As Unitarian Universalists we seek to live into covenant with each other. In our quest to live in covenant and to build and maintain relationships we often misstep and cause hurt. How do we repair those relationships? How do we move past being hurt or hurting others?
Many of us are taught that we can’t ask for help without showing weakness. Others of us are taught that to be successful we must depend only on ourselves to do well. How do we move beyond this sense of toxic individualism to live interdependently?
It is in remembering them that we create a space to hold our loved ones. In marking these special moments, we create space to memorialize them. Let us join together to memorialize those we have lost.
What is embedded in your theological core? What do you want to be embedded there? Rev. Ali delivered this sermon on January 29, 2023 at Cedar Lane Unitarian Universalist congregation.
Rev Ali designed and coordinated this service of ordination, which had elements from speakers from most regions of the continental United States and worship leaders from three co-ordaining congregations. The ordination was a multiplatform service with some in-person elements, recordings and live remote participants all woven together real-time and live-streamed.
"What if I Only had 30 Days to Love?" a worship service designed and coordinated by Rev. Ali K.C. Bell as Minister-in-Residence for the 30 Days of Love Program of the UUA Side with Loe campaign.
Rev Ali used green screen technology to create a media rich Time for All Ages where people could see artwork while he tells the story of Maddy's Fridge.
This homily was delivered extemporaneously on March 15, 2020 the week that many states shut down schools, churches, and started strict social distancing. All the ministers at the CLF threw out their planned words and spoke from the heart on how they and their families were coping in light of the news and the vast unknown that stretched before us all in those early days of the pandemic. (Rev Ali’s homily starts at 7:19)
This prayer was published in the book "Shelter in This Place, Meditations on 2020" edited by Rev. Meg A. Riley
Rev Ali designed this complete worship service in collaboration with the worship team and delivered the sermon at the UU Congregation at Mont Clair, NJ during the pandemic. (sermon starts at 41:43)
This homily was for the UUA Transgender Day of Remembrance Chapel service held annually on or near November 20 as part of a worldwide effort to recognize the lives of trans people who were killed in the past year.