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Meditation on the Power of We

Meditation on the Power of We

When you hear, “We are the liberating force, spirit, light, and love,” what does that conjure in your spirit?

E Elandria Williams
The Moment of Magic

The Moment of Magic

Now is the moment of magic, when the whole, round earth turns again toward the sun....

V Victoria Safford
On Veterans Day

On Veterans Day

"If the only prayer you ever say in your entire life is 'Thank You,' it will be enough" — Meister Eckhart Today we have set aside time to publicly say thank you to our siblings who have served in the Air Force, Army, Coast Guard, Navy and Marines; to say 'Thank You' to all who served, whatev...

W Wren Bellavance-Grace
Spring Has Arrived

Spring Has Arrived

Beneath the snow, life is bursting, preparing for the next season.

S Sharon Delgadillo
Litany of Oops and Ouch

Litany of Oops and Ouch

I offer my "Ouch" with hope and trust.

A Atena O. Danner
Our Journeys, Our Hearts

Our Journeys, Our Hearts

We listen to the wisdom of our inner hearts and minds as we join in meditation.

A Anne E Treadwell
A Peacemaking Prayer

A Peacemaking Prayer

In prayer, we call to mind the peacemakers.

E Eric Cherry
A Prayer for People in War

A Prayer for People in War

Spirit of Life, You call us to embody equity and freedom in our lives.

E Eric Cherry
No Longer Strangers

No Longer Strangers

When I first entered the rooms of recovery, I thought I had nothing in common with the people around me.

A Anonymous
Keep on Practicing

Keep on Practicing

While it may be urgent to work toward creating justice, I can’t do that unless I have a sense of calm.

A Anonymous
Love Is For Everyone, Including Us

Love Is For Everyone, Including Us

For those of us who grew up in homes with addiction or dysfunction, it was so hard to know we were loved.

A Anonymous
Perfectionism Is a Thief

Perfectionism Is a Thief

The moment of asking for help is a tender moment.

A Anonymous
The Holy of Holies

The Holy of Holies

The real holy of holies happens in sobriety when relationships with self and others are healthy and whole.

A Anonymous
Surrendering to the Truth of My Addiction

Surrendering to the Truth of My Addiction

Surrendering to the truth of my addiction has been the most empowering act of my life.

A Anonymous
On This Winter Night

On This Winter Night

On this darkest night, may we observe the stars.

M Mary Gear
A Christmas Blessing

A Christmas Blessing

The story tells of a woman heavy with child, traveling with her partner to be counted in a census declared by a distant ruler unaware of the lives disrupted or the life that is to come....

M Mary Gear
A Guided Meditation on Gratitude

A Guided Meditation on Gratitude

Ask yourself, in your heart: What or who are you grateful for?

S Susan Frederick-Gray
Immortality

Immortality

We remember the joys our departed gave us which opened us up to the life shared which is now ours to steward.

L Leslie Takahashi
The Complex Feelings of Father's Day

The Complex Feelings of Father's Day

Sometimes it feels like Father’s Day is more about enshrining a myth than it is about facing the realities of fatherhood.

R Ryan Urie
Wiser Today

Wiser Today

May I speak from my learning and not from my habit.

D Deb Cannon
Meditation on Letting Go

Meditation on Letting Go

In our experience of letting go, may we be open to the possibility that we need not pick our worries back up.

C Carol Allman-Morton
The  Cradle is Empty–Again

The Cradle is Empty–Again

Can I do it again? Do I even dare? Do I have the strength? Because the cradle might be empty—again.

A Amy Williams Clark
It’s Mother’s Day Again: A Childless Mother’s Cry

It’s Mother’s Day Again: A Childless Mother’s Cry

It can be a lonely time for those of us whose arms are empty.

A Amy Williams Clark
Our Roots of Resilience

Our Roots of Resilience

A movement meditation for all ages

K Kimberlee Anne Tomczak Carlson
I Believe in Fathering

I Believe in Fathering

I believe in the radical idea that men have the full human capacity to nurture.

E Evin Carvill Ziemer
Meditation on the Four Directions

Meditation on the Four Directions

In the pagan tradition, which is grounded in a respect and reverence for the natural world, calling upon the four directions is the usual way to begin any ceremony. Each direction is associated with an element of the natural world, and represents some part of our human nature as well....

J Julia Hamilton
Every Moment Is One

Every Moment Is One

Your first Christmas, your last Christmas, this Christmas, and the redemption of the whole world are all happening right now, forever.

Q Quinn G. Caldwell
Let this Be a Place of Silence

Let this Be a Place of Silence

Let this be a place of warm and gentle silence: the silence that soothes and comforts the wounded, the silence that yields insights into heart and soul, the silence that calms, the silence the listens, the silence that speaks, the silence that renews. Let this be a place of warm and gentle silence.

B Barbara Stevens
Spending Time in Silence

Spending Time in Silence

Quiet yourself and listen to the rhythm of your breath, your heart . . .Listen to the silence . . .

S Stephen W Dick
The Communion Prayer

The Communion Prayer

In the name of Providence, which implants in the seed the future of the tree and in the hearts of men [and women] the longing for people living in [human] love; in the name of the highest....

N Norbert Fabian Capek
Fall Equinox Meditation

Fall Equinox Meditation

Like the sun moving toward the shortest day, each moment arises—and is gone before we know it.

L Lori Gorgas Hlaban
In These Days of Fire

In These Days of Fire

Let us pause, and breathe, and be in touch with the sacred presence that permeates all, including this room, now. Web of All... of life, death, and renewal: We open our hearts to those who suffer as a result of the wildfires.

J John Gibb Millspaugh and Sarah Gibb Millspaugh
That quiet power within us

That quiet power within us

Let us join in a moment dedicated to that quiet power within us. It is within that we find the will to face the world; it is within that we find the love to embrace the world; it is within that we find our personal identity and know the world. Yet, within us is also a great void....

J Jay E Abernathy, Jr
Crystal of Creation

Crystal of Creation

If there is a heaven, it is right here, right now, in this particular arrangement of nature, this happening of earth, moon, and star, this constellation of instants, this laden moment, this flash of recognition, this particle of time. If there is a god, it is all around us, everywhere, in every...

T Tess Baumberger
Waving the Palms

Waving the Palms

Palm Sunday is found: whenever we are serving a noble and unpopular cause with selfless devotion, holding to the ideals of truth and justice; whenever we are seeking to uplift the fallen, to comfort the brokenhearted, to strengthen and encourage the weak and hopeless; whenever we are working brav...

D David O. Rankin
Winter Solstice Meditation

Winter Solstice Meditation

We join our hearts and minds together in a time of meditation or prayer; spoken, silent, sung, and shared....

C Christine Robinson
Help us make this church a refuge from the world

Help us make this church a refuge from the world

O God of life, help us make this church a refuge from the world, a place where the rules are different....

R Richard Trudeau
Awed By The Stone Rolled Back

Awed By The Stone Rolled Back

Loving God, We gather today in humility, Awed by the stone rolled back; And the surprise of the empty tomb. We gather in defiance Of the pain and the injustice that came before; And of the pain and injustice that will likely come again. We gather in hope That life can begin anew; That our...

P Paul S Sawyer
Spirit of life, we come from different spaces.

Spirit of life, we come from different spaces.

Spirit of life, we come from different spaces. Some of us arrive alive with hope and joy. Some of us come in loneliness or fear -- looking for friendship and support but not sure we'll find it.

T Tony A Larsen
Prayer of Leaves

Prayer of Leaves

Trees of Earth let bud your leaves let them open wide let them gently fall in annual cycle. Let fallen leaves make soft bed for Jesus at his birth and may leafy humus make renewal of our humanity....

A Andrew M Hill
Our House

Our House

May the walls of this house be strong in the face of storms: Whether of winds or of words, whether of thunder or of tyranny. May the windows of this house be clear to the world's light: Whether of dawns or of daring, whether of sunsets or of stillness....

M Michael DeVernon Boblett
In the midst of a world

In the midst of a world

In the midst of a world marked by tragedy and beauty there must be those who bear witness against unnecessary destruction and who, with faith, rise and lead in freedom, with grace and power. There must be those who speak honestly and do not avoid seeing what must be seen of sorrow and outrage, or...

R Rebecca Ann Parker
Welcome All You Saints!

Welcome All You Saints!

Welcome all you saints! Yes! You are saints, all of you are saints, for it is not by perfection that we are sainted, rather it is by our actions. It is not by perfection that we are sainted; rather it is by our presence. It is not by perfection that we are sainted; rather it is by our giving....

S Susan Brown
Walking the Crooked Path

Walking the Crooked Path

Holy Spirit of Life and Love, You who are our source and our ultimate destiny, Lead us this day on a crooked path. So often we are in so much of a hurry Taking the direct route to our goal, Not allowing ourselves to be distracted, Sometimes being too direct with one another in all that we seek to...

T Thomas Rhodes
Prayer Poem to the Names of God

Prayer Poem to the Names of God

How shall we address thee who art the One of a thousand names yet ever nameless? O Vishnu, Maya, Kali, Ishtar, Athene, Isis...Great Mother of Creation, womb of the universe, The Feminine Divine….Blessed art thou who hast given life to all And receiveth us at the end, forever thine... Jupiter,...

R Richard M Fewkes
Join Hands - Join Spirits

Join Hands - Join Spirits

Good Friend, your soul is within me now, And I hallow your spirit with my love. Our peace will come and goodwill shall be done, And we will learn that our Earth is our Heaven. This day and all days, I offer you My bread, my hand and my heart....

D David R Chapman
UU Leader's Prayer

UU Leader's Prayer

With gratitude and grace we lead forward to answer the call of our faith, we move happily together into the unknown, we open ourselves to growth, we go forth to begin the change to our corner of the world, we covenant together to transform the world through love and we are moved by Spirit to...

K Kirk Bogue
The Inescapable Divine

The Inescapable Divine

Waiting is a window opening on many landscapes. For some, waiting means the cessation of all activity when energy is gone and exhaustion is all that the heart can manage. It is the long, slow panting of the spirit. For some, waiting is a time of intense preparation for the next leg of the journey.

H Howard Thurman
Come Into This Room

Come Into This Room

Come into this room, weigh into this chair, breathe into this body, the very body that will be you, for better and for worse, in sickness and in health, till death do us part....

S Susan Maginn
Within the Light

Within the Light

Headlights, taillights, going, coming; it does not matter inside. Draw a curtain across the window, lock the door and break the key. Let the interior deepen and broaden until it exceeds this ­little room. You will go out when you are ready, when the tiny inner Self no longer fits. Awareness will...

J Jean M. Olson