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“There once was a child”
There once was a child who found herself standin’
at the edge of time, life she thought—could be so cold and cruel;
but then there were brief moments when it could be so sublime.
Our Theological Mandate for Liberation
Christina delivered the following sermon during a worship service titled “Liberation, Incarceration, and Our Faith,” at General Assembly 2023.
Read More276:Meet the Learning Fellows
2020-01-08 This week we chatted with the CLF Learning Fellows about CLF. The VUU streams live every Thursday at 11 am ET. We talk about social justice, Unitarian Universalism, religion, spirituality, and whatever else is topical and interesting! Hosts: Meg Riley, Michael Tino, Aisha Hauser, and Christina Rivera; production support provided by Antonia Bell-Delgado. The…
Read MoreCharlottesville is Us
This morning the nation must look squarely at images of people marching through Virginia with hateful slogans, confederate flags, and Nazi swastikas, who proudly proclaim that White Lives Matter and scream hateful epithets about Jews and gays and immigrants, who believe that slavery reflected a natural order.
Read MoreA Creative Life
Béla Bartók searched for freedom his whole life, freedom for himself as well as for his music.
Read MoreWe Belong to Each Other
A song for family and friends to sing together.
Read MoreBeautiful and Broken
Use something that’s broken to create something beautiful.
Read MoreHopes for the Day
We hope for things large and small every day. Use this small ritual daily on your own or with others as a way of practicing mindfulness.
Read MoreEmbracing the Soul to Heal War’s Pain
Psychotherapist Ed Tick has presented training sessions on post-traumatic stress disorder for 2,000 of the Army’s chaplains at retreats from Hawaii to Florida during the past year.
Read MoreMeaningful, Challenging, Inspiring Questions
2015-01-08 I asked a bunch of Unitarian Universalist ministers to share a question that had been meaningful, challenging, or inspiring to them in their personal spiritual journeys. Here are their responses (not all of them questions!): Who do I serve? Where is God in the dark places? What skills count as spiritual skills? Where did…
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