Anyone who has taken UU Wellspring, Spiritual Direction Training, the UUA Renaissance Module UU Identity, or a host of other programs that encourage you to look at your own spiritual journey, you have either created a drawing or a written account of your spiritual journey.
For me, my Lutheran upbringing and my exposure to Islam, interdenominational worship, Buddhism, Methodism, Native American Spirituality, Catholicism, and Paganism all led me to becoming a Unitarian Universalist. I didn’t practice all of these religions but was deeply influenced by experiences and writings from people of these faiths. Perhaps the time I knew I was a Unitarian Universalist (before I ever knew there was such a thing, was when I attended a funeral for a Native American man that was led by both the tribes elders and the Catholic priest. They melded the beliefs and when we sang “Amazing Grace” in the Ojibwe language, something stirred in me. A sense that the spirit moves in us and our religions and cultures shape how we ritualize and worship, but not the pure spirit we are connected to.
Writing about our spiritual lives can be an important window into our souls. I encourage you to try it and see what comes up for you.
