Here is a prayer “A Bouquet of People” by Claire Feingold Thoryn and a poem “Now I Love You, Now I Witness” by Rev. Theresa I. Soto. May their words inspire you.
UU Lent 2019 – Day 20 – Friendship
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UU Lent 2019 – Day 19 – 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.”
― Fred Rogers
In her reflection, “Go Play“, Rev. Marisol Caballero discusses why we should play and how it can break down stereotypes.
UU Lent 2019 – Day 14 – Hunger
Hunger is both a physical and spiritual thing. Aisha Ansano describes her thoughts about filling us up at “Dinner Church“.
Bruce Southworth gives thought to spiritual hunger in “In Our Hungering for Meaning
What are some of your favorite ways to combat spiritual hunger? Do any of them translate into ways to combat physical hunger?
UU Lent 2019 – Day 13 – Search
The dictionary defines search as “try to find something by looking or otherwise seeking carefully and thoroughly”
Linda M Hansen describes searching in her meditation “May We Seek the True Questions”
UU Lent 2019 – Day 11 – Courage
Merriam Webster defines courage as mental or moral strength to venture, persevere, and withstand danger, fear, or difficulty. The root of the word comes from the Latin “cor” meaning heart. Courage is to me bravery that comes from the heart.
Our reading today is from Marisol Caballero who wrote “Courage requires Vulnerability”
MESSAGE OF SOLIDARITY AFTER TERRORIST ATTACKS AT NEW ZEALAND MOSQUES
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UU Lent 2019 – Day 9 – Acceptance
The dictionary defines acceptance as a) the action or process of being received as adequate or suitable, typically to be admitted into a group and b) the action of consenting to receive or undertake something offered.
“There’s my Temple” is an affirmation about acceptance from Ma Theresa Gustilo Gallardo.
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UU Lent 2019 – Day 8 – Mistakes
“Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new.”
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“Freedom is not worth having if it does not include the freedom to make mistakes.”
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“Smart people learn from their mistakes. But the real sharp ones learn from the mistakes of others.”
― Fablehaven
“All men make mistakes, but a good man yields when he knows his course is wrong, and repairs the evil. The only crime is pride.”
― Antigone
“At an early age I learned that people make mistakes, and you have to decide if their mistakes are bigger than your love for them.”
― The Hate U Give
Here is “A Blessing for Risk-Takers and Failures” by Robin Tanner
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