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Especially when I feel stressed, may stillness help me to become calm, so that I can wait for silent consolation.

For the mystery that enfolds us and blesses us,
For the beauty that surrounds us and nourishes us,

As we leave worship, let us together commit ourselves:

ALL:
– to give thanks each day for the abundant gift and beauty of life

I believe in the hidden God of love,
the spirit of love and compassion
found at the breadth and depth of every human life.

A “meditation card” by artist Jim Garrison

There is a vitality, a life force, a quickening
That is translated through you into action,
And because there is only one of you in all time,
This expression is unique.

To eternity this moment yields
By rings imbued with covenanting power

Oh, Guide of the Way,
My safety in trust
Determine my path

The terms faith and beliefs are sometimes used interchangeably, but I think it is useful to make a distinction between them. Beliefs are things you think are true, like “I believe in God.” “I believe that there is life after death.” These are improvable opinions (or they would be accepted by all as “facts”). A list can be made of beliefs.

Wage peace!
to acknowledge faith
declare love
confess failure
expose injustice
admit mistakes

CLEAR is what I want to feel and be when it comes to something that means as much to me as FAITH. I want to be at peace with what I believe and choose to say and do, with regard to my way of living in faith. I want to own it whole-heartedly. I don’t want to apologize or make excuses for beliefs that don’t make sense, saying things like, “You just have to take that in faith. Someday it will make sense to me, even if it doesn’t now. God’s ways are not our ways.” With Clear Faith, I am at peace.

We believe that Jesus has called us to show selfless compassion for others, regardless of how different they are from us and to help others grow and develop their potential – to facilitate human becoming.
All: Help us to walk in the footsteps of Jesus

Let our community not be a circle with people
inside the circle who feel part of the club and
those outside the circle who feel excluded.

Today, like Jesus, we may be facing a barren desert
We may be tempted to do the wrong thing
To do something selfish
To do something hurtful.

Clearing lifetimes of Karma
through my heart
a portal of healing
draws us into love
beyond our fears
of separation

Creator of conception, designer of formation, develop my day for your realization.

In this New Year, let us lift our vision of what we can do and what we can achieve:

Follow a star that’s twinkling with courage,
blazing with possibility
to the space, the essence that is God.