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Rev. Naomi King
Unitarian Universalist preacher, pirate, knitter, and lover of life!
Interests: knitting, gardening, laughing, cooking, reading, social media, discovering what I can do with my computerized voice and wheelchair
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Evening Prayer May 21, 2013
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In the garden of life, may we cultivate Wisdom, that wonderful flower with sharp lessons as well as soft and gentle ones. In the garden of life, may we care for and nourish the wholeness of life, attentive to what is needful and just. In the garden of life, may... Continue reading
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Morning Prayer May 21, 2013
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Good Morning, Wisdom! On our way today, may we be steadfast to the principles that guide us, to the promises we have made, to how goodness calls us to create, to aid mercy, to live generously all our days. When we would be turned aside or are set back, may... Continue reading
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Morning Prayer May 20, 2013
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Love, you sustain me when I change for the better and when I am less than how I am called. Hear my thanks. Help me reach to keep changing for the better, to answer your calling and my promises and faithful hopes. Hear my thanks, especially for those who help... Continue reading
Posted 2 days ago at UniversalistPrayers
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Evening Prayer May 20, 2013
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Mercy, you call me to change when I am stony-hearted and you call me to change this world when it is fraught with pain and misunderstanding, cruelty and greed. Hear my worries about answering that call, and my gladness for meeting others who know that call themselves and are engaged... Continue reading
Posted 2 days ago at UniversalistPrayers
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Morning Prayer May 19, 2013
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Wisdom bless us with and in our humility, that we may be glad in the gifts that others have, the blessings that others know, and the dependence we all have not only upon each other but upon this amazing earth. Wisdom guide us with and in our humility, that we... Continue reading
Posted 4 days ago at UniversalistPrayers
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Evening Prayer May 19, 2013
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Breath of Life, open our lungs and our hearts to the spirit of goodness that grows lush wherever it is shared, the spirit that invites us to be generous and stay the course with love and good humor, the spirit that wakens us to dreams worth living each night before... Continue reading
Posted 4 days ago at UniversalistPrayers
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Evening Prayer May 18, 2013
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Wisdom, hear our thanks for all our teachers, those who taught us a single letter or fact or equation, those who taught us how to create sentences and sing songs, to gather and use tools and grow skillful, night by night and day by day. Wisdom, hear our gratitude for... Continue reading
Posted 4 days ago at UniversalistPrayers
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Morning Prayer May 18, 2013
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Lover of Life may we love this life each and every day! May every heart wake this morning and shine forth, gladdening the Holy and this creation, ready to serve goodness and mercy with generosity and joy! May every heart wake this morning and shine forth, encouraging those who are... Continue reading
Posted 4 days ago at UniversalistPrayers
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Evening Prayer May 17, 2013
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Mercy and Compassion guide our words and our deeds. When it is easy to complain, may we pick up the hearts you have given us and turn to how we can transform a bad or less than ideal situation for goodness' sake.Mercy and Compassion guide our words and our deeds.... Continue reading
Posted 5 days ago at UniversalistPrayers
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Morning Prayer May 17, 2013
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Abiding Love, turn us to follow your graciousness in all things, into the bustling byways of hard-heartedness in order to make a helpful difference. Teach us what it is to abide and sustain as as we help one another discover the strength already given to bear up and bear on... Continue reading
Posted 5 days ago at UniversalistPrayers
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Morning Prayer May 16, 2013
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Breath of Life may we meet each day with new wonder, revived hope, and a heart of love to share. With each breath, may we find reason for thanksgiving, and with each day may we give reason to others to rejoice in this life, be glad, and give thanks. Breath... Continue reading
Posted 6 days ago at UniversalistPrayers
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Evening Prayer May 16, 2013
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Lover of Life, may we give thanks for each night we break bread together, grateful for the bread, for our togetherness, for the day we have had, for the love we share, for the song we live. May we give thanks for each night when we share a meal with... Continue reading
Posted 6 days ago at UniversalistPrayers
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Morning Prayer May 15, 2013
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What a mercy it is to wake each morning, to have another day to rejoice in creation, to give thanks, to share what we have in talents, skills, gifts, and blessings, and to join the daily song of love changing this world! What a mercy it is when challenged by... Continue reading
Posted 7 days ago at UniversalistPrayers
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Evening Prayer May 15, 2013
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Mercy of Mercies as we strive to make love, hope, peace, justice, and compassion real, keep us steady in the long labors, steady through the failures and set-backs, steady through the trying without apparent progress, steady in fulfilling our faithful promises. Mercy of Mercies we are called to strive, to... Continue reading
Posted 7 days ago at UniversalistPrayers
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Morning Prayer May 14, 2013
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The song of the morning awakens my heart and sets my spirit free. Lover of Life may my life join that song. May I find rest in the spaces between the notes of making mercy, love, and hope real in each day. May I find joy in the doing that... Continue reading
Posted May 12, 2013 at UniversalistPrayers
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Evening Prayer May 14, 2013
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The song of evening welcomes my spirit home and sets my heart at rest. Lover of Life may my life join that song. May I find renewal in the notes of welcome, the open song that changes with each singer and each land yet remains true to love and mercy.... Continue reading
Posted May 12, 2013 at UniversalistPrayers
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Evening Prayer May 13, 2013
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Courageous Love strengthen us to follow the path of change, to make amends to those we have injured, to nurture and care for this world. May we join you in celebrating the courageous ones who can admit their wrong doing and then attend to doing right, aware what has been... Continue reading
Posted May 11, 2013 at UniversalistPrayers
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Morning Prayer May 13, 2013
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Courageous Love strengthen us that we do not turn away from one another because of bias or bigotry, fearfulness or foolishness. Turn us back toward one another, especially when we find it easier to turn away. Turn us back toward one another to meet in each stranger a friend, in... Continue reading
Posted May 11, 2013 at UniversalistPrayers
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Evening Prayer May 12, 2013
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Sing a song of thankfulness into this night, all of us who have known love, who have met mercy, who have once been asked to give and gave. Sing a song of thankfulness for these and so many other blessings we know and have known, so many other blessings we... Continue reading
Posted May 9, 2013 at UniversalistPrayers
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Morning Prayer May 12, 2013
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For Mothers' Day Blessed are the creators, the sustainers, the ones who know just what to say when things go wrong, the ones who teach love by example night after night and day after day, the ones who make it okay to risk, fail, learn and try again. Blessed are... Continue reading
Posted May 9, 2013 at UniversalistPrayers
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Morning Prayer May 11, 2013
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Blessings of the morning, set us forthrightly on the path of mercy, for it is the path of courage and the path of love, the path of generosity and the path of healing. Blessings of the morning, set us forthrightly on the path of mercy that we may be courageously... Continue reading
Posted May 9, 2013 at UniversalistPrayers
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Evening Prayer May 11, 2013
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Blessings of the evening, reopen our hearts to the way of mercy, for it is the way of courage and the way of love, the way of generosity and the way of healing. Blessings of the evening, reopen our hearts to the way of mercy and in that changing may... Continue reading
Posted May 9, 2013 at UniversalistPrayers
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Morning Prayer May 10, 2013
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Mercy of Mercies help us find the way today and every day. When communities face empty bowls, yet we know the granaries are full, help us find the way to ensuring every one is well fed, nourished in body and in spirit, with strong and healthy communities of care and... Continue reading
Posted May 8, 2013 at UniversalistPrayers
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Evening Prayer May 10, 2013
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Heart of Compassion we seek to follow your way every night and every day. Yet we falter and balk and fail and turn away from the compassionate way, giving in to pressure, expedience, bias, bigotry, and weariness. Help us grow more skilled in living a merciful and just life, in... Continue reading
Posted May 8, 2013 at UniversalistPrayers
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Morning Prayer May 9, 2013
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Breath of Life you are with me every moment of the day! On waking, let me give thanks! Before sleeping, let me give thanks! When I'm out of breath from play, from laughing so hard tears break, from carrying a gift to give to one loved and cherished, let me... Continue reading
Posted May 7, 2013 at UniversalistPrayers
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