Mother’s Day Prayer

By chip, on May 15th, 2012%
Venus of Willendorf

Let us open ourselves widely to Life, and share a few moments of quiet attention…   {silence}

We call upon the Hopi Earth-Mother, Tuuwaqatsi, and Cybele, the Magna Mater; we think of Parvati, primal Hindu goddess, mother even of Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva; today, we honor the Green Man, and the Maiden and the Crone, and especially we celebrate the Mother; we call to mind the Venus of Willendorf, carved 25,000 years ago, and we celebrate the ancient and ~read more~

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entrances into prayer

By chip, on October 24th, 2010%

I incorporate a prayer or guided meditation in most of the worship services I lead. I usually start by calling our attention to our bodies, and focusing awareness on our breath. Once centered in our immediate experience of being alive, I lead into the verbal expression of our fears and hopes with words that are customized to that specific service.

Here are some prayer entrances that I have used:

O Spirit of Justice,
which howls at the gates of ~read more~

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poker, prison, prayer (sermon; 040627)

By chip, on October 24th, 2010%

This sermon was preached on Fusion, the UU Church of Rockford’s weekly television show on WIFR-TV; on 27 June 2004
Rev. Chip Roush

How many of you have ever played poker? Did you play for pennies, or poker chips, or was there paper money in the pot? How many of you have ever played strip poker,
where you have to remove an item of clothing if you have the losing hand?

The game of poker is enjoying an ~read more~

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