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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
A regular Sunday
Here we have gathered to make another link in the chain of days that binds our lives in fellowship.
We bring our whole self to worship, with all the pleasures and the pains of our daily lives. All our hopes and dreams and fears are here with us. Our remembrance of days past and of people
A prayer
Spirit of Light. Help us to look beyond. Beyond the blind eyes that imagine more than we can ever see; Beyond persuasive words, to the truth they try to conceal; Beyond materialist desire for things that can never make us truly happy.
Spirit of Love. Help us to look within. Within us lies a well