Celebrating Darkness

Last updated on: December 4, 2015 at 5:00 am By Erica Baron

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

Stoic Survivor

Last updated on: December 2, 2015 at 7:35 am By David Pollard

David Pollard writes about a political figure of the recent past who survived eight years as a prisoner of war by applying the principles of Stoic philosophy. Read more

Aphrodite

Last updated on: December 1, 2015 at 5:00 am By Dan Harper

It is worth remembering that when we see religious art in museums, what we are seeing has been removed from its original religious setting and purpose, and put into a completely secular context. Read more

The Role of Divination in Discernment

Last updated on: September 24, 2020 at 4:45 am By Rev. Catharine Clarenbach

Rev. Clarenbach explains the benefits of her use of divination as part of her discernment process, though it's not universally accepted within Unitarian Universalism. Read more

Forgetting to be Grateful?

Last updated on: November 27, 2015 at 10:05 am By Maggie Beaumont

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

Seizing An Alternative

Last updated on: November 25, 2015 at 5:00 am By Meghann Robern

My job is change the narrative we hear in congregations during our worship services from one of thoughtless abundance to one of cultivated sustainability. And I truly believe that narrative will come from our CUUPS members and from our relationships with indigenous cultures in our local communities. Read more

Ma-ku

Last updated on: November 24, 2015 at 5:00 am By Dan Harper

Ma-ku is a Taoist deity of longevity. In Chinese art, she can be identified by her hoe and a basket of the fungus of immortality. Westerners often misappropriate her as the Goddess of Marijuana because her name can be translated as "hemp maiden". Read more

Giving Thanks in the Dark

Last updated on: November 20, 2015 at 5:00 am By Allison Ehrman

Paganism and Unitarian Universalism are both thanksgiving-centered movements. We have cast off the mantles of judgement and guilt that characterize and motivate many other religions, and have instead chosen to celebrate life and the universe. This is the very essence of Thanksgiving. Read more

How And Why And Whether to Pray

Last updated on: November 18, 2015 at 5:01 am By Rev. Catharine Clarenbach

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

Ho Hsien-ku

Last updated on: November 17, 2015 at 5:00 am By Dan Harper

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