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December 2015

December 10, 2015

On a Starry Night

It was one of the few times in my life that I have experienced simultaneous...

December 08, 2015

Tan'gun

Taejonggyo, a new religious movement in Korea, worships Tan’gun, the legendary founder of the first...

December 07, 2015

Joy: The Persistent Ally

Betty is one of the most Joyous people I have known. This does not mean...

December 04, 2015

Celebrating Darkness

Rev. Baron shares a story she wrote about celebrating darkness written for Winter Solstice celebrations.

December 02, 2015

Stoic Survivor

David Pollard writes about a political figure of the recent past who survived eight years...

December 01, 2015

Aphrodite

It is worth remembering that when we see religious art in museums, what we are...

November 2015

November 30, 2015

The Role of Divination in Discernment

Rev. Clarenbach explains the benefits of her use of divination as part of her discernment...

November 27, 2015

Forgetting to be Grateful?

Today it seems that Thanksgiving has become a four-day weekend of obligatory excess.

November 25, 2015

Seizing An Alternative

My job is change the narrative we hear in congregations during our worship services from...

November 24, 2015

Ma-ku

Ma-ku is a Taoist deity of longevity. In Chinese art, she can be identified by...

November 20, 2015

Giving Thanks in the Dark

Paganism and Unitarian Universalism are both thanksgiving-centered movements. We have cast off the mantles of...

November 18, 2015

How And Why And Whether to Pray

[Prayer] brings us authenticity, integrity, compassion and wisdom. Mindful authenticity. Insistent integrity. Fierce compassion. Growing...

November 17, 2015

Ho Hsien-ku

Ho Hsien-ku is one of the Eight Taoist Immortals, and the only one who is...

November 16, 2015

Pastoral Prayer for November 16

CUUPS President, the Rev. Amy Beltaine shares a pastoral prayer over current issues.

November 13, 2015

Why Did The Pagan Go To Church?

...what's a road to a Pagan who's grown so used to wandering in the spiritual...

November 09, 2015

The Lure of Consumption, the Magic of Intention

Where does a quest for the “right” tool or the “right” candle become excessive? How...

November 06, 2015

Creating Rituals for Pagan Groups in a UU Context

One of the things I find most challenging in preparing ritual for UU Pagans is...

November 05, 2015

Demokratia or Death

Sometimes people look at the past and say that the more things change, the more...

November 03, 2015

What's a Deity?

Humans in the U.S. today venerate a variety of deities, many of which look nothing...

November 02, 2015

Bringing Back the Dead

The Day of the Dead then, for me, is as much about the living as...

October 2015

October 31, 2015

Pagans, Bring Out Your Dead

Peter Dybing writes about Samhain on Nature's Sacred Journey, and that sometimes honoring the dead...

October 30, 2015

Samhain Through the Faces of Old Women

At first, I see nothing; then my own face swims into focus; then I see...

October 29, 2015

Circles Within Circles – UU Paganism, Community and World

Having returned last week from the Parliament of the World Religions in Salt Lake City,...

October 28, 2015

7 Ways to Enjoy a Death-Free Samhain

If there’s one thing people like more than having sex, it’s avoiding death and thoughts...

October 27, 2015

Kuan Yin

Kuan Yin, one of the most gender fluid of Bodhisattvas. "If they must be saved...

October 23, 2015

Between The Worlds

Rev. Melanie Morel-Ensminger shares what Samhain is like in her hometown, New Orleans.

October 22, 2015

Entering Nature

Mary de La Valette shares another of her poems with us from her home in...

October 21, 2015

Samhain, Ancestors, and Descendants

Samhain is a high holy day—for some of us the holiest night of the year—and...

October 20, 2015

Fudo Myoo

Fudo Myoo is a Japanese Buddhist deity, one of the Five Great Kings, or Godai...

October 19, 2015

Memoir at Samhain: Hearing our Ancestors, Finding Our Voice

Memoir - Samhain, All Souls, Day of the Dead. This time of year the veil...

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