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April 2021

April 17, 2021

CUUPS at the Virtual UUA General Assembly 2021

Summer Solstice Celebrations and Voices of the Earth Panel with Starhawk, Selena Fox, and Andras...

December 2020

December 19, 2020

Wheel of the Year: Yule

Mary Ann Clark writes about Yule in her series on the Wheel of the Year....

December 19, 2020

Respite

Happy Winter Solstice and may 2021 bring healing and moments of respite to you and...

December 24, 2019

Tonight’s the Longest Night

As we celebrate the solstice let us remember that it is not only about vegetation,...

December 16, 2019

Renewing the Well – Strategies for Replenishing Your Energy

Irene Glasse writes, "We stand in the Underworld right now – that space between Samhain...

December 29, 2018

Yule, Reflection and Snickerdoodles

Janus, the Roman lord of transitions, peace and war, the past and the future, hangs...

December 21, 2018

Guided Meditation for Yule

The long night gives birth to the Sunchild. We watch for the coming of dawn...

December 20, 2018

Winter Solstice

“Whatever took care of me before I was born will take care of me after...

December 19, 2018

Our Own Light, Woven to the Light of Many

Take time to think how you are woven to many on this planet. Think about...

November 2018

November 30, 2018

Light In The Beginning

Several years ago, I went looking for stories for the winter solstice that celebrate darkness,...

June 2018

June 20, 2018

Magic on the Pacolet

If you can spare a spot in your garden or patio, no matter how small,...

December 2017

December 31, 2017

Highlighting Five Recent Videos

YouTube is home to a growing number of Unitarian Universalist Pagan and Earth-Centered videos. Here...

December 29, 2017

Manifesting the New Year

I’m asking, directly, each of you take some time alone to envision clearly the new...

December 18, 2017

Winter Solstice Gifts: Pentacles and Galaxies

An earth-honoring spiritual orientation can help to bring joy where there is little hope.

December 13, 2017

Giving and Receiving

The promise of our community, of our presence in the world, is bigger than any...

December 21, 2016

Winter Solstice Embers

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

December 19, 2016

The Winter King and the Myth of America

We have a winter to get through. It may be some time before the summer...

December 16, 2016

Yule: Standing up Against the Darkness

[W]e need the light of the pagan and UU movements, joined together with the light...

December 13, 2016

Time-In-Between

This time-in-between is ideal for gathering the power of our reflections on the year that...

December 11, 2016

Whose Solstice Is It, Anyway?

The Winter Solstice lies at the heart of a number of seasonal celebrations that cross...

December 09, 2016

Kid-Friendly, Earth-Friendly Yule Crafts

The kids are extra excited to be spending their first solstice with their new step-grandparents,...

December 03, 2016

Yule Story

A myth about the Holly King and the Oak King for this Yuletide season.

June 2016

June 22, 2016

Litha Witchgrass

The weeds know that we’ll be gone someday. . . We’ll be gone someday and...

December 2015

December 28, 2015

Solstice Rituals

Into the fire I threw my continual need to be right, my perfectionism and judgmentalness,...

December 17, 2015

Denton CUUPS Cancels Yule Celebration

CUUPS Chapter in Texas cancels Yule Celebration after arson hits their church a few days...

December 16, 2015

Revelations of Winter Solstice

…. Seek Me in the light that is in the darkness and seek Me in...

December 04, 2015

Celebrating Darkness

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

January 2015

January 12, 2015

Honoring the Dark, Part One

My pagan beliefs and my feminist perspective hold this truth: value both the space and...

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