What do Unitarian Universalists worship?\u00a0 They know they are not at the center of the universe. Something larger, much grander and wiser than themselves, exists.\u00a0\u00a0But what is that “something larger”?<\/p>\n
Their answers vary, depending on their individual theology.\u00a0 Some believe what\u2019s larger is the integrated wisdom drawn from seekers’ spiritual explorations.<\/p>\n
Some believe it’s whatever lies within and beyond scientific understanding.<\/p>\n
Some believe it\u2019s a divine force that thrums through the cosmos.\u00a0\u00a0They wonder: Is it God? Is it a collective unconscious? Or is it something beyond their comprehension?<\/p>\n
While UUs have different ideas about how they fit into the larger whole, they agree that worship is their shared practice of exploring, connecting to, and even creating that wholeness.<\/p>\n
To one UU minister, worship is “defined not by a consensus on theological questions; but by a community paying attention and searching together.”<\/p>\n
Another says, \u201cTo us, \u2018We worship\u2026\u2019, by itself, is a full sentence and a powerful one.\u201d<\/p>\n
By encountering and engaging with that which is greater, wiser, stronger, and more compassionate than their individual selves, UUs\u00a0 place themselves in a crucible for their own transformation and healing.<\/p>\n
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What do Unitarian Universalists worship?\u00a0 They know they are not at the center of the universe. Something larger, much grander and wiser than themselves, exists.\u00a0\u00a0But what is that “something larger”? Their answers vary, depending on their individual theology.\u00a0 Some believe what\u2019s larger is the integrated wisdom drawn from seekers’ spiritual explorations. Some believe it’s whatever … Continue reading How We View Worship [#21]<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[177],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6411","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sedonauu.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6411","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sedonauu.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sedonauu.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sedonauu.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sedonauu.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6411"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/sedonauu.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6411\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8784,"href":"https:\/\/sedonauu.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6411\/revisions\/8784"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sedonauu.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6411"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sedonauu.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6411"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sedonauu.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6411"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}