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May the words that I speak remind others that they are beloved.Reflection | By Aaron Stockwell Wisman | January 24, 2024 | From Braver/WiserTagged as: Caring, Friendship, Good, Humanism, Ministry, Relationships, Respect, Responsibility, Worship
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There is room here for each and every one. Come in. Be among us.Welcome | By Shari Woodbury | December 12, 2023 | From WorshipWebTagged as: Caring, Community, Hospitality, Inclusion, Searching, WorshipWeb, Worship
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Carl the golden retriever learns about the limitations of the Golden Rule.Story | By Tiffany Sapp | October 10, 2023 | From WorshipWebTagged as: Animals, Caring, Imagination, Playfulness, Relationships, WorshipWeb, Worship
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If I’m not cultivating an open heart and watching for the helpers, the teachers, and the angels, I may miss them when I need them the most.Reflection | By Sue Ferguson | May 24, 2023 | From Braver/WiserTagged as: Caring, Character, Compassion, Direct Experience, Gratitude, Hospitality, Trust, Worship
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I don’t know exactly when it happened, but something began to change.Reading | By Tess Baumberger | March 13, 2023 | From WorshipWebTagged as: 1st Principle (Worth & Dignity), 3rd Principle (Acceptance & Spiritual Growth), Acceptance, Aging, Caring, Change, Coming-of-Age, Direct Experience, Generations, Humanism, Life Transition, Secular, WorshipWeb, Worship
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Today we celebrate the new name that reflects a truth long-hidden, now revealed.Ritual | By Karen G. Johnston | March 9, 2023 | From WorshipWebTagged as: Acceptance, Caring, Identity, Inclusion, Lesbian/Gay/Bisexual/Transgender/Queer, Life Transition, Naming Ceremony, Self-Respect, Transformation, WorshipWeb, Worship
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May our spirits be guided by our values.Prayer | By Christin Green | January 27, 2023 | From WorshipWebTagged as: America, Caring, Democracy, Integrity, Justice, Living Our Faith, Solidarity, Unitarian Universalism, WorshipWeb, Worship
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We give thanks to the Sacred, woven in and among us, for the teachers, youth advisors, youth mentors, and parents in our community.Ritual | By Elizabeth Harding | October 17, 2022 | From WorshipWebTagged as: Caring, Children, Family, Leadership, Relationships, Teacher Recognition
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Let us imagine washing the feet of someone who has wronged us. Their feet, too, are calloused and muddy from the road.Responsive Reading | By Patty Willis | October 3, 2022 | From WorshipWebTagged as: Caring, Christianity, Compassion, Easter, Empathy, Ministry, Service, WorshipWeb, Worship
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Once, during my ministerial internship, a woman I’ll call Clara came up to me during the hustle and bustle before the Sunday service. I knew that Clara struggled with anxiety; now, in great distress, she told me how anxious she was and that she didn’t know what to do. She was frantic, and I...Reading | By Barbara F. Meyers | July 27, 2022 | From WorshipWebTagged as: Acceptance, Caring, Listening, Mental Health, Presence
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People of faith are experts in human kindness.Reading | By Barbara F. Meyers | July 27, 2022 | From WorshipWebTagged as: 1st Principle (Worth & Dignity), 3rd Principle (Acceptance & Spiritual Growth), Addiction/Recovery, Caring, Community, Healing, Hope, Kindness, Mental Health
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Mental illnesses are sometimes called “no-casserole diseases.” People don’t bring casseroles to homes where someone is hospitalized for mental problems.Reading | By Barbara F. Meyers | July 27, 2022 | From WorshipWebTagged as: 1st Principle (Worth & Dignity), Caring, Compassion, Mental Health, WorshipWeb, Worship
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Help us feel at home with ourselves and with one another so there is no need to pretend.Prayer | By Molly Kliment-Jenkins | May 22, 2022 | From WorshipWebTagged as: #COVID19, Caring, Change, Fear, Growth, Hospitality, Transcendence, WorshipWeb, Worship
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In a world of scarcity, interconnection and mutual aid become critical for survival.Reading | By Robin Wall Kimmerer | May 19, 2022 | From WorshipWebTagged as: 7th Principle (Interconnected Web), Abundance, Caring, Earth, Earth-Centered, Interdependence, Nature
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Love cannot fix everything, but it can keep us company.Reading | By Jen Crow | March 24, 2022 | From WorshipWebTagged as: 2nd Principle (Justice, Equity, & Compassion), 3rd Principle (Acceptance & Spiritual Growth), 4th Principle (Truth & Meaning), Balance, Caring, Direct Experience, Gratitude, Humanism, Love, Relationships
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Safety is not tied to our capacity to watch our neighbors, but rather based on our capacity to truly look out for one another.Reading | February 16, 2022 | From WorshipWebTagged as: Activism, Caring, Community, Fear, Solidarity, WorshipWeb, Worship
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When I first entered the rooms of recovery, I thought I had nothing in common with the people around me.Meditation | By Anonymous | February 4, 2022 | From WorshipWebTagged as: Addiction/Recovery, Caring, Friendship, Self-Care, Vulnerability
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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...Reading | By Amanda Doyle | June 23, 2021 | From WorshipWebTagged as: Caring, Conflict, Direct Experience, Friendship, Humanism, Marriage, Relationships, Secular, Vulnerability, WorshipWeb, Worship
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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.Responsive Reading | By Leslie Takahashi | June 19, 2021 | From WorshipWebTagged as: Caring, Connections, WorshipWeb, Worship
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Breathe in for caregivers of all kinds who give of themselves to make other people’s lives better, more whole.Prayer | By Sara Goodman | June 2, 2021 | From WorshipWebTagged as: Caring, Family, Generations, Grief, Imagination, Mother's Day, Responsibility, Unitarian Universalism
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