{"id":25,"date":"2015-01-10T11:30:55","date_gmt":"2015-01-10T17:30:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/naturespath\/?p=25"},"modified":"2015-01-10T11:30:55","modified_gmt":"2015-01-10T17:30:55","slug":"brief-intro","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/naturessacredjourney\/2015\/01\/brief-intro\/","title":{"rendered":"A Brief Intro"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

Christine Kraemer, the editor of the Patheos Pagan Portal was kind enough to invite CUUPS to curate a blog about UU-Paganism. But that also left us with a bit of a dilemma. Most of the \u00a0authors here base their columns on their traditions, whether it\u2019s Druidry or Wicca, etc. These are usually clustered around, if not an explicit creed, at least a common set of beliefs and\/or practices. Whereas Unitarian Universalists regard their faith to be more about covenant (how we agree to treat each other) and who shows up.<\/p>\n

How do you represent that diversity in a single blog? Simple, you invite a whole bunch of people to help out: Laity and church staff and ministers and priestesses. Some, perhaps most of these authors will be new to you, others you may have already seen before in other contexts, because Unitarian Universalists are often actively engaged in their communities as many of us feel this is a good way to fulfill our obligations to help make the world a better place.<\/p>\n

One blog, many authors<\/h4>\n

Authors will bring their individual perspectives out to play for you. Many, if not most my postings are actually going to be Podcast episodes which will feature recorded sermons on Pagan topics or interviews with interesting people. You can find pre-existing episodes at http:\/\/cuups.libsyn.com<\/a> Amy Beltaine will bring her experiences as a UU Community Minister and as CUUPS current Board of Trustees President. Liz Fisher has written Religious Education programs including the very popular \u201cRise Up & Call Her Name\u201d about Goddesses outside of Europe. Jerrie Hildebrand will occasionally post here and apart from all the experiences that living in Salem, MA can provide a Pagan, she\u2019s also recently been named an Ambassador to this fall\u2019s Parliament of the World\u2019s Religions which will be held in Salt Lake City, UT. And there will be a lot more people posting to.<\/p>\n

So, sit back and enjoy the views and we hope that you\u2019ll learn some stuff too!<\/p>\n

P.S. \u00a0For those of you still looking at the top sentence and asking \u201cWhat is a CUUPS, and why should I care?\u201d The Covenant of Unitarian Universalist Pagans is an organization formed nearly 30 years ago to provide Pagans and other people interested in Earth-Centered spirituality a place to keep in touch with each other and provide for networking and programming at the UUA\u2019s annual conference called General Assembly. We have chapters in approximately 100 of the 1,000 UU congregations in the US & Canada. We may occasionally have posts about CUUPS on here, but primarily this blog is about UU-Paganism and the folks who practice it. For more info on CUUPS check the website at http:\/\/www.cuups.org<\/a><\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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