Download or read book From Zip Lines to Hosaphones written by Jane Ranney Rzepka and published by Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations. This book was released on 2011 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Historical Dictionary of Unitarian Universalism written by Mark W. Harris and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2018-08-31 with total page 683 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Unitarian Universalist religious movement is small in numbers, but has a long history as a radical, reforming movement within Protestantism, coupled with a larger, liberal social witness to the world. Both Unitarianism and Universalism began as Christian denominations, but rejected doctrinal constraints to embrace a human views of Jesus, an openness to continuing revelation, and a loving God who, they believed, wanted to be reconciled with all people. In the twentieth century Unitarian Universalism developed beyond Christianity and theism to embrace other religious perspectives, becoming more inclusive and multi-faith. Efforts to achieve justice and equality included civil rights for African-Americans, women and gays and lesbians, along with strident support for abortion rights, environmentalism and peace. Today the Unitarian Universalist movement is a world-wide faith that has expanded into several new countries in Africa, continued to develop in the Philippines and India, while maintaining historic footholds in Romania, Hungary, England, and especially the United States and Canada. This second edition of Historical Dictionary of Unitarian Universalism contains a chronology, an introduction, an appendix, and an extensive bibliography. The dictionary section has over 400 cross-referenced entries on people, places, events and trends in the history of the Unitarian and Universalist faiths including American leaders and luminaries, important writers and social reformers. This book is an excellent resource for students, researchers, and anyone wanting to know more about Unitarian Universalism.
Download or read book The Unitarian Universalist Pocket Guide written by Peter Morales and published by Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations. This book was released on 2012 with total page 114 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book answers the questions most frequently asked about Unitarian Universalism. Covering ministry, worship, religious education, social justice, theology, and history, these essays from leaders in the faith provide one of the most complete introductions to Unitarian Universalism available.--Adapted from back cover.
Download or read book Thematic Preaching written by Jane Rzepka and published by Chalice Press. This book was released on 2001-05-01 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This basic text focuses on "preaching as ministry", that is, preaching from themes and topics that minister to the congregation, in contrast to the more traditional sermons that spring from a biblical text. The book begins with a section on practical aspects of sermon preparation and delivery, then offers specific ways sermons become ministry. Four illustrative sermons are included.
Download or read book Prayers for Healing written by Maggie Oman and published by Mango Media Inc.. This book was released on 2020-09-15 with total page 287 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A year of daily meditations and prayers, from many religions and cultures, that together form a beautiful tapestry of comfort and strength. Every man prays in his own language, and there is no language that God does not understand. —Duke Ellington This interfaith book provides insight from various religious and cultural texts and a wide range of writings, touching on our pain and inspiring the healer within each of us. These words remind us of hope and faith, so that we may live a deeper, more meaningful, and fully self-expressed life. During moments that are filled with despair, illness, depression, or spiritual longing, this treasury creates a healing space and draws on the power of wise devotionals for reflection and deep meditation. Embrace physical, emotional, and spiritual transformation through Prayers for Healing, drawing from a select collection of influential spiritual leaders, thinkers, and sacred books, including the Tao Te Ching, the Koran, the Torah, Native American texts, the Bible, Thich Nhat Hanh, Wendell Berry, Jack Kornfield, Rumi, Rainer Maria Rilke, Marian Wright Edelman, Martin Luther King, Jr., Marianne Williamson, and many more. “I hope that people of all faiths as well as those who do not believe in a religion will find inspiration and understanding here that in some way contributes to their own inner peace.” —The Dalai Lama
Download or read book Nothing Gold Can Stay written by Mark Belletini and published by Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations. This book was released on with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In twenty-two simple yet profound reflections, seasoned minister Mark Belletini explores the many and varied forms of grief. His honest, poetic essays serve as a prism, revealing the distinct colors and manifestations of grief in our lives. He addresses the way we respond to loss of people in our lives, loss of love, loss of focus, and loss of the familiar—understanding that grief is as much a part of our lives as our breathing. Belletini uses specific and personal stories to open up to the universal experience. Nothing Gold Can Stay is a gift of awareness, showing how the shades of grief serve our deepest needs.
Download or read book Rumi Day by Day written by Jalal al-Din Rumi and published by Hampton Roads Publishing. This book was released on 2014-10-01 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The only Rumi translation designed specifically for daily meditation Here is a companion for life that provides for each day of the year poetry filled with Rumi’s wisdom and spiritual insight. These poems have been selected on the basis of the poignancy of their message and their relevance to modern life. This is timeless wisdom of age-old sayings, translated for modern readers by a native speaker. This book is not only a guide for meditation but also a light switch that you can turn on to make your daily connection with spirit. Use these words as tools to better your life each day. They are here for you to incorporate into your daily life, to draw continued guidance, inspiration, and spiritual wealth. You are a mystic pupil continue your search with unquenchable thirst The arena of spirituality has no bounds abandon your preconceptions about the ultimate state of being For you, it’s all in your searching —from the book
Download or read book Seeds of Devotion written by Roger Butts and published by GraceLight Press. This book was released on 2021-01-25 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Begin your day with a meaningful, meditative spiritual practice. In Seeds of Devotion, Roger Butts delivers evocative and lyrical prose while sharing wisdom from some of the most powerful figures in spirituality today. Tidbits from Buddha, Jesus, Muhammad, and contemporaries like Dorothy Day and Thomas Merton are sprinkled in this devotional as he reflects on life's deepest mysteries. Written with an open heart and years of purposeful practice as a chaplain, Roger Butts offers immersive passages with Reflection questions allowing for further spiritual exploration at the end of each devotion. This book invites you to ask bigger questions of yourself and your life while immersed in meditative silence. These prayers and reflections are meant to guide you to a place of peace and spirituality but also challenge you to delve further into your grace.
Download or read book Miles of Dream written by Vanessa Rush Southern and published by Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations. This book was released on 2015 with total page 74 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: By popular demand, the Reverend Vanessa Southern returns with a new collection of meditations for personal and congregational use. With her familiar light touch and deep insight, Southern ponders life passages, ways of looking at the world, and the many possibilities for building a life of meaning. Her reflections, at once playful and poignant, remind us that we can come to a deeper awareness about living well by looking more closely at our daily lives.
Download or read book God s Dog written by Webster Kitchell and published by Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations. This book was released on 1993-11-28 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Native American traditions, Coyote is the Trickster - the one you want to avoid but love to hear stories about. In the Aztec tradition, Coyote is "God's Dog." As a minor deity, Coyote is at home in the world we know and in the world of magic and the gods. In this series of coyote adventures, he gets involved with a parish minister in Santa Fe, New Mexico. They meet for donuts and go on drives through the desert and mountains in an old VW Thing. They discuss just what you'd expect form a minor deity and a philosophical clergyman - death. lying, progress, why Jesus was crucified, what money will buy, and the nature of the universe.
Download or read book Guitarmaking Tradition and Technology written by William Cumpiano and published by Chronicle Books. This book was released on 1994-02 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A complete reference for the design and construction of the steel-string folk guitar and the classical guitar.
Download or read book Prairie Soul written by Jeffrey Alan Lockwood and published by Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations. This book was released on 2004 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Writing the Sacred Journey shows readers how to write about spirituality and the interior life with heart and flair. It helps readers get motivated, generate materials, move swiftly through drafts, and gain confidence and ease in their writing. Writing the Sacred Journey helps readers to uncover and honor the sacred within their own life stories. Elizabeth Andrew, an experienced writing instructor and spiritual director, gently guides readers through the spiritual writing process from concept to finished manuscript. She identifies some of the initial hurdles writers face in describing the interior, spiritual life and offers practical tips about how to overcome them. Writing the Sacred Journey also explores themes that commonly appear in spiritual memoir, as well as the all-important issue of writing as craft. Readers will learn new and practical skills for every stage of the writing process. Sprinkled throughout the book, these thoughtful activities teach readers new writing techniques and avenues into the creative process"--Amazon.com.
Download or read book Making a Folk Guitar written by John Bailey and published by . This book was released on 1971* with total page 63 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Stonewall Generation written by Jane Fleishman and published by . This book was released on 2020 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Sexuality researcher Jane Fleishman shares the stories of nine fearless elders in the LGBTQ community who came of age around the time of Stonewall. In candid interviews, they lay bare their struggles, their strengths, their activism, and their sexual liberation in the context of the political movements of the 1960s and 1970s and today"--
Download or read book All of This Is for You written by Ruby Jones and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2021-03-16 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A beautiful and uplifting collection of heartfelt, hand-lettered full-color artwork and soothing messages that provide compassion and connection for everyone feeling overwhelmed in their lives. All of This is for You is balm for anyone feeling lost and detached from today’s confusing, hectic world. In her luminous four-color hand-lettered artwork and accompanying heartfelt notes, acclaimed illustrator Ruby Jones reminds us that even when times are tough, it remains important to be kind and gentle with ourselves and those around us. Jones received worldwide recognition after she posted an illustration of two women—one of them a Muslim wearing a hijab—embracing after the 2019 Christchurch terrorist attacks. The image was accompanied by an extraordinary message of empathy and understanding: "This is your home and you should have been safe here." A beacon of hope and kindness, All of This is for You is for every one of us, because no matter the individual issue—whether it’s self-image, identity, depression, grief, or anxiety—we all struggle with challenges. Jones's gentle illustrations and soothing insights are a breath of fresh air during tough times, and a reminder of humanity's inherent and enduring goodness.
Download or read book Christ for Unitarian Universalists written by Scotty McLennan and published by Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations. This book was released on 2016-04-15 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: McLennan addresses the concept of Jesus as historical figure and as the presents Christ. In doing so he explores the reality and meaning of the Christmas and Easter stories, the Trinity, Christ's divinity, miracles, salvation, religious pluralism and exclusivism, and more.
Download or read book Becoming written by Kayla Parker and published by Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations. This book was released on 2016-03 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This elegant volume offers itself as a spiritual companion for young adults and all who live amid transitions and tensions. Dozens of carefully selected readings address themes that are prominent for people in their twenties and early thirties. The topics include: Passion and purpose Identity Community Losing and finding Justice and creation Each section features reflections from Unitarian Universalist young adults, as well as poems, prayers, and opening and closing words from contemporary and ancient peoples. This treasury of uplifting and thought-provoking meditations can serve as a guide and provide comfort on our never-ending journey of becoming.
