An identifying feature of Sumo…is that each bout starts with a ceremony – and I’m not talking about tossing out a ‘ceremonial’ first pitch, but an actual Shinto ritual. Read more
An identifying feature of Sumo…is that each bout starts with a ceremony – and I’m not talking about tossing out a ‘ceremonial’ first pitch, but an actual Shinto ritual. Read more
[J]ust as some wounds love being prodded, just so minds that love toil and trouble find pleasure there. Read more
[Obama] explained how these natural sites should be treated with reverence. He also emphasized the importance of dealing with climate change, calling for measures to further protect the nation’s natural wonders. The danger is now and cannot be put off into the future. Read more
What story do we want to tell about our relationship to the Earth? How might it change us? How might we change the world if we tell a different story? Read more
All are welcome...CUUPS members, ministers, seminarians, and those interested in UU Paganism, earth and nature centered spirituality on all levels. Read more
Mission statements and Covenants tell us how we ‘ought to’ behave, or how we ‘agree to’ behave. Safe Congregations policies tell us what to do after the fact. But little tells us how to deal with what happens ‘during’ conflict. Read more
There is a “real” wedding and a “real” wedding. In Boston, October 8, 2009, the Commonwealth of Massachusetts honored what July 17, 2004 had celebrated. Read more
The weeds know that we’ll be gone someday. . . We’ll be gone someday and the bugs and bacteria, the sun and moon, and the witchgrass will smile at our hubris. Read more
This week over 4,000 Unitarian Universalists will descend upon Columbus, Ohio for our annual General Assembly. Over 100 workshops and programs will happen at this event. Here are a few of the ones which may be of interest to Pagan and Earth-centered UUs. Read more
Take a look at our rituals, our art, our language. We are not immune from the idea of toxic masculinity. But we also do have the gifts of old Gods and green Gods and a tradition of diversity to help us lift up a different picture of masculinity. Read more
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