Thank You to the Chequamegon Unitarian Universalist Fellowship for conferring me into Unitarian Universalist ministry and providing a service of ordination celebration. Below is the chalice reading I wrote and shared at the end of the service:
When I say go in peace,
I mean the kind that starts in us.
The intentional cultivation of awareness
that suffering and harm happens.
Yet we can control our response: standing up to injustice, replying with kindness, even having happiness.
The peace that is hard work
and worth working for.
When I say go in care,
I mean that we don’t have to hide
our imperfections, we witness,
accompany, and comfort through struggles; amplify blessings and celebrations
as the interconnected web that we are
and that is cared for by us all.
When I say, go in love,
I mean the ultimate reality
of being as beloved. I mean the love
that cannot be destroyed. I mean the love that lives inside me and you and is all around if we just let it shine.
Go in Peace. Go in Care. Go in Love.
In Gratitude, Rev. Stacy Craig