floyd Reisch | September 24, 2025 | From Braver/Wiser
    Tagged as: Worship
  • A person with dark skin, wearing denim overalls, is partially seen kneeling on the floor. They are holding a long-handled paintbrush and dabbing yellow paint on a paint palette that rests on the floor, at the level of the camera. They appear to be in the middle of a painting in a studio.
    The freedom to seek, discover, and accept others’ truths is a sweet path to follow.
    Reflection | By Clint Nicely | September 17, 2025 | From Braver/Wiser
    Tagged as: 4th Principle (Truth & Meaning), Arts & Music, Beauty, Creativity, Discernment, Freedom, Individualism, Personal Stories, Worship
  • A preteen child, sitting on a step, hugs their knees and rests the side of their face on their knees, as if expressing sadness. An adult sitting next to them attends to the child, one hand on their knee and another around their back.
    We're only as safe as the people we’re willing to protect.
    Reflection | By Samara Powers | September 10, 2025 | From Braver/Wiser
    Tagged as: #LGBTQ, #LoveResists, 1st Principle (Worth & Dignity), 2nd Principle (Justice, Equity, & Compassion), 4th Principle (Truth & Meaning), Activism, Challenge, Commitment, Conscience, Direct Experience, Humanism, Integrity, Justice, Lesbian/Gay/Bisexual/Transgender/Queer, Living Our Faith, Oppression, Solidarity, Unitarian Universalism, Worship