Author: clfuu

Many religious traditions incorporate fast days–days on which one refrains from eating for a specified period, or periods during which one refrains from eating certain foods. These fast days are often meant to make the participants pay attention to the sacred in a different way than in their everyday lives. During Ramadan, Muslims fast daily from sunrise to sunset in order to foster gratitude and remind them of those who go without regularly.

How is grace expressed through your physical being today? How might you incorporate a period of fasting to remind you of your relationship with the sacred?

Is it possible to make room for spiritual practice, to be closer to the sacred? Are you able to carve out more than one hour a day, as Muslims are asked to do throughout Ramadan?

If yes, reflect on the privilege of this. If not, what are ways others can support you to have this happen?

“Unitarian Universalism invited me to understand prayer not as a predetermined language or skill that I had failed to master, but rather as a means of spiritual self-expression that we are called to develop and practice over a lifetime. Unitarian Universalism encourages us to ask the ‘Why’ and ‘How’ and ‘What’ of prayer, and to earnestly seek answers in dialogue with our friends on the journey.” – Jennifer Johnson, in the April edition of Quest (https://www.questformeaning.org/spiritual-reflections/quest-monthly/)

What is your prayer today? What is the why, how, and what that you are seeking to be in dialogue about?

As Muslims around the world begin their holy month of Ramadan, many begin to think about the sacrifices they need to make in order to feel closer to Allah.

What might you sacrifice to feel closer to the sacred?

Grace has more than one meaning. Outside of theology, grace refers to an elegance of presence, a refinement of movement, or an orientation of humility towards others.

Where do you notice elegance around you today?