The tradition of a Water Ceremony was started in 1980 by two Unitarian Universalists (Carolyn McDade and Lucile Schuck Longview) as a means to honor our connectedness to one another, all life, and our planet. For our Fellowship, this ritual has expanded to includes rocks.

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In keeping with this month’s exploration of prayer, I offer a Buddhist teaching on 3 practices: mindfulness-awareness, loving-kindness, and tingle. Periods of practice will be woven through the teaching. The Buddha was clear about our capacity to awaken to our innate nature of openness, compassion … read more.

I was raised in the midst of the golden age of humanism in post war (that’s WWII) Unitarian Universalism. Boy was I surprised when, as a young UU minister, I discovered a capacity for (humanist) prayer. Thanks to my parishioners who challenged me, I explored … read more.