Ritual has great power to infuse a sense of deeper connection among people. Recognizing the sacred responsibility that comes with a driver’s license/licence can invest a new driver with an inner motivation to drive safely and considerately. Just as potent as it is to ceremonially inaugurate a new driver’s driving career, it is as powerful […]
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This blessing of the Driver’s Licence/license* might be held at home or in the gathering place of one’s faith community. Ritual has great power to infuse a sense of deeper connection among people. Recognizing the sacred responsibility that comes with a driver’s licence can invest a young person with an inner motivation to drive safely […]
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God is Love, the cosmic creativity present everywhere and in everything, Gently urging all toward the good. To transcending Love, we raise our awestruck praise! Jesus embodied the Love that is God. He loved the poor, the sick, the outcast, He loved the unpopular, and even his own enemies. He loved so completely, he loved […]
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Jim Burklo is a regular contributor to Worship Words through his weekly ‘Musings’ email. Retired Associate Dean of Religious Life at the University of Southern California, Jim writes regularly for the ProgressiveChristianity.org liturgy project. Many of his liturgical materials can be found in his book Birdlike and Barnless: Meditations, Prayers, and Songs for Progressive Christians […]
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