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February 2017

February 10, 2017

Bless the Waters Thrice: Making Environmentally Sustainable Offerings

Are we so busy trying to do ritual "correctly" that we fail to do it...

February 02, 2017

Join the United Nations World Harmony Week 2017 Webinars!

This is another way to get active in World Harmony Week with our human family...

January 2017

January 20, 2017

Pagan, Heal Thyself

Below is a ritual for healing. You will notice that the focus is on simplicity,...

January 18, 2017

Henotheism: Mine, Yours, and Ours

Henotheism, my devotion not obviating my respect for yours, is something Unitarian Universalism is uniquely...

January 17, 2017

What We Love Can Be Saved

The following ritual is for social justice warriors AND for people of conscience who have...

January 13, 2017

Frost and Stone: Grounding Energy in Winter's Dark

Alison Leigh Lilly decides it's time for an Imbolc ritual, "The whole world seems to...

January 11, 2017

The Courage of Creativity

When we actively work to create ourselves, we not only love ourselves into being, but...

January 06, 2017

Rituals For Restoring Balance

Another part of the work of restoring balance comes in the stories we tell and...

December 2016

December 30, 2016

Completing the Past and Moving Forward

A quick look at the Convocations, Statements and upcoming books which CUUPS participated in this...

December 21, 2016

Winter Solstice Embers

I took another big breath and the ember grew brighter. I let it consume my...

December 18, 2016

Soothe Yourself

Listen to the wind and the Earth and the song of life as it sings...

December 14, 2016

Resist the New "Normal"

As UUs who also identify strongly with Earth-centered traditions, we must also include resistance to...

November 2016

November 01, 2016

There’s a Storm Comin’

There are those, who would set fire to the world. Let us remind them of...

October 2016

October 18, 2016

Remembering Grandmother

I love this season, when the veil is more thin, and my grandmother’s presence offers...

October 17, 2016

Gathered Here

“my church is not just in the UU sanctuary doing the “hymn sandwich” my church...

September 2016

September 15, 2016

Lessons from Krypton

Supergirl, like all good stories, helps us to think about our own lives, and what...

September 14, 2016

CUUPS Board in Solidarity with the Standing Rock Sioux Nation

Our statement is a call for all members and friends of CUUPS to show our...

September 09, 2016

On Goats and Wasps: Ode to the Animals We Hate

I can't help but also be reminded of something Chris Rock once pointed out: "See,...

September 05, 2016

Labors of Love

[O]n this day when we celebrate labor may we also remember the labors of love...

August 2016

August 23, 2016

The Acadian Forest

Mary de La Valette shares one of her poems from her home in New Brunswick,...

August 10, 2016

The Feast

I found a way back to myself. What a gift we are given when we...

July 2016

July 08, 2016

Scientists Discover Life's Common Ancestor, An Ancient Living Ocean

[W]hat if science uncovered evidence that these ancient creation stories might just have gotten some...

July 04, 2016

Declaration of Interdependence

[Obama] explained how these natural sites should be treated with reverence. He also emphasized the...

July 01, 2016

Lover Earth & Sacred Economics

What story do we want to tell about our relationship to the Earth? How might...

June 2016

June 10, 2016

Seven Wonders of the Natural World – In Your Own Backyard

the wonders of the natural world aren't just found in exotic locations and untouched wildernesses....

June 08, 2016

Oceans Are for Everybody

Today is United Nations World Oceans Day. Earth-based spiritual traditions honor the Ocean as the...

May 2016

May 31, 2016

Move Over Sabrina, There's a New Witch in Town!

In many ways this new TV show is like a modern day version of Kiki's...

May 20, 2016

Welcoming Pagans

I believe that when we celebrate the diversity of our members and visitors, when we...

April 2016

April 20, 2016

What's Possible for UU Pagans Like Me?

I’m trying to show how many Paganisms there are among us, and how some of...

April 05, 2016

Credo (From Across the Pond)

The earth is my sacred home. I feel blessed by it. In my life I...

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