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February 2016

February 11, 2016

Turning the Soil of Soul: Ritual as Celebration

Ritual theory has shifted from ..."What do rituals do?" to ... "What do rituals mean?"

February 04, 2016

Connecting to the Underworld

In general, Unitarian Universalists struggle to connect and integrate the Underworld, and the part of...

January 2016

January 29, 2016

It's Been a Year

[T]he February holidays are a time of new beginnings. Chinese New Year, Groundhog Day, Candlemas,...

January 24, 2016

Snow In My Bones

I’ve discovered this weekend that after nearly twenty years in southern California, I have been...

January 22, 2016

Purification in New Orleans

Thoughts here in this naturally pagan city turn toward all the rituals of purification for...

January 14, 2016

Dormancy and Technology Sabbaths

No matter what you do to rest and regenerate, I hope you will invest time...

December 2015

December 28, 2015

Solstice Rituals

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

December 18, 2015

A Daily Pagan Practice for the Year

I put together a Wheel of the Year Plan for myself, based on my interpretation...

December 16, 2015

Revelations of Winter Solstice

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

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 25, 2015

Seizing An Alternative

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

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 16, 2015

Pastoral Prayer for November 16

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

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...

October 2015

October 17, 2015

CUUPS Announces 2015 Election Results

The members of CUUPS voted and stand in solidarity with the Unitarian Universalist Association for...

October 02, 2015

Leading a Pagan-Themed Unitarian Universalist Sunday Service

As a UU minister who is also a Pagan, I find myself fairly regularly trying...

September 2015

September 18, 2015

Mabon Ritual in a Time of Global Warming

Here's the script Mabon (Fall Equinox) ritual from a UU minister (and new Nature's Path...

September 10, 2015

Ancestors of Blood, Ancestors of Spirit

The knowledge and the lessons of those who have gone before can serve us well,...

September 06, 2015

An Open Letter to My Peers and Students…

Guest columnist Phaedra Bonewits reminds elders of their obligation to teach, because some things can't...

August 2015

August 28, 2015

A Floridian's View: Separation of UU & Pagan

The CUUPs group to which I belonged had a number of members who were comfortable...

August 19, 2015

Magic and the Transrational

The “transrational” is a space in between spaces. A space between what is knowable and...

August 17, 2015

The Grief Police (They Live Inside of Your Head)

I have worked as a chaplain. I expected to do my grieving well. What I...

August 11, 2015

Congregational Paganism Toolbox: Developing a Training Program for Ritual Facilitators

If every Pagan group has different needs, different ideas about ritual, different relationships in place,...

July 2015

July 22, 2015

Forest Meditation

I stop and think about how someday my molecules and atoms will be part of...

July 16, 2015

Gaia Community's Annual Patron

Every year, we choose, or are called to serve and work with, a different god...

July 15, 2015

Years, Seasons, Moons, and Weeks: The Holiness of Time

Time is holy, and this is the time we have been given, the time we...

July 10, 2015

Lughnassah: Deepening Community

The themes of this holiday (which is also known as Lammas) in the Celtic-based tradition...

June 2015

June 23, 2015

CUUPS Board Statement on Charleston Attack

We call on Earth-centered and Pagan individuals to lift up the names of the slain...

June 10, 2015

Spiritual Hygiene

When thinking about both ancient and modern models of spiritual direction within Neo-Pagan or earth-centered...

May 2015

May 22, 2015

The Meditating Pagan

When I learned that I was a pagan, I paused to consider how I was...

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