
Our Virtual Hymnal Task Force 🎶 seeks your input! Please fill out our survey, which will close on January 1, 2024.
To search for resources that support December's Soul Matter theme of Mystery, toggle the red arrow below and search for Spiritual Themes of: Wonder, Awe, Mystery, Searching
Toggle to filter resultsAvailable filters:
Changing a filter will refresh results (and remaining options) immediately.
- #COVID19 (3)
- 1st Principle (Worth & Dignity) (15)
- 2nd Principle (Justice, Equity, & Compassion) (11)
- 3rd Principle (Acceptance & Spiritual Growth) (21)
- 4th Principle (Truth & Meaning) (21)
- 6th Principle (World Community) (8)
- 7th Principle (Interconnected Web) (112)
- Abundance (19)
- Acceptance (13)
- Activism (5)
- Advent (4)
- Agnosticism (4)
- All Saints Day (2)
- All Souls Day (3)
- America (2)
- Animal Blessing (5)
- Animal Memorial (1)
- Animals (28)
- Anti-Oppression (7)
- Atheism (1)
- Autumnal Equinox (19)
- Awe (45)
- Balance (18)
- Beauty (41)
- Beginnings (10)
- Birth (2)
- Body (16)
- Brokenness (5)
- Buddhism (2)
- Building/Space Dedication (2)
- Calling (1)
- Canvass/Pledge (2)
- Caring (13)
- Challenge (5)
- Change (11)
- Character (1)
- Child Dedication (2)
- Children (5)
- Children's / Religious Education Sunday (2)
- Children's Sabbath (2)
- Christianity (9)
- Christmas Eve / Christmas (6)
- Climate Change (1)
- Climate Justice (27)
- Commitment (8)
- Communion (Christian) (1)
- Community (25)
- Compassion (5)
- Compromise (1)
- Conflict (1)
- Connections (29)
- Contemplation (15)
- Courage (7)
- Creativity (5)
- Death (9)
- Despair (8)
- DĂa de los Muertos (1)
- Dignity (1)
- Direct Experience (70)
- Disaster (2)
- Discernment (3)
- Diversity (3)
- Divorce / Separation (1)
- Earth (145)
- (-) Earth-Centered (247)
- Earth Day (51)
- Easter (7)
- Economy (1)
- Education (1)
- Ending (3)
- Environment (15)
- Equity (1)
- Ethics (2)
- Faith (5)
- Fall (3)
- Family (3)
- Fathers (1)
- Fear (4)
- Fire Communion (1)
- Flower Communion (12)
- Food (8)
- Food Justice (3)
- Forgiveness (3)
- Freedom (3)
- Friendship (4)
- Gender (1)
- Generations (15)
- Generosity (2)
- Globalism (1)
- God (8)
- Goddess (3)
- Grace (7)
- Gratitude (20)
- Grief (2)
- Growth (18)
- Guilt (1)
- Halloween (2)
- Hanukkah (3)
- Happiness (1)
- Healing (11)
- Health (1)
- Hinduism (1)
- History (2)
- Home (6)
- Homecoming / Ingathering (7)
- Hope (20)
- Hospitality (2)
- Humanism (36)
- Humility (9)
- Identity (2)
- IllUUmination (2)
- Imagination (27)
- Imbolc / Brighid's Day / Candlemas (8)
- Immanence (4)
- Inclusion (3)
- Indigenous American (5)
- Indigenous Peoples Day (1)
- Individualism (1)
- Installations (1)
- Integrity (2)
- Interdependence (39)
- Interfaith (1)
- Intimacy (1)
- Job Loss (1)
- Journey (9)
- Joy (8)
- Joys & Concerns (1)
- Judaism (4)
- July 4th (1)
- Justice (7)
- Justice Sunday (1)
- Kindness (1)
- Kwanzaa (1)
- Lammas (2)
- Leadership (2)
- Leaving Home (1)
- Lent (1)
- Lesbian/Gay/Bisexual/Transgender/Queer (2)
- Letting Go (11)
- Life Transition (3)
- Limitations (2)
- Listening (3)
- Living Our Faith (1)
- Love (14)
- May Day / Beltane (1)
- Meaning (5)
- Meditation Practices (1)
- Mental Health (1)
- Mindfulness (2)
- Ministry (1)
- Mother's Day (2)
- Mothers (3)
- Mourning (1)
- Mystery (19)
- Nature (159)
- New Child (2)
- New Member Ceremony (1)
- New Year (3)
- Ordinations (1)
- Paganism (27)
- Pain (3)
- Parents (1)
- Passover (Pesach) (1)
- Patience (7)
- Peace (7)
- Playfulness (4)
- Power (4)
- Prayer Practices (3)
- Presence (11)
- Privilege (1)
- Progress (1)
- Prophetic Words & Deeds (11)
- Purpose (9)
- Race/Ethnicity (2)
- Reconciliation (1)
- Regret (1)
- Relationships (23)
- Religion (1)
- Remembrance Day (1)
- Respect (3)
- Responsibility (21)
- Revelation (1)
- Reverence (17)
- Rosh Hashanah (1)
- Sacred (13)
- Sacrifice (2)
- Sadness (2)
- Salvation (2)
- Samhain (5)
- Science (5)
- Searching (8)
- Secular (33)
- Self-Care (6)
- Self-Respect (5)
- Service (3)
- Seven Principles (2)
- Sexuality (1)
- Shadow (1)
- Silence (5)
- Simplicity (2)
- Six Sources (1)
- Solidarity (2)
- Solitude (1)
- Sorrow (1)
- Spirituality (8)
- Spiritual Practice (9)
- Spring (15)
- Stewardship (14)
- Strength (12)
- Summer (3)
- Summer Solstice (12)
- Table Grace (1)
- Teacher Recognition (1)
- Terrorism (1)
- Thanksgiving (3)
- Tradition (4)
- Transcendence (15)
- Transformation (17)
- Trauma (1)
- Trust (3)
- Truth (2)
- Twelfth Night / Epiphany (1)
- Unitarian Universalism (48)
- Unity (8)
- Vernal Equinox (24)
- Violence (1)
- Vision (3)
- Vulnerability (5)
- Water Communion (18)
- Weddings and Commitment Ceremonies (2)
- Wholeness (5)
- Winter (19)
- Winter Solstice / Yule (27)
- Wisdom (9)
- Women (2)
- Wonder (32)
- Work (1)
- Worry (1)
- Worship (30)
- Worth (1)
- Youth/Teens (1)
- Advent (4)
- All Saints Day (2)
- All Souls Day (3)
- Animal Blessing (5)
- Animal Memorial (1)
- Autumnal Equinox (19)
- Building/Space Dedication (2)
- Canvass/Pledge (2)
- Child Dedication (2)
- Children's / Religious Education Sunday (2)
- Children's Sabbath (2)
- Christmas Eve / Christmas (6)
- Communion (Christian) (1)
- DĂa de los Muertos (1)
- Divorce / Separation (1)
- Earth Day (51)
- Easter (7)
- Fire Communion (1)
- Flower Communion (12)
- Halloween (2)
- Hanukkah (3)
- Homecoming / Ingathering (7)
- IllUUmination (2)
- Imbolc / Brighid's Day / Candlemas (8)
- Indigenous Peoples Day (1)
- Installations (1)
- Job Loss (1)
- Joys & Concerns (1)
- July 4th (1)
- Justice Sunday (1)
- Kwanzaa (1)
- Lammas (2)
- Leaving Home (1)
- Lent (1)
- Life Transition (3)
- May Day / Beltane (1)
- Meditation Practices (1)
- Mother's Day (2)
- Mourning (1)
- New Child (2)
- New Member Ceremony (1)
- New Year (3)
- Ordinations (1)
- Passover (Pesach) (1)
- Prayer Practices (3)
- Remembrance Day (1)
- Rosh Hashanah (1)
- Samhain (5)
- Summer Solstice (12)
- Table Grace (1)
- Teacher Recognition (1)
- Thanksgiving (3)
- Twelfth Night / Epiphany (1)
- Vernal Equinox (24)
- Water Communion (18)
- Weddings and Commitment Ceremonies (2)
- Winter Solstice / Yule (27)
- Abundance (19)
- Acceptance (13)
- Activism (5)
- America (2)
- Animals (28)
- Anti-Oppression (7)
- Awe (45)
- Balance (18)
- Beauty (41)
- Beginnings (10)
- Birth (2)
- Body (16)
- Brokenness (5)
- Calling (1)
- Caring (13)
- Challenge (5)
- Change (11)
- Character (1)
- Children (5)
- Climate Justice (27)
- Commitment (8)
- Community (25)
- Compassion (5)
- Compromise (1)
- Conflict (1)
- Connections (29)
- Contemplation (15)
- Courage (7)
- Creativity (5)
- Death (9)
- Despair (8)
- Dignity (1)
- Disaster (2)
- Discernment (3)
- Diversity (3)
- Earth (145)
- Economy (1)
- Education (1)
- Ending (3)
- Environment (15)
- Equity (1)
- Ethics (2)
- Faith (5)
- Fall (3)
- Family (3)
- Fathers (1)
- Fear (4)
- Food (8)
- Food Justice (3)
- Forgiveness (3)
- Freedom (3)
- Friendship (4)
- Gender (1)
- Generations (15)
- Generosity (2)
- Globalism (1)
- God (8)
- Goddess (3)
- Grace (7)
- Gratitude (20)
- Grief (2)
- Growth (18)
- Guilt (1)
- Happiness (1)
- Healing (11)
- Health (1)
- History (2)
- Home (6)
- Hope (20)
- Hospitality (2)
- Humility (9)
- Identity (2)
- Imagination (27)
- Immanence (4)
- Inclusion (3)
- Individualism (1)
- Integrity (2)
- Interdependence (39)
- Intimacy (1)
- Journey (9)
- Joy (8)
- Justice (7)
- Kindness (1)
- Leadership (2)
- Lesbian/Gay/Bisexual/Transgender/Queer (2)
- Letting Go (11)
- Limitations (2)
- Listening (3)
- Living Our Faith (1)
- Love (14)
- Meaning (5)
- Mental Health (1)
- Mindfulness (2)
- Ministry (1)
- Mothers (3)
- Mystery (19)
- Nature (159)
- Pain (3)
- Parents (1)
- Patience (7)
- Peace (7)
- Playfulness (4)
- Power (4)
- Presence (11)
- Privilege (1)
- Progress (1)
- Purpose (9)
- Race/Ethnicity (2)
- Reconciliation (1)
- Regret (1)
- Relationships (23)
- Religion (1)
- Respect (3)
- Responsibility (21)
- Revelation (1)
- Reverence (17)
- Sacred (13)
- Sacrifice (2)
- Sadness (2)
- Salvation (2)
- Science (5)
- Searching (8)
- Self-Care (6)
- Self-Respect (5)
- Service (3)
- Sexuality (1)
- Shadow (1)
- Silence (5)
- Simplicity (2)
- Solidarity (2)
- Solitude (1)
- Sorrow (1)
- Spirituality (8)
- Spiritual Practice (9)
- Spring (15)
- Stewardship (14)
- Strength (12)
- Summer (3)
- Terrorism (1)
- Tradition (4)
- Transcendence (15)
- Transformation (17)
- Trauma (1)
- Trust (3)
- Truth (2)
- Unity (8)
- Violence (1)
- Vision (3)
- Vulnerability (5)
- Wholeness (5)
- Winter (19)
- Wisdom (9)
- Women (2)
- Wonder (32)
- Work (1)
- Worry (1)
- Worth (1)
- Youth/Teens (1)
- Alice Berry (1)
- Alix Klingenberg (1)
- Amanda Udis-Kessler (1)
- Amy Zucker Morgenstern (4)
- Andrea Hawkins-Kamper (2)
- Andrew M Hill (2)
- Andrew Pakula (1)
- Anne Mason (1)
- Annie Foerster (1)
- Ariel Aaronson-Eves (1)
- Austin Putman (1)
- Barbara Rohde (2)
- Ben Soule (3)
- Bill Neely (1)
- Bruce Callander (1)
- Burton D. Carley (1)
- Caitlin Cotter Coillberg (1)
- Carol Hepokoski (1)
- Carolyn Fisher (1)
- Cathy Rion Starr (1)
- Charles Thomas (1)
- Charlie Dieterich (1)
- Christian Schmidt (1)
- Christina Leone Tracy (1)
- Christopher Sims (1)
- Cindy Terlazzo (1)
- Claire Feingold Thoryn (1)
- Cynthia Landrum (1)
- DanaLee Simon (1)
- Daniel Gregoire (1)
- Darcey Elizabeth Hegvik Laine (2)
- David Breeden (2)
- David Ensley (1)
- David M. Horst (2)
- David Snedden (2)
- DC Fortune (1)
- Deborah Weiner (1)
- Del Mulhern (1)
- Denise Cawley (1)
- Dennis McCarty (1)
- Diana Smith (2)
- Edna St. Vincent Millay (1)
- Elea Kemler (1)
- Elena Westbrook (1)
- Elizabeth Lerner Maclay (1)
- Elizabeth M Strong (1)
- Elizabeth Tarbox (2)
- Eliza Blanchard (1)
- Ellen Hamilton (1)
- Ellen Rockett (3)
- Erica Baron (2)
- Eric Kaminetzky (1)
- Eric Williams (4)
- Evin Carvill Ziemer (1)
- Florence Caplow (1)
- Frances Koziar (1)
- Gail Forsyth-Vail (1)
- Gary Kowalski (6)
- George A Tyger (1)
- Gregory Jones (1)
- Gretchen Haley (1)
- Gwen Matthews (1)
- Hope Jahren (1)
- Ian W. Riddell (1)
- Israel Buffardi (1)
- Jake Morrill (2)
- James Baldwin (1)
- Jamila Batchelder (2)
- Jane Altman Page (1)
- Jason Shelton (1)
- JD Stillwater (1)
- Jeanne Lloyd (1)
- Jennifer Hundley-Batts (1)
- Jennifer Johnson (2)
- Jennifer McGlothin (1)
- Jennifer Pratt-Walter (4)
- Jessica Clay (1)
- Jess Reynolds (1)
- Jill Tarter (1)
- John Daniel (1)
- John Robbins (1)
- Joy Atkinson (1)
- Judith L Quarles (1)
- Julia Corbett-Hemeyer (1)
- Julia Hamilton (2)
- Julianne Lepp (2)
- Karen G. Johnston (5)
- Karen Lewis Foley (1)
- Kate Landis (1)
- Kate McPhee (1)
- Kate R. Walker (1)
- Katie Sivani Gelfand (2)
- Kimberlee Anne Tomczak Carlson (3)
- Kimberly Beyer-Nelson (1)
- Kirsty Johnson (1)
- Kris Cervantes (1)
- Kristin Grassel Schmidt (2)
- Laura Bogle (1)
- Laura Horton-Ludwig (2)
- Laura Wallace (1)
- Leslie Takahashi (2)
- Lewis H. Latimer (1)
- Lindasusan Ulrich (3)
- Lindsay Bennett-Jacobs (1)
- Lisa Doege (3)
- Liz Benjamin (1)
- Lois Van Leer (1)
- Lorelei Greenwood-Jones (2)
- Lori Gorgas Hlaban (1)
- Lucy Bunch (1)
- Lyn Cox (6)
- Lynn Gardner (1)
- Lynn Harrison (1)
- Lynn Ungar (1)
- Margaret A Keip (2)
- Mariela Pérez-Simons (1)
- Mark Causey (1)
- Marni Harmony (1)
- Marta I. ValentĂn (1)
- Martha Dallas (1)
- Martha Kirby Capo (4)
- Martha L Munson (1)
- Martina Thompson (1)
- Mary Edes (2)
- Matt Alspaugh (2)
- Matthew Johnson (1)
- Maureen Killoran (3)
- Mel Hoover (1)
- Melissa Carvill-Ziemer (1)
- Melissa Jeter (2)
- Molly Housh (1)
- Molly Housh Gordon (3)
- Myke Johnson (1)
- Nicole Janelle (1)
- Patrick DeSimio (1)
- Paul Sprecher (1)
- Peter Friedrichs (1)
- Ralph Yeager Roberts (1)
- Rebecca Ann Parker (1)
- Richard M Fewkes (1)
- Robin Wall Kimmerer (2)
- Rose Edington (1)
- Ruth E Gibson (1)
- Sara Eileen LaWall (1)
- Sarah Gettie McNeill (1)
- Scott Tayler (1)
- Selena Fox (1)
- Seth Carrier-Ladd (1)
- Shari Woodbury (2)
- Sharon Delgadillo (1)
- Sharon Wylie (2)
- Starhawk (1)
- Stephanie Noble (1)
- Stephen M. Shick (6)
- Sweethome Teacup (1)
- Swiftwalker (1)
- Teresa Honey Youngblood (2)
- Terri Pahucki (1)
- Tess Baumberger (4)
- Theresa I. Soto (2)
- Thomas Rhodes (4)
- Tim Atkins (1)
- Tomo Hillbo (1)
- Unitarian Church of Baton Rouge, Young Adult Group (1)
- Vanessa Titang (1)
- Vern Barnet (2)
- Victoria Safford (1)
- Viola Abbitt (1)
- Yuri Yamamoto (1)
Displaying 1 - 20 of 247
-
I am singing/of the wonder of how roots/so love the buds they bid them grow...Poetry | By Jennifer Pratt-Walter | September 20, 2023 | From WorshipWebTagged as: Beauty, Earth, Earth-Centered, Flower Communion, Nature, WorshipWeb, Worship
-
The miracle of grace is available to us even when it has been left untended.Reflection | By Jennifer Hundley-Batts | May 3, 2023 | From Braver/WiserTagged as: Abundance, Direct Experience, Earth, Earth Day, Earth-Centered, Food, Grace, Nature, Patience, Stewardship, Summer Solstice, Worship
-
Remind me that life is magical and mysterious.Reflection | By JD Stillwater | April 19, 2023 | From Braver/WiserTagged as: 7th Principle (Interconnected Web), Animals, Awe, Beauty, Direct Experience, Earth, Earth Day, Earth-Centered, Nature, Stewardship, Wonder, Worship
-
Beneath the crust of earth, seeds and bulbs lay in store.Meditation | By Jennifer Johnson | March 10, 2023 | From WorshipWebTagged as: Earth, Earth-Centered, Imagination, Nature, Patience, Spring, Vernal Equinox, Winter, WorshipWeb, Worship
-
One of the Goddess’s best friends was a cardinal—a bright red bird who loved to play with the Goddess and the Sun.Story | By Christina Leone Tracy | December 16, 2022 | From WorshipWebTagged as: Animals, Change, Earth, Earth-Centered, Ending, Faith, Friendship, Goddess, Imagination, Letting Go, Nature, Paganism, Winter Solstice / Yule, WorshipWeb, Worship
-
All that we are, together and individually, is part of the abundance of the universe.Responsive Reading | By Theresa I. Soto | November 11, 2022 | From WorshipWebTagged as: 3rd Principle (Acceptance & Spiritual Growth), 7th Principle (Interconnected Web), Abundance, Canvass/Pledge, Connections, Earth, Earth-Centered, Gratitude, Interdependence, Stewardship, WorshipWeb, Worship
-
You are loved beyond your wildest imaginings by the spirit of creation.Reading | By Kate Landis | October 18, 2022 | From WorshipWebTagged as: 7th Principle (Interconnected Web), Acceptance, Awe, Connections, Direct Experience, Earth-Centered, God, Interdependence, Love, Mental Health, Mystery, Wonder
-
We rekindle our connection to the sacred web of life.Chalice Lighting | By Shari Woodbury | October 18, 2022 | From WorshipWebTagged as: Awe, Earth, Earth-Centered, Nature, Wonder
-
As you go forth into this new phase of your life’s adventure...Blessing | By Julia Corbett-Hemeyer | October 18, 2022 | From WorshipWebTagged as: Earth, Earth-Centered, Installations, Leadership, Nature, Ordinations
-
Breathe in us, with us, and through us as we gather—one in community.Invocation | By Kristin Grassel Schmidt | September 22, 2022 | From WorshipWebTagged as: Awe, Earth-Centered, Judaism, Nature, Rosh Hashanah, Unity, WorshipWeb, Worship
-
Beneath the snow, life is bursting, preparing for the next season.Meditation | By Sharon Delgadillo | August 24, 2022 | From WorshipWebTagged as: Change, Earth, Earth-Centered, Humanism, Imagination, Nature, Secular, Spring, Vernal Equinox, WorshipWeb, Worship
-
Growing connects me to ancestors who had their hands in the dirt because it was keeping them alive.Reflection | By Melissa Jeter | May 25, 2022 | From Braver/WiserTagged as: Abundance, Earth, Earth-Centered, Family, Food, Food Justice, Generations, Growth, Humanism, Nature, Prophetic Words & Deeds, Secular, Spiritual Practice, Worship
-
Change is part of who we are.Story | By Caitlin Cotter Coillberg | May 19, 2022 | From WorshipWebTagged as: 3rd Principle (Acceptance & Spiritual Growth), 4th Principle (Truth & Meaning), Change, Earth-Centered, Letting Go, Transformation, WorshipWeb, Worship
-
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
-
Respect one another, support one another, bring your gift to the world and receive the gifts of others, and there will be enough for all.Reading | By Robin Wall Kimmerer | May 17, 2022 | From WorshipWebTagged as: 7th Principle (Interconnected Web), Abundance, Earth, Earth-Centered, Indigenous American, Interdependence, Nature, WorshipWeb, Worship
-
May we reconnect to our life-giving, breath-freeing connectionPrayer | By Leslie Takahashi | May 1, 2022 | From WorshipWebTagged as: 7th Principle (Interconnected Web), Beauty, Climate Justice, Earth, Earth Day, Earth-Centered, Nature, Responsibility, WorshipWeb, Worship
-
Water sustains, gives, and yields to / Life.Reading | By Melissa Jeter | March 24, 2022 | From WorshipWebTagged as: Balance, Earth, Earth-Centered, Imagination, Nature, Water Communion, WorshipWeb, Worship
-
We are stronger together because we are different, and because we are one.Chalice Lighting | By Frances Koziar | March 1, 2022 | From WorshipWebTagged as: Balance, Beauty, Conflict, Diversity, Earth-Centered, Relationships, Unitarian Universalism, WorshipWeb, Worship
-
We are living today with time to do good for ourselves and for each other.Poetry | By Charles Thomas | January 28, 2022 | From WorshipWebTagged as: 4th Principle (Truth & Meaning), 6th Principle (World Community), 7th Principle (Interconnected Web), Earth, Earth-Centered, Humanism, Imagination, Interdependence, Nature, Science, Secular, Stewardship, Wonder, WorshipWeb, Worship
-
we are here, and flowing, in and of, made of, because of YouPoetry | By Vanessa Titang | January 20, 2022 | From WorshipWebTagged as: Earth-Centered, Imagination, Nature, Transcendence, WorshipWeb, Worship
Search Options
- worship component, like chalice lighting or prayer
- tags include spiritual themes (like hope, winter, anti-oppression or trust), UU Principle, and holiday, holy day, or other occasion: (holiday pages)
- keyword searches the title, page text, tags, and author names
- author:Â list of authors
Using the Site Search Box
You can also use the search box in the upper right corner of any page.
Give Credit to Authors
Our authors and artists have granted permission for use by Unitarian Universalist Association (UUA) member congregations for any worship service, including printing materials, projecting onto screens, or including in audio/video podcasts. Thank you for crediting the author or artist.
WorshipWeb's Origin Story
Conceived in 1999, WorshipWeb was implemented in late 2000 and 2001 through funding from the Unitarian Universalist Association's successful 1997 "Handing on the Future" capital fund campaign.
We gratefully acknowledge the assistance of the Unitarian Universalist Ministers Association and its members in the development of WorshipWeb.