We Need One Another

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Erik Walker Wikstrom

We come together this morning because within us there is something that knows we need more than we can find in our aloneness. We know—instinctively, in the depths of ourselves—that we need others for this journey of life even though we also guard our independence and individuality quite jealously.

And just as we come together as individuals to make this congregation, so our Unitarian Universalist congregations come together to form an Association—the Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations—because we need more than we can find in our aloneness. We, too, guard our independence and our individuality, yet in our togetherness we are so much more than we can ever be on our own.

So on this Association Sunday, let us celebrate all that makes us unique yet also all that makes us one, and let us dream dreams of all that we can do… together.

Source: Association Sunday 2009

Found this today in my Illuminations App. We do all need each other. Hopefully we can recognize this and work together for a better world.

~Namaste
Cricket

Let us Sing The Magic of Imagination by Susan L. Van Dreser

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Let us sing the magic of imagination by which we know one another and learn the lives of eras gone by.
Let us sing the magic of creation by which we build the world of our soul and teach its wisdom to others, young and old.

Let us sing the magic of our lives together, holding and shaping by the movement of breath from heart to lung all new life that is to come.

Go now with singing. Go now with magic in your fingertips. Touch this world with life.

Source: 1997 UUMA Worship Materials Collection

I found this on my Illuminations App and I thought I should pass it on.

~Namaste
Cricket

Moving Song

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I was introduced to Heather Jinmaku several years ago. This song, “Blessed Be”, brings me peace. I hope it will do the same for you.

~Namaste
Cricket

How to Help First Year College Students be Sexual Smarty

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In this day and age it is important to educate ourselves and our children about sex and sexuality no matter their age.

“A parent may consider their live-away college freshman a newly minted adult, but, biologically, teens remain in adolescence until about age 25. While their brains are still developing, they are more likely to take risks, use poor impulse control, and be self-conscious. These are all risk factors for unhealthy sexual decisions.”

http://callandresponse.blogs.uua.org/how-to-help-first-year-college-students-be-sexually-smarter/

Melanie Davis is the Our Whole Lives Program Associate in the Faith Development Office of the Unitarian Universalist Association.

“Illuminations: a uu app”

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https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.uua.illuminations

This app provides you with the principles alway ready at your finger tips as well as links to more in depth writings about the principles. It also includes readings for services.  But my favorite part is the chalice. You can actually sit down with your phone, light a chalice, and take five minutes to meditate or pray. In our busy world, taking time out is a gift.

Remember that taking care of you and your soul is an important part of taking care of the world.

~Namaste
Cricket