O God, whom we know as love, we gather here this morning as seekers and finders, creators and destroyers, givers and receivers of love. From the day of our birth we have asked for love, and yet as we grow and change in time we realize how little we really know about how love is given and how to grow...
This is a prayer for those who are born into the margins, who travel from one liminal space to another, crossing boundaries in search of center.
I have learned some things about life from canoes. I’m not saying I know how to paddle. I have been in canoes twice, and both have been learning experiences. The second time was fun. ...
I was a foster parent long before I was a mom, and an inside look at families "in the system" reveals pretty quickly that love and parenthood are two different qualities, and the relationship between them is neither straightforward nor guaranteed. ...
The strength of water takes on many, many forms—just as each of you has a unique and necessary strength that you bring to our community and to the work of love. ...
Breathing in, i am aware of love. Breathing out, i am aware that i am worthy of love.
Spirit of Life, God of Justice, Mother of Creation, comfort those who suffer and struggle for peace and justice in our world.
Gracious One, keep watch on the innovators, the trailblazers, the takers of risk. Invite us to be persons of vision and integrity. Help us to remember the mystery from which possibility is born.
On April 25, the Supreme Court of the United States began hearing oral arguments about the constitutionality of Arizona’s S.B. 1070 law, a law that broadly targets undocumented immigrants. Many across the country, including Unitarian Universalists and other people of faith, anxiously awaited the...
Spirit of Life and Love, open our own hearts to compassion. Remind us of our complicity and responsibility. Lead us towards generous engagement and move us always towards a vision of peace.
When we are not alienated, when love draws us into the suffering of others, when we see our happiness entwined in their well-being, then generosity is neither foolish nor heroic. It is the simplest and most obvious choice.
I would have for you the gift of community, a nucleus of love and challenge, to convince you in your soul that you (yes, you!) are a source of light in the world.
Let us praise those fathers who have striven to balance the demands of work, marriage, and children with an honest awareness of both joy and sacrifice.
The stone has got to be rolled back from the tomb again and again every year. ...
Holy and inexplicable is this life. Please always let me continue to search for the unknown in myself and others.
Enter into the communion of flowers with joyful hearts. ...
