Starlight of the Spirit, guide us in our blessed nights towards sharing wonderment and reverence and the other goodnesses we know and have today #eveningprayer #chaliceextinguishing #uu
Breath of Being, may we pause to reflect upon the freedoms we appreciate most, the ones that challenge us to embody and embrace, and how we can nurture freedoms together #eveningprayer #chaliceextinguishing #uu
Wisdom, may we appreciate the blessings we encountered today from others, the opportunities to be a blessing we moved gladly into, and this amazing interconnected life we share #eveningprayer #chaliceextinguishing #uu
Breath of Being, may we make the space for reflection and reverent wonderment, turning towards spacious gratitude and warm, kind connections and welcome #eveningprayer #chaliceextinguishing #uu
Grace and Wonderment, invite us every day into the wow of being, not of fear or stupefaction, but of delighted surprise and keen curiosity and gladness #eveningprayer #chaliceextinguishing #uu
Lover of Humility, may we delight in the splendid diversity of ways we can and do embody kindness, generosity, and joy. May we learn from one another with gladness #eveningprayer #chaliceextinguishing #uu
Wisdom, may we choose to build up and strengthen our capacities to live together with tolerance and graciousness even as we disagree and dissent from each other #eveningprayer #chaliceextinguishing #uu
Beloved, may we make way and welcome for all in need of refuge from harshness, hunger, and other forms of violence and cruelty #eveningprayer #chaliceextinguishing #uu
Wisdom, invite us into welcoming the slowing down before rest, the unwinding of troubles and tensions to spool ourselves back to relaxed and ready for renewing sleep #eveningprayer #chaliceextinguishing #uu
Breathing out, may I breathe with delight to neighbor alongside so many courageous people, who really care to protect the vulnerable and build diverse communities for all to thrive #eveningprayer #chaliceextinguishing #uu
Breathing out, may I breathe with gratitude to share this life with so many others who bother themselves to be kinder than is easier, more generous than is prudent, and as courageous as peace requires #eveningprayer #chaliceextinguishing #uu
Lover of Life, may we ensure gender equity in water safety and access, in leadership and decision-making for managing clean water for all #eveningprayer #chaliceextinguishing #uu #WorldWaterDay
Lover of Life, may we rejoice in the turning year, choosing to make our communities more welcoming, softer, kinder, and joyful #eveningprayer #chaliceextinguishing #uu
Sweetness of the Evening invite us to embody the kindness we need as strangers and that allows us to turn from being strangers to family, neighbors, and friends #eveningprayer #chaliceextinguishing #uu
Lover of Life, may we have the courage to carry on with compassion beyond what seems easy or simple, and learn to embody the habit of neighboring generously each day #eveningprayer #chaliceextinguishing #uu
Breath of Courage, may we live in solidarity across what is used to divide us and instead may we embody more fully decency, kindness, and compassion #eveningprayer #chaliceextinguishing #uu
Wonderment, may we delight in friendships where we can play together as well as face our troubles, ready for what is and what might be, wherever we are #eveningprayer #chaliceextinguishing #uu
Breath of Being, may we be met with graciousness and kindness when we are weary and in need of welcome or refuge #eveningprayer #chaliceextinguishing #uu
Beloved, may we choose to bless this night and one another with humility and with gratitude, with patience and genuine curiosity, and with graciousness embodying abundant love #eveningprayer #chaliceextinguishing #uu
Wisdom, may we seek peaceful accountability and restorative justice solutions that allow for healing, individual and communal growth and reconciliation after harm #eveningprayer #chaliceextinguishing #uu
Breathing out whenever and wherever I can pause tonight, may I quiet and return to the edge of the ocean of being, allowing my system to calm and find ease #eveningprayer #chaliceextinguishing #uu
Holy Wonderment, may we love to learn, to ask good questions and verify sources, to revise our beliefs and opinions when we meet new evidence that holds up under real testing #eveningprayer #chaliceextinguishing #uu
Sweetness of Being, may we pause to cherish some other being tonight, someone who asks us to be bigger hearted and more generous than we first find easy #eveningprayer #chaliceextinguishing #uu
Breathe with us, Beloved, as we recommit ourselves to loving care for all beings, for those we know and those we do not, all of us neighbors and strangers #eveningprayer #chaliceextinguishing #uu
Beloved, may neighboring guide us as a practice in our thoughts, our words/signs, and our doing, wherever we are and go, caring for one another and lifting each other up with graciousness #eveningprayer #chaliceextinguishing #uu
Breath of Being, may we calm and settle ourselves with gentle, slow breathing, bringing our awareness back to how we find our choices again with a little internal spaciousness #eveningprayer #chaliceextinguishing #uu
Lover of Life, may we share our gratitude and pleasure for the small blessings of being we encounter, receive, or make in this and every day #eveningprayer #chaliceextinguishing #uu
Beloved, may we invite one another into drawing forth ancestral blessings that build our diverse and amazing present and future together on this planet #eveningprayer #chaliceextinguishing #uu
Beloved, may we find refuge when we need it, lovingkindness when we least expect it, and the invitation to choose peace everywhere we are and go #eveningprayer #chaliceextinguishing #uu
Beloved, may we share our ponderings gently and kindly with one another, making space to learn, to contemplate, to adjust our beliefs and behaviors for goodness’ sake #eveningprayer #chaliceextinguishing #uu