“English” language resources
Theodore Parker Redux : writings adapted from Prayers by Theodore Parker The British and Foreign Unitarian Association Essex Hall 1910
Supreme Love, that needs nothing other than recognition, may we all enter into your presence. We are held in awe, open to understanding ever more as Wisdom. Together we can inspire justice, be heartened by love and blessed by our communion. Supreme Love we know that there is no requirement for sacrifice, no false or
Prayer for the Autumn equinox
In our prayer let us be aware of the balance in nature and in our lives. The autumn equinox is upon us, a time of equal daylight and equal darkness. The energy of the summers growth is in decline. The leaves are starting to turn, the grain harvest is being gathered in.
THE DAYS THAT ARE GONE
“Thank you for the days, those endless days,
those sacred days you gave me.”
– ‘Days’, The Kinks (1968)
Thank you for the days that are gone:
for the days of hope,
for the days of resolution to save the world,
when, by striving, we’d make it true.
Thank you for the beauty.
Thank you for the singing.
Thank you for the dancing and
ANOTHER PRAYER FOR PEACE
Psalm 122:6, Luke 19:42, Matthew 5:9
With the Psalmist we
“Pray for the peace of Jerusalem.”
With Jesus we say,
“If only you had known this day the way that leads to peace.”
We pray for the peace of
Gaza and of Lebanon, of Israel and Iran,
of Syria and Sudan, of Russia and Ukraine…
We pray for the
Opening Words
Written to open the NELUM District Meeting 2024
Let’s take a moment to bring ourselves present to our selves, one another and the work we are about to share in together on behalf of our communities.
Let us be grateful for the fellowship and companionship provided by this group and the knowledge that we do not work
Presentation
PRESENTATION
“They brought him up to Jerusalem
to be presented to the Lord.”
Luke 2: 22
Take your newborn child to your sacred place, your temple,
to be presented to the Holy One.
Give thanks for the light that has come into your lives as
this new life opens.
Give thanks for the incarnate promise in this new birth;
The music pulls me back
On hearing of the death of Marianne Faithfull
30th January 2025
It’s the music that pulls me back:
back to places where life happened,
back to days and nights of tenderness and joy,
back to good friends and sweet lovers;
back to coffee in stained mugs,
back to long evenings in hazy, smoke-filled rooms;
back to
Living and dying
You are invited to join in with the words of this responsive reading in bold.
Spirit of Life, God of All Love, help us to face our human predicament,
and come to terms with the knowledge that our lives will end someday.
To deny death is to deny life; may we live honestly, courageously, and wholeheartedly, knowing