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The patchwork quilt of our theological heritage is torn and fraying in places, and it is stunningly vibrant in others. Some sections have been mended or wholly replaced… As we mature spiritually as a tradition and as people, we develop our capacities to be with the broken and the beautiful…Quote | By Sheri Prud’homme | April 25, 2024 | From WorshipWebTagged as: #UUAGA, Beauty, Brokenness, Growth, UUA Bylaws, Vision for UUism
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There is a mandate emerging from our theological heritage to dismantle the structures and systems which silence, harm, and exploit human beings and the varied ecosystems of our planet…Quote | By Sheri Prud’homme | April 25, 2024 | From WorshipWebTagged as: #UUAGA, Equity, Justice, UUA Bylaws, Vision for UUism
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In an era when it is becoming clear that industrialized nations under a system of global corporation-controlled capitalism need to change quickly and dramatically for the benefit of all life, we will be called to experience generosity, gratitude, and hope in new ways.Quote | By Sheri Prud’homme | April 25, 2024 | From WorshipWebTagged as: #UUAGA, Change, Generosity, Gratitude, Hope, UUA Bylaws, Vision for UUism
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Our religious communities at their best are places where we grow our capacities to be with experience in all its complexity and paradox, to listen deeply to one another, to allow ourselves to be seen and held in love, and to respond creatively and collectively.Quote | By Sheri Prud’homme | April 25, 2024 | From WorshipWebTagged as: #UUAGA, Community, Creativity, Empathy, Listening, Love, UUA Bylaws, Vision for UUism
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The religious responsibility of the faithful is to remove and dismantle the systems and structures that prevent the full flourishing of life and to enhance and side with the movement of creative and active love.Quote | By Sheri Prud’homme | April 25, 2024 | From WorshipWebTagged as: #UUAGA, Justice, Love, Responsibility, UUA Bylaws, Vision for UUism
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We declare that there are many paths to the sacred. We hold fast to the notion that one religion does not hold all the truth for all time, not even Unitarian Universalism. We maintain that a free, open, and respectful dialogue is one of the primary ways our theological perspectives evolve and grow.Quote | By Sheri Prud’homme | April 25, 2024 | From WorshipWebTagged as: #UUAGA, Pluralism, Sacred, Truth, UUA Bylaws, Vision for UUism
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… increasing religious plurality in our congregations has brought in perspectives and practices from earth-based religions of many kinds, amplifying an understanding of humankind as one part of a great interconnected web of all existence and deepening our humility and reverence for the web of life.Quote | By Sheri Prud’homme | April 25, 2024 | From WorshipWebTagged as: #UUAGA, Earth, Earth-Centered, Humility, Pluralism, Reverence, UUA Bylaws, Vision for UUism
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We affirm the power of Love to heal what is broken, to hold us together across pluralities of diverse religious practices and beliefs, to hold us when things fall apart, to grow our capacities, and to guide us as we return again and again in our families and communities to side with Love.Quote | By Sheri Prud’homme | April 25, 2024 | From WorshipWebTagged as: #UUAGA, Growth, Healing, Love, Pluralism, UUA Bylaws, Vision for UUism
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In a patchwork quilt, each piece of fabric contains a story in itself—where, when, and how it was made; what other garment or fabric it once was part of; who created and touched the fabric. Sewn together, the quilt collectively tells other stories…Quote | By Sheri Prud’homme | April 25, 2024 | From WorshipWebTagged as: #UUAGA, Community, Interdependence, UUA Bylaws, Vision for UUism
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We proclaim with Love on our side: Our bodies are sacred. Our minds are blessed. Our spirits are beloved.Chalice Lighting | By Karishma Gottfried | April 24, 2024 | From WorshipWebTagged as: 1st Principle (Worth & Dignity), Body, Fat Liberation, Grace, Lesbian/Gay/Bisexual/Transgender/Queer, Love, Sacred, WorshipWeb, Worship
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Today, we are charged to remember. To know that as we live together in community, we are also in community with the silently singing lives in the vast congregation of the earth as well... Let us remember, and then act.Reading | By Irene Glasse, Rebekah Savage | April 24, 2024 | From WorshipWebTagged as: 7th Principle (Interconnected Web), Animals, Connections, Earth, Earth Day, Earth-Centered, Environment, Nature, Sacred, WorshipWeb, Worship
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When I remember to orient myself within the bigger picture, it recalibrates my perspective.Reflection | By Kat Liu | April 24, 2024 | From Braver/WiserTagged as: Balance, Worship
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Remembering the proposed Unitarian Universalist Association's Article 2 values is as easy as counting on your fingers!Time for All Ages | By Emily C. Jones | April 19, 2024 | From WorshipWebTagged as: #Article2, Equity, Generosity, Interdependence, Justice, Love, Pluralism, Transformation, Unitarian Universalism
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When we are engaged in acts of love, we humans are at our best and most resilient… If the goal was to increase the love, rather than winning or dominating a constant opponent, I think we could actually imagine liberation from constant oppression.Reading | By Adrienne Maree Brown | April 19, 2024 | From WorshipWebTagged as: Community, Freedom, Leadership, Love, Oppression, Wisdom, WorshipWeb, Worship
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Crows found ways to adapt to our concrete forests but we have not yet found ways to make sure we are in balance with the rest of creation.Reflection | By Christine Slocum | April 17, 2024 | From Braver/WiserTagged as: 7th Principle (Interconnected Web), Animals, Earth, Earth Day, Earth-Centered, Interdependence, Nature, Worship
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Some geologists believe that gases from the earth caused the Delphic oracle’s fits of passion and her prophecies. But the scientific answer does not mean the Greeks were foolish to believe they had a relationship with Apollo; it does not erase the relationship they had with their gods.Time for All Ages | By Julie Rigano | April 12, 2024 | From WorshipWebTagged as: Belief, Faith, Mystery, Nature, Reason, Science, WorshipWeb, Worship
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Disturbance opens the terrain for transformative encounters… Humanists, not used to thinking with disturbance, connect the term with damage. But disturbance, as used by ecologists, is not always bad—and not always human.Reading | By Anna Lowenhaupt Tsing | April 10, 2024 | From WorshipWebTagged as: Change, Environment, Interdependence, Nature
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All organisms make ecological living places, altering earth, air, and water... In the process, each organism changes everyone’s world.Reading | By Anna Lowenhaupt Tsing | April 10, 2024 | From WorshipWebTagged as: 7th Principle (Interconnected Web), Animals, Connections, Environment, Interdependence, Nature, Science, WorshipWeb, Worship
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Here we engage in a holy alchemy, finding beauty in the ordinary and life in the present.Opening | By Kim Mason | April 6, 2024 | From WorshipWebTagged as: Beauty, Community, Connections, Solidarity, Transformation, WorshipWeb, Worship
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A centering practice for meetings, gatherings or worship in person or online.Meditation | By Lauren Wyeth | April 4, 2024 | From WorshipWebTagged as: Body, Connections, Contemplation, Immanence, Love, Mindfulness, Spiritual Practice, WorshipWeb, Worship
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