Articles
Reintegration
It’s funny, you know. People talk about the “new normal” after a deployment. Military families are taught about the adjustments and sacrifices that everyone makes during a deployment. We talk about how to make that “reintegration period” smoother. Read more »
A Prayer for Those Grieving Someone Who Was Difficult in Their Lives
Losing someone you love is painful. Losing someone you struggled with is confusing. Part of you is relieved they are gone… Read more »
A Prayer for Birthmothers, Not in an Open Adoption
Your relinquishment has been my biggest blessing. Your very life has made my own shimmer with joy, laughter, the words “my child…” Read more »
The Gift in the Brokenness
I have had always had a little trouble seeing life as a gift. It is perhaps my historical propensity to dwell on the negative aspects of my life that has prevented me from seeing life in all its brokenness and imperfection as a “gift.” Read more »
Illness and Chronic Pain
When we become ill, we discover what it means to be a human “being” as opposed to a human “doing.” Read more »
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Prayers
A Child in the Hospital
When your child or infant is in the hospital, ill or injured, you may feel like all of life’s “knowns” are turned upside down. Suddenly unmoored, you may be struggling… Read more »
A Prayer for Birthmothers, Not in an Open Adoption
Your relinquishment has been my biggest blessing. Your very life has made my own shimmer with joy, laughter, the words “my child…” Read more »
A Prayer for Those Grieving Someone Who Was Difficult in Their Lives
Losing someone you love is painful. Losing someone you struggled with is confusing. Part of you is relieved they are gone… Read more »
Accepting Help
Our UU theology calls to build the beloved community through our relationships with others. Sometimes we are faced with a different calling—to receive the help and support of others. Read more »
Divorce
Just as much as marriage, divorce or separation can be a holy choice. When divorce is grounded in deep reflection and care, it can be an expression of love and commitment to life. Read more »
Illness and Chronic Pain
When we become ill, we discover what it means to be a human “being” as opposed to a human “doing.” Read more »
Incarcerated Family Member
Unitarian Universalists hold justice to be a particularly important aspect of right relationships among human beings. But how can we temper justice with mercy? Read more »
Loss of a Spouse/Partner
“Do you know who I am?” I asked my soul mate of almost 23 years. She looked at me attentively, which was something, but said no words. “I’m Patti,” I said, “your wife. We’ve been together for 23 years.” Read more »
Meeting Alzheimer’s: Companionship for Caregivers
If we look beneath memory loss and the inability to reason, we may be surprised to discover what persons with Alzheimer’s reveal to us … Read more »
Missing God
For many of us, it proves impossible to limit religious thought to a narrow creed. The more we learn, the more difficult it becomes to restrict ourselves to the definition of ultimate reality, or God, that we grew up with, or held when we were young. Read more »
Parenting a Child with a Life-Altering Illness or Condition
Caregivers often must put the rest of their lives on hold to attend to the sick child. But those of us in that role must also take care of ourselves so that we are strengthened to give that care. Read more »
Suicide of a Loved One
The most fundamental decision any person makes is whether to continue to live. We are so interconnected that when someone makes the choice to end their life it sends shock waves of pain through their community. Read more »
Surviving Suicide
Many of us have long since mastered the art of despair. Many of us have fallen into despair’s trance, memorized by thoughts of suicide. Read more »
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