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Winter Solstice – We Are: Light
Across the Roman Empire that once stretched from southern England to northern Africa, from Spain to Palestine, these days would be marked by a festival known as Saturnalia. The great sky god Saturn, the earth goddess, Ops (from which we … Continue reading
We Are: Our Prayers
Out of Celtic Irish tradition comes a way of praying called the Breastplate Prayer, or Lorica. The legends have it that these kinds of prayers, when offered by Druids, allowed them to pass by their enemies appearing only as a … Continue reading
We Are: Our Landscape
With so much of our time spent inside of climate and light controlled buildings, we lose our immediate contact with the Earth. In particular, we lose a sense of how the immediate landscape shapes who we are and how we … Continue reading
We Are: Our Stories
Recently, after our Winter Solstice ritual, several of us found ourselves in a warm and lively conversation about the power that stories have had on us. For most of us there, they were stories that came to us through reading, … Continue reading
We Are: Together
I am still reflecting on what happened this past Sunday during the congregational meeting at the Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Gwinnett. This was our meeting always held at this time of the year to approve our budget for the coming … Continue reading
We Are: The Spirit of God–Some Observations
We are our grandmothers’ prayers. We are our grandfathers’ dreamings. We are the breath of our ancestors. We are the spirit of God. Ysaye Barnwell For people who believe in God in traditional terms, that last line of the chorus … Continue reading
We Are: Individual and Community
As Americans, we love our individualism. Celebrating the individuality of each human being is a beautiful and necessary thing. Our own Unitarian Universalist principles speak to this individuality. We affirm the dignity of every human being (1), acceptance of one … Continue reading