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“Sometimes”
“Sometimes” A poem shared with UUFRC 01/04/15 By Reverend Stefanie Etzbach-Dale PART 1 Sometimes Life just bowls you over with – “Grace”! Knocks you down, So you have no choice But to let those shimmering, soul-quenching waves of “Undeserved” bliss Seep into … Continue reading
Posted in bliss, brokenness, comfort, community, fair, grace, grief, hope, unfair, unitarian universalism, worship resrouce
Tagged awe and wonder, beloved community, bliss, brokenness, comfort, community, cruelty, fair, forgiveness, grace, grief, hope, life, LOVE, rage, religious community, unfair, unitarian universalism, worship resource
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LOVE, LENT AND LETTING LOOSE
In preparation for Lent 2015 I’ve written the following poem, to be shared during the 02/15 Worship Service at the UU Fellowship of Redwood City. You are welcome to share it with attribution – and I’d love to hear from … Continue reading
Posted in carnival, current events, discpline, jesus, lent, love, love masks, mardi gras, sacrifice, unitarian universalism, worship resource
Tagged carnival, current events, lent, LOVE, mardi gras, masks, sacrifice, unitarian universalism, worship resource
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Circle Blessing for the Ancestors
Please join hearts for a Circle Blessing Upon the Ancestors, turning together, as you are able, to the directions called: First, we turn to the NORTH: blessing the elders, who carved the paths we now walk; whose curiosity and vision, … Continue reading
Posted in ancestors, circle of life, day of the dead, samhain, spirituality, unitarian universalism, worship resource
Tagged ancestors, ancestry, awe and wonder, beloved community, celebration, change, circle of life, community, compassion, day of the dead, samhain, worship resource
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The Between Place
We live always in the “between place” The “liminal space” between one breath and another Between one day and the next, one season and another. Rushing: poised always on the brink of something else, “yet again”. We reach out, seeking … Continue reading
Posted in beginnings, fresh start, hope, search for truth, spirituality, time, unitarian universalism, worship resource
Tagged awe and wonder, beloved community, between, community, compassion, delight, fear, liminal space, pause, rosh hashana, stop, Time change, time unitarian universalism, worship resource
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Lift Every Voice!
We all hold in our memories images, stories, and words describing (in great detail) and relaying the potential (no, the imperative) for – “perfection”! Very early on we are handed a vision of what that “perfection” should look like, what … Continue reading
Tagged imperfection, unitarian universalism, voices, worship resource
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