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Now and then
Now and then somebody calls at the old chapel.
Searching, – for solitude, tranquillity, history or more likely – ancestors.
As they make their way up the ancient flagstone path they wonder whether they’re walking in the footsteps of their long dead relatives.
Is this the way that their great grandparents walked to their wedding? Were they nervous?
Unitarian women
Tune: Ar Hyd y Nos (All through the Night)
For the ones who went before us,
We now give thanks.
For the legacy they left us,
We now give thanks.
In your image you created
Women to be celebrated.
For each one so dedicated,
We now give thanks.
From the shadows they’re emerging
To take their
I am a Unitarian
For me, Unitarianism is a form of religion and a philosophy.
More than this, it is a pathway – a way of life.
There are ways to be a Unitarian presence in this world, and ways to live Unitarianly.
As a Unitarian I can’t just believe whatever I want, but whatever I can and must.
My Unitarianism causes me
A prayer to the watchmaker
Dear God,
I once read in a dusty old theology book that you are like a watchmaker who put the mechanics together, wound up the story and laws of the universe, but then stepped back as eternity began to tick by…
Second by second, moment by moment, day by day, year by year.
It makes some sense –
Closing words
Our meeting draws to a close –
But the love and friendship remain:
The joy of having met together,
The connections,
And the spiritual nourishment we have received will stay with us,
And will continue to bless us, this day and in the days to come.
Amen and Blessed Be.
An autumn prayer
Dear God,
Sometimes I wonder why the seasons need to turn.
Already there are signs that the summer is coming to an end.
At the edges of the warm summer days is a touch of cooler weather,
the lights are being switched on that bit earlier,
and the wind has already dislodged a few leaves.
Even in the summer there is
Why I am a Unitarian
I joined the Unitarians at a point that when I was feeling somewhat bruised from my previous experience of religion and also feeling a little lost in life. I suppose I was giving faith a final chance.
A few months before, someone had said to me “You sound like a Unitarian!” so I thought I should
Spirit love prayer
We pray for those who are ill, those are burdened with worries and cares, those who are in despair, those who are suffering from loss, those caught up in personal conflict, and those who are at war.
May they feel the comfort and strength that the Spirit Divine can give them; May wisdom and faith