Hello everyone!
I thought I would share a little of my faith with you. I have done this in the past, sharing my Pagan faith, but there has always been another aspect. A tolerant, open aspect. As the title says "a new/old faith". I've always carried with me the principles and beliefs of the Unitarian Universalist church, they walk easily hand in hand with my Pagan faith, and Pagans are accepted and valued members of the UU (Unitarian Universalist) community. I attended an Esbat at a UU church when I was a teenager. When my second child was a baby, she and her sister were dedicated at a UU church in Utah. And this past summer, me and my family became full members of the Unitarian Universalist Church of Lancaster, led by Rev. Anne Mason.
The UU faith is an amazing faith, believing that everyone is equal in God's eyes and they really put that into action with their involvement in their communities. I thought I would share some of that with you today. I will first post the UU Principles and the sources from which they draw their faith. I'm sure many of you can identify with one or several of them.
There are seven principles which Unitarian Universalist congregations affirm and promote:
I would also like to share pieces from the services we have attended at UUCL since the summer. I take a notebook and write down the hymns and any readings or thoughts that come to mind. Those will be in the following posts.
I thought I would share a little of my faith with you. I have done this in the past, sharing my Pagan faith, but there has always been another aspect. A tolerant, open aspect. As the title says "a new/old faith". I've always carried with me the principles and beliefs of the Unitarian Universalist church, they walk easily hand in hand with my Pagan faith, and Pagans are accepted and valued members of the UU (Unitarian Universalist) community. I attended an Esbat at a UU church when I was a teenager. When my second child was a baby, she and her sister were dedicated at a UU church in Utah. And this past summer, me and my family became full members of the Unitarian Universalist Church of Lancaster, led by Rev. Anne Mason.
The UU faith is an amazing faith, believing that everyone is equal in God's eyes and they really put that into action with their involvement in their communities. I thought I would share some of that with you today. I will first post the UU Principles and the sources from which they draw their faith. I'm sure many of you can identify with one or several of them.
There are seven principles which Unitarian Universalist congregations affirm and promote:
- The inherent worth and dignity of every person;
- Justice, equity and compassion in human relations;
- Acceptance of one another and encouragement to spiritual growth in our congregations;
- A free and responsible search for truth and meaning;
- The right of conscience and the use of the democratic process within our congregations and in society at large;
- The goal of world community with peace, liberty, and justice for all;
- Respect for the interdependent web of all existence of which we are a part.
- Direct experience of that transcending mystery and wonder, affirmed in all cultures, which moves us to a renewal of the spirit and an openness to the forces which create and uphold life;
- Words and deeds of prophetic women and men which challenge us to confront powers and structures of evil with justice, compassion, and the transforming power of love;
- Wisdom from the world's religions which inspires us in our ethical and spiritual life;
- Jewish and Christian teachings which call us to respond to God's love by loving our neighbors as ourselves;
- Humanist teachings which counsel us to heed the guidance of reason and the results of science, and warn us against idolatries of the mind and spirit;
- Spiritual teachings of earth-centered traditions which celebrate the sacred circle of life and instruct us to live in harmony with the rhythms of nature.
I would also like to share pieces from the services we have attended at UUCL since the summer. I take a notebook and write down the hymns and any readings or thoughts that come to mind. Those will be in the following posts.
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