UUs Have Different Ideas About God
from Stories About God by Mary Ann Moore

The first idea about God comes from Mildred, a Unitarian Universalist woman. When we asked her what she thought God was like, this is what she said:

"Most of the time I'm not really sure but every once in a while when I am in my garden, I have I feeling that I do know what God is. When I'm down on my knees digging in the earth, and putting tiny seeds into the ground and when I'm closing the earth over those seeds knowing that they will grow into beautiful plants, I feel so amazed that something like that can happen. I just can't imagine what it is that makes those plants grow that way and I think that must be what God is."

The second idea comes from Donald, a Unitatarian Universalist man, When we asked him what he thought, this is what he said:

"Well, it might be easier to tell you what I don't think God is. I don't think God is a man with a long beard, sitting up on a cloud who tells us what it should do and not do. But if I have to say what I think God is, well, let's see, how can I put it? I think God is like the fiery yellow-orange-red power that comes out of the big explosion they call the Big Bang that happened at the beginning of the world. I think that power traveled out into space and slowly over the years became all the things in the universe, even you and me. It is in everything, even the things that we think are bad. I guess that's what I think God is."

The third idea comes from Ellen, another Unitarian Universalist woman. When we asked her what she thaught here is what she said:

"I think God is love. I think of God as being in people's hearts whenever they are caring about other people and trying to help those who need help. If I were to draw a picture of God I would draw a circle of people all holding hands and I would put a picture of a big red heart on each person. And I would put a smile on the face of each one of the people, a smile that showed that they were happy and feeling peaceful. That's my idea of what God is, the love that we have for each other."