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Universal Life Church Introduction;As the wheel of seasons continues to turn, we gather to honor the sun god, lugh, and the earth mother danu. The seeds of hope that were planted in spring, have matured into fruits and grain to be harvested and put away for the long cold nights ahead. projects and ideas that were inspired by the dark nights of winter, have matured, and their developments are to be reflected upon, so changes can be made for next year. We give thanks for our bountiful harvest, and mourn the sacrifice made by the god and the earth mother in the reaping of the grain. Let us honor them now with this, our rite.Casting the circle/ making sacred space:Ask participants to hold hands as they invite the old ones, and elemental kings to the rite,“Close your eyes, and breathe in deeply, feel “ the element of air” welcome the mental clarity that comes from air, Again breathe deeply, and welcome “the element of fire”, feel your spirit deep inside you, light with a fire fro
Wednesday, August 25, 2010
By Rev. A. Einion (Cardiff)2006-01-20 Hello allPaganism today is as multi-faceted as it ever was, perhaps even more so. But there are fundamental aspects of The Craft which underlie the belief systems of most pagans and which inform us in our daily lives.One of these in the Threefold Law. Most pagans know the rede "An it harm none, do what ye will." Added to this is the rule that whatever you send out into the Universe you will receive back, like for like, threefold. If you transmit love, then three times as much love will return to you. If you transmit hate, then that hate will be returned to you three times over. This forms the bedrock of pagan morality for many pagans, and as such needs to be explored a little more in relation to notions of good and evil.As other ministers have already mentioned, most pagans do not believe in a devil, but in evil residing in the hearts of people who practice it. Others argue that paganism is not a religion.
Thursday, August 05, 2010
Universal Life Church Online CeremoniesGather a small group of friends who are making this transition.Ask them each to prepare their favorite dish to share with the group.Set the tone by lighting candles and remind them that just as birthing a child can be a painful and yet amazing transition when done consciously, the same is true for allowing the child to fly. So this ritual is about bring deeper consciousness to the emotions and feelings surrounding this transition.The leader might being with the reading "A New Dance" and then do a guided meditation.Asking each guest to travel through the years that they spent with their children.Allowing any feelings to just be notices, sadness, guilt, joy, pride.Bring them to the present moment, and allow them to visualize themselves in a garden surrounded by beautiful flowers and plants, tall oaks, and climbing vines. Allow them to walk around the grounds and find a place to sit. In this place have them ask for the continued perfec
Monday, August 02, 2010
By Rev. Dragonbear2007-04-09 By: Rev. DragonbearAs I walk through the world and look around I often ponder to myself what does it mean to be a Pagan Minister walking in a Christian World. To me there is really no difference. I believe in a one that made all of the Universe. I just chose to hear the wisdom of that one not Through Jesus but, through a Lord and a Lady.So why is it that there is so much hate on both sides of the fence? When there should not be any? I believe that we as people spend so much time trying to persuade others that there way to the divine is the only way that I believe that we forget that the focus is suppose to be on the divine. We are all spiritual people and as long as we are doing harm to none we should be open and accepting of all religions.Like many Christian Ministers my duties are the same. I perform the rites of marriage, of birth, of death, and even perform sermons (rituals in paganism) for the holy days. So besides the
Saturday, July 31, 2010
Deity, By Any Name...Author: Micca MacKayAs I sit here, having just been called a devil worshiper and hearing the word "Pagan" used like a four letter word, I wonder why we are asked to endure the closed minded?So, I want to challenge those closed minds with some questions. I contemplate these same questions myself on a regular basis. I felt these needed to be shared and I hope that by writing this it will help someone come closer to Deity, open a closed mind or help someone find their own idea and path to Deity that's right for them.These questions are my personal beliefs and thoughts, and I hope you will all see that I don't claim them to be the only right answer or a "gospel" to be followed. Just something to think about.First, my questions. I like to ask them to start a conversation verses an argument with people that say I'm wrong because I don't believe or accept their religious belief. I like to start with, "What do you gain from your belief personally?" The most com
Thursday, July 29, 2010
By Devon Adams2004-09-28 For the lighting of the candles of joys and sorrows, it goes as such -Take the lighting candle"I am lighting a candle of joy/sorrow for __________________"Light the candleat the end of the entire lighting, the congregation affirms by the sharing of peace, with traditional Catholic phrasing - "peace be with you" (answer) "and also with you" "please share the peace amongst your family and friends in this fellowship"Thanks!Devon Adams
Sunday, July 25, 2010
By Pamela Mercer2004-10-11 Today I pray that good things,Godly things will rain into your life.May the healing beginthis moment, this second.As we walk in victory, we can winToday I pray that the tearful child you know ofwill have her tears washed awayby the sprinkling of heavens blessingsor her home, on her heart andon her head.That the pain she can not speak ofwill suddenly subsideas the angel of lifesurrounds her, bringing forth more blessingsof the Living God.Today I pray that your job difficultiesbecause something of the past.The enemy thatsmells of evil and painwill be bound and banished from this place.That we speak the wordand know the wordgives us power and strength.I pray that those who try to hurt usare hindered in their attempts,for we our not evicted from the arms of Godby prayer;we have paid our rentI pray that blessings come even to thosewho in anger try to evoke pain.That God may not only smile upon thembut shower them in the latter rainI pray for
Tuesday, July 20, 2010
By Al Franks Would like to share some thoughts with you. Enlighten me if you feel any of my statements are incorrect, am always open to learning.I'll offer you this on the subject of Paganism. It is not a religion, as much as it is a belief system. Modern religions follow written doctrine, not so with Pagans. There is a fundamental belief system based on observation and learning that guide a Pagans path. Changing of seasons, movement of celestial bodies, known sciences and unknown science (referred to as magick) are the study of a true Pagan.There are gods, not always represented by a deity. Just understood that you cannot understand energies of a thing, and the word “god†is closest fit.Most Pagans I’ve encountered feel as I do that evil lies in the heart of man. So if Satan exists, it exists in the individual, not as a separate entity. Politicians for centuries have used this ideal, and religions “heaven and hel
Monday, July 19, 2010
By Pastor Dann Knight2004-12-18 John 14:6 -'And Jesus said to him .' "I am the way , the truth , and the life . No one comes to the father except through me ." DEAR FATHER , I KNOW THAT I HAVEN'T BEEN PERFECT . IN FACT , I'VE MADE SOME PRETTY BAD CHOICES . BUT FATHER , I ADMIT MY SINS . I ACCEPT THAT JESUS CHRIST IS THE ONLY WAY TO SALVATION . I KNOW IN MY HEART THAT HE , HIMSELF , BORE MY SINS AND TOOK MY PLACE , SO THAT I TOO , COULD HAVE EVERLASTING LIFE . I GIVE THANKS TO YOU FATHER , FOR LOVING ME EVEN THOUGH I'M NOT PERFECT . IN THE NAME OF JESUS CHRIST I PRAY . AMEN "May the Lord of peace and hope richly bless you , as you continue to serve in all His ways ." Deuteronomy 6:5 - Matthew 19:19 , Pastor Dann - 'Brother Thunder' (Mark 3:17)
Thursday, July 15, 2010
By Rev. Lee E Barrick2009-09-28 GATHERING OF REMEMBRANCELee BarrickWe are gathered here to today to honor (Name, person or animal). Let us remember (Name) whole life from his/her very beginning of life, until the present. Look back on all the great memories, accomplishments and the love that they possessed and gave to others, remember him/her fondly. Also as we look upon their failings, forgiving them and understanding we are a product of Nature and the Universe. We are not always perfect, but we learn from our mistakes and become a better being. Always think of the positive side of one/'s Life. Everyone wishes to have done things differently in life. However, we are what nature has bestowed upon us. We are a complicated, complex random joining of atoms, particles, cells and elements of the Universe. Everyone is totally different from everyone else. We react differently to different situations. This is what life is all about, our reaction to what Natu
Saturday, July 10, 2010
A minister who was very fond of pure, hot horseradish always kept a bottle of it on his dining room table. He offered some to a guest, who took a big spoonful.
When the guest finally was able to speak, he gasped, "I've heard many ministers preach hellfire, but you are the first one I've met who passed out a sample of it."
The temporary Sunday School teacher was struggling to open a combination lock on the supply cabinet. She had been told the combination, but couldn't quite remember it.
Finally she went to the pastor's study and asked for help. The pastor came into the room and began to turn the dial.
After the first two numbers he paused and stared blankly for a moment.
Finally he looked serenely heavenward and his lips moved silently.
Then he looked back at the lock, and quickly turned to the final number, and opened the lock.
The teacher was amazed. "I'm in awe at your faith, pastor," she said.
"It's really nothing," he answered. "The number is on a piece of tape on the ceiling."
Johnny, a very bright 5 year old, told his daddy he'd like to have a baby brother and, along with his request, offered to do whatever he could to help. His dad, a very bright 35 year old, paused for a moment and then replied, " I'll tell you what, Johnny, if you pray every day for two months for a baby brother, I guarantee that God will give you one!"
Johnny responded eagerly to his dad's challenge and went to his bedroom early that night to start praying for a baby brother.
He prayed every night for a whole month, but after that time, he began to get skeptical. He checked around the neighborhood and found out that what he thought was going to happen, had never occurred in the history of the neighborhood. You just don't pray for two months and then, whammo- a new baby brother. So, Johnny quit praying. After another month, Johnny's mother went to the hospital. When she came back home, Johnny's parents called him into the bedroom. He cautiously walked into the room, not expecting to find anything, and there was a little bundle lying right next to his mother. His dad pulled back the blanket and there was -- not one baby brother, but two!! His mother had twins!
Johnny's dad looked down at him and said, "Now aren't you glad you prayed?"
Johnny hesitated a little and then looked up at his dad and said, "Yes, but aren't you glad I quit when I did?"
Three preachers sat discussing the best positions for prayer while a telephone repairman worked nearby. "Kneeling is definitely best," claimed one.
"No," another contended. "I get the best results standing with my hands outstretched to Heaven."
"You're both wrong," the third insisted. "The most effective prayer position is lying prostrate, face down on the floor."
The repairman could contain himself no longer. "Hey, fellas, " he interrupted, "the best prayin' I ever did was hangin' upside down from a telephone pole."
A journalist was assigned to the Jerusalem bureau of his newspaper. He gets an apartment overlooking the Wailing Wall. After several weeks he realizes that whenever he looks at the wall he sees an old Jewish man praying vigorously.
The journalist wondered whether there was a publishable story here. He goes down to the wall, introduces himself and says: "You come every day to the wall. What are you praying for?"
The old man replies: "What am I praying for? In the morning I pray for world peace, then I pray for the brotherhood of man. I go home, have a glass of tea, and I come back to the wall to pray for the eradication of illness and disease from the earth."
The journalist is taken by the old man's sincerity and persistence. "You mean you have been coming to the wall to pray every day for these things?"
The old man nods.
"How long have you been coming to the wall to pray for these things?"
The old man becomes reflective and then replies: "How long? Maybe twenty, twenty-five years."
The amazed journalist finally asks: "How does it feel to come and pray every day for over 20 years for these things?"
"How does it feel?" the old man replies. "It feels like I'm talking to a wall."
4-year-old boy who was asked to return thanks before Christmas dinner. The family members bowed their heads in expectation. He began his prayer, thanking God for all his friends, naming them one by one. Then he thanked God for Mommy, Daddy, brother, sister, Grandma, Grandpa, and all his aunts and uncles. Then he began to thank God for the food. He gave thanks for the turkey, the dressing, the fruit salad, the cranberry sauce, the pies, the cakes, even the Cool Whip.
Then he paused, and everyone waited--and waited. After a long silence, the young fellow looked up at his mother and asked, "If I thank God for the broccoli, won't he know that I'm lying?"
One day, Joe, Bob and Dave were hiking in a wilderness area when they came upon a large, raging, violent river. They needed to get to the other side, but had no idea of how to do so.
Joe prayed to God, saying, "Please God, give me the strength to cross this river."
Poof! God gave him big arms and strong legs, and he was able to swim across the river in about two hours, although he almost drowned a couple of times.
Seeing this, Dave prayed to God, saying, "Please God, give me the strength and the tools to cross this river."
Poof! God gave him a rowboat and he was able to row across the river in about an hour, after almost capsizing the boat a couple of times.
Bob had seen how this worked out for the other two, so he also prayed to God saying, "Please God, give me the strength and the tools, and the intelligence, to cross this river."
Poof! God turned him into a woman. She looked at the map, hiked upstream a couple of hundred yards, then walked across the bridge.
little boy was kneeling beside his bed with his mother and grandmother and softly saying his prayers, "Dear God, please bless Mummy and Daddy and all the family and please give me a good night's sleep."
Suddenly he looked up and shouted, "And don't forget to give me a bicycle for my birthday!!"
"There is no need to shout like that," said his mother. "God isn't deaf."
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