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Join the call of a just kitchen: where meal preparation is as much an act of resistance against injustice as marches and protests. Available for pre-order...Book | By Derrick Weston, Anna Woofenden | October 1, 2023 | From inSpirit: The UU Book and Gift ShopTagged as: Food, Food JusticeProduct -
Food can be an avenue in the struggle against climate change and for climate justice.By Lóre Stevens | October 4, 2022 | From LifeTagged as: Becoming a Minister, Food, Food JusticePage/Article -
Growing connects me to ancestors who had their hands in the dirt because it was keeping them alive.Reflection | By Melissa Jeter | May 25, 2022 | From Braver/WiserTagged as: Abundance, Earth, Earth-Centered, Family, Food, Food Justice, Generations, Growth, Humanism, Nature, Prophetic Words & Deeds, Secular, Spiritual Practice, WorshipPage/Article -
Kansas and Arizona churches serve as emergency shelters; California and New York churches provide groceries to people in need.By Heather Beasley Doyle | May 22, 2020 | From UU WorldTagged as: Disaster, Food, Food Justice, Congregational Stories & Best Practices in Social JusticePage/Article -
A Breakthrough Congregation’s teen-led religious education program revitalizes First Religious Society in Carlisle, Massachusetts.By Heather Beasley Doyle | March 1, 2020 | From UU WorldTagged as: Breakthrough Congregations, Children's Faith Development, Education, Environment, Food, Food Justice, High School-Aged Youth Faith Development, Middle School-Aged Youth Faith Development, Nature, Faith DevelopmentPage/Article -
Love our Earth. Take action to consume less, use less energy, respect water; And be cooperative, collaborative and creative community – like the moss and the mushrooms. Our children’s lives depend on us.Closing | By Denise Cawley | June 20, 2019 | From WorshipWebTagged as: 7th Principle (Interconnected Web), Climate Justice, Commitment, Earth, Earth Day, Earth-Centered, Environment, Food Justice, Interdependence, Privilege, Respect, Responsibility, Simplicity, Six SourcesWorship element -
“There’s a hunger beyond food that’s expressed in food, and that’s why feeding is always a kind of miracle. It speaks to a bigger desire.” Note: one version of this quote, quasi-attributed, appears in Take This Bread (p. 23) by Sara Miles.Quote | By William E. Swing | June 1, 2018 | From WorshipWebTagged as: 4th Principle (Truth & Meaning), Abundance, Body, Communion (Christian), Direct Experience, Food, Food Justice, Generosity, Hospitality, Humanism, Searching, Secular, Stewardship, Table Grace, ThanksgivingWorship element -
Light We Seek, wherever I am on the journey toward wholeness for all of us—that is, toward racial equality—help me to forgive myself and others for missteps and missed opportunities, and guide my efforts to build up the relationships where love, justice, and understanding grow.Reflection | By Teresa Honey Youngblood | June 21, 2017 | From Braver/WiserTagged as: Abundance, Direct Experience, Earth, Food, Food Justice, Generosity, Humanism, Nature, Race/Ethnicity, Stewardship, WorkPage/Article -
Unitarian Universalist ministers say their community ministry—which provides food and community space—will not slow down.By Elaine McArdle | March 3, 2017 | From UU WorldTagged as: Class, Food Justice, Service, NewsPage/Article -
This sermon refers to, and includes, the emerging ritual of a "chocolate communion." If you're seeking to incorporate our Unitarian Universalist values into such a ritual, we recommend providing an organic fair-trade product like the one...Sermon | By Sarah Movius Schurr | August 14, 2016 | From WorshipWebTagged as: 1st Principle (Worth & Dignity), 4th Principle (Truth & Meaning), Body, Commitment, Direct Experience, Diversity, Food Justice, Humanism, Love, Relationships, Valentine's DayWorship element -
I understand participation in Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) as a spiritual practice or discipline. While the word discipline may want to make us run and hide, a spiritual practice or discipline is meant to help us find our center. Approaching my participation in the CSA as a spiritual...Reading | By Nicole Janelle | July 10, 2016 | From WorshipWebTagged as: 4th Principle (Truth & Meaning), Community, Contemplation, Direct Experience, Earth, Earth Day, Earth-Centered, Family, Food, Food Justice, Gratitude, Nature, Spiritual Practice, Summer Solstice, Table Grace, WonderWorship element -
The same gallon of water required by a single California almond—a food I love and eat every day—can grow one pound of crickets.By Kimberly French | April 25, 2016 | From UU WorldTagged as: Climate Justice, Food, Food Justice, Climate JusticePage/Article -
We are hungry We are eating our daily bread and bowing our heads and yet we are hungry We are thanking the farmer and the farm worker and yet we are hungry We are speaking in spaces for food that is healthy and still we are hungry We are tiring of slogans that say Feed the Children and mean feed ...Meditation | By Debra Smith | February 11, 2016 | From WorshipWebTagged as: 1st Principle (Worth & Dignity), 2nd Principle (Justice, Equity, & Compassion), 6th Principle (World Community), 7th Principle (Interconnected Web), Christianity, Communion (Christian), Democracy, Direct Experience, Food, Food Justice, Generosity, Human Rights, Humanism, Justice, Justice Sunday, Poverty, Prayer Practices, Prophetic Words & Deeds, Spiritual Practice, Table Grace, Thanksgiving, Transcendence, Transformation, WorshipWebWorship element -
A Celtic pagan story from Ireland, told by Erica Helm Meade in her book of wisdom tales, The Moon in the Well (Peru, Illinois: Open Court/Carus, 2001). Permission pending....Story | May 18, 2015 | For Multigenerational | From MiraclesTagged as: 2nd Principle (Justice, Equity, & Compassion), Arrogance, Challenge, Character, Class, Commitment, Conscience, Courage, Food Justice, Generosity, Paganism, Redemption, ThanksgivingCurriculum page
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In one church it was meals, prepared and frozen to be shared with those in need. Food was handed out at the door, or taken to where it was needed. In another church it was casseroles, brought to families whose strength was consumed by illness or disaster....Meditation | By Mary Wellemeyer | May 13, 2015 | From WorshipWebTagged as: 3rd Principle (Acceptance & Spiritual Growth), Activism, Caring, Community, Food, Food Justice, Generosity, ServiceWorship element -
...Our spiritual connection to the food we eat has...been harmed by a modern culture in which over-processed foods are so ubiquitous that we have ceased to think about foods in their whole forms any more. ...Michael Pollan writes, “Try this: Don’t eat anything your great-great-grandmother...Sermon | By Michael J. Tino | January 21, 2015 | From WorshipWebTagged as: 7th Principle (Interconnected Web), Animals, Earth, Food, Food Justice, Prophetic Words & Deeds, ResponsibilityWorship element
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Tomatoes are arguably the most consumed fruit or vegetable in our country....28% of Americans eat a meal every day that contains at least one tomato. It is estimated that every American eats about 29 pounds of fresh tomatoes a year and an additional 73 pounds processed in tomato sauces, ketchup,...Sermon | By Peggy Clarke | January 21, 2015 | From WorshipWebTagged as: 2nd Principle (Justice, Equity, & Compassion), 6th Principle (World Community), 7th Principle (Interconnected Web), Dignity, Direct Experience, Earth, Economy, Food, Food Justice, Human Rights, Nature, Prophetic Words & Deeds, WorkWorship element
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I grew up on my family farm in the southern part of Illinois. There was nothing about it that was a golden age. And I’m NOT nostalgic about the good old days. I don’t like carrying water from the well out back. I don’t like going to an outhouse at 4 a.m. in the snow. I don’t like the wasps...Reading | By David Breeden | January 21, 2015 | From WorshipWebTagged as: 7th Principle (Interconnected Web), Animals, Food, Food Justice, Prophetic Words & Deeds, Respect, Responsibility, Unitarian UniversalismWorship element
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There I was, at the "Big Question:" What is my relationship to the creatures on this earth, and to the earth itself? Are they, is it, here for me, or am I a part of it? How far does the interdependent web extend, and do I really believe that all of us are intimately connected with all of existence?Homily | By Peter Friedrichs | January 21, 2015 | From WorshipWebTagged as: 7th Principle (Interconnected Web), Challenge, Earth, Environment, Food, Food Justice, Prophetic Words & DeedsWorship element
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I remember back to the 50’s and 60’s when, once a week, my mother would don her shirtwaist, climb into the family car, and make her way to the A&P. How did she choose her groceries then? In our family, in New England and a long way from the fertile, productive valleys of California, proximity...Reading | By Vicky Talbert | January 21, 2015 | From WorshipWebTagged as: 1st Principle (Worth & Dignity), 7th Principle (Interconnected Web), Animals, Earth, Food, Food Justice, Interdependence, Unitarian UniversalismWorship element