Leading a Pagan-Themed Unitarian Universalist Sunday Service

Last updated on: October 2, 2015 at 5:00 am By Erica Baron

As a UU minister who is also a Pagan, I find myself fairly regularly trying to create Pagan-themed worship for UU Sunday morning services. This can be quite a challenge. Unitarian Universalist congregations have inherited our worship template from Protestant Christianity. We have amended it quite a bit by, for example, dramatically expanding the sources for readings, altering the words to hymns, and preaching thematically rather than basing the sermon on a particular biblical text. However, the basic form remains... Read more

Preparing for the Supermoon Eclipse

Last updated on: September 23, 2015 at 5:00 am By Allison Ehrman

Whatever you decide to do in conjunction with the supermoon eclipse this weekend, begin planning and preparing now. The only thing we as pagans should fear about this rare astrological event is the regret of not having appreciated it fully. Read more

Healing the Sacred Web of All Existence

Last updated on: September 21, 2015 at 5:00 am By Meghann Robern

Meghann Robern, an intern minister at First UU in Nashville writes, "As Pagan-oriented Unitarian Universalists, we seek not only to restore humanity’s relationships with the beloved Earth and the ecosystems in which we live, but also our relationships with each other." Read more

Mabon Ritual in a Time of Global Warming

Last updated on: September 18, 2015 at 5:00 am By Erica Baron

Here's the script Mabon (Fall Equinox) ritual from a UU minister (and new Nature's Path author) in upstate New York. Read more

The Difficult Magic of Welcome

Last updated on: September 16, 2015 at 4:47 am By Rev. Catharine Clarenbach

When someone feels like they have to admit their theology or spiritual practice to their minister, as though it were a sin from which to be absolved, there is a problem. There is a problem of integrity, of shared authenticity, and certainly of welcome and hospitality. Read more