The dictionary defines courage as 1) the ability to do something that frightens one and 2) strength in the face of pain or grief.
Paddling, No Water by Meg Barnhouse
How are you courageous?
UU Lent – Day 15 – Courage
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UU Lent 2020 – Day 13 – Dance
“We light this chalice in honor of Life’s sacred dance of living and dying.
May its flame remind us of those who have passed to us fragments of holiness.
May it remind us that we too are participants in the dance.” – Joanne Giannino
UU Lent 2020 – Day 12 – Inclusion
Inclusion is the action or state of including or of being included within a group or structure
“Diversity and inclusion, which are the real grounds for creativity, must remain at the center of what we do.” – Marco Bizzarri
There’s my Temple by Ma Theresa Gustilo Gallardo
A House for Our Dreams by Dori J. Somers
UU Lent 2020 – Day 11 – Play
“Play is often talked about as if it were a relief from serious learning. But for children play is serious learning. Play is really the work of childhood.” – Mr. Fred Rogers
Blessed are the Magic Makers by Teresa Honey Youngblood
UU Lent 2020 Day 10 – Imagination
Imagination is the ability of the mind to be creative or resourceful.
A Universe of Possibilities by Jill Tarter.
UU Lent 2020 – Day 9 – Community
“There is no power for change greater than a community discovering what it cares about.” – Margaret J. Wheatley
UU Lent 2020 – Day 8 – Silence
“If your love for me requires that I hide parts of who I am, then you don’t love me. Love is never a request for silence.” – DeRay Mckesson
Night of Martyrs, Dawn of Hope by Susan Manker-Seale
UU Lent 2020 – Day 5 – Sanctuary
🎶Make us aware we are a sanctuary Each made holy loved right through
with thanksgiving we’ll be a living
sanctuary a-new 🎶
The dictionary defines sanctuary as a place of refuge or safety.
The reflection That They May Have Like-Mindedness by DeReau K. Farrar talks about what brings us together and keeps us alive. The prayer at the end is powerful:
“That which is in us and all around us and which constantly draws us to our holiest selves, commit my heart to the call of making life more abundant — for myself as fiercely as for others. Drive me away from comfort that excludes, hates, or divides. And remind me every day that I am not the end of knowing. Amen.”
UU Lent 2020 – Day 3 – Risk
The dictionary defines risk as possibility of loss or injury : PERIL
Yuri Yamamoto discusses risk in the reflection Angry Birds, which is not about the video game.
I chose this song for Risk because it was such a risk to create and produce.
UU Lent – Day 3 – Intention
Intention is fully understanding the what and the why of one’s actions.
This affirmation, “Constellations of Our Lives” by Karen G. Johnston, explores our human capacity for intentional awareness and can be found here on the UUA Worship Web.
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