Rev. Debra, and delegates Sharon Reeves and Wiley Fargen, share their perceptions of this year’s CUC AGM surrounding the receipt of the Dismantling Racism Task Force report and the subsequent motion from the floor to ratify a new Dismantling Racism 8th Principle. To consider the motion, it was necessary to suspend the meeting rules.   Both … Continue reading Wow! and Oops! – The 8th Principle and the Way Forward

The moon exerts her silvery influence on the earth by drawing down the tides and slowing time. We watch her face dissolving and reforming, a trustworthy cycle to follow time. It is the Lunar calendar that marks feast days and holy days for many religions. Muhammad said that ‘Paradise lies at the feet of your … Continue reading Moon Ways

Have you ever encountered a world beyond your imaginings where light and sound and shape pull you out of your preconceived ideas, transporting you into a new understanding of your world? Environmental artists can take you to the most unexpected places. They have transformed war zones and forests and the underside of urban bridges, shapeshifting … Continue reading Encountering Awe in Unlikely Places

Many indigenous people live in balance with their environment because they hold sacred all that sustains them. The indigenous religion of Japan, Shintoism, is based on a deep respect for the environment, drawing wisdom and inspiration from the natural world for over 2,000 years.  It has no founder, no dogma and no sacred text. Shinto … Continue reading This Sacred World

We knew the sun would return. We knew that the colour of spring would explode into life again. What’s the big deal about resurrection?  Does life triumph over death? Why not the other way round, that death triumphs over life? Is it taboo to say that we are all going to die and that’s ok?  … Continue reading Not Dead Yet!

It’s the time to hear the earth’s song rising from cold depths. Time to welcome back from the underground lover of darkness, the goddess Persephone cloaked in fragile green.  It is the time to honour the planting and rising of innocent seeds. Today we celebrate potent beginnings, the Spring Equinox.

This isn’t a social club.  This is a faith reaching back 500 years. A tradition that calls us, through our interdependence, to love and justice.  Once called we ask, ‘How do we open our hearts and our community to all who need a place of courage and resilience? What inspires us to be a community … Continue reading This Deep-Rooted Faith

The gods of love and heart break are inviting you to an intoxicating revelry. They promise there will be dancing and laughter, and perhaps some tears of release.  They will touch on the many forms of love that we have available to us; the affectionate, the enduring, self and selfless. From the romantic to the … Continue reading Broken Hearts Dance Club

Aging is inevitable and unpredictable. It is an act of hope and optimism, laced with fear and dread. A mystery. When did you first realize that you were aging? Was it at 10 or at 50? At every stage there are opportunities and lessons to be learned. It’s thought that the last third of life … Continue reading Serenity & Ferocity: Aging as Spiritual Maturity

Energy flows through matter, animating the lump of clay we call our home. Our tender strong bodies are moved by breath to stretch and bounce and tap and swirl.  We are ignited by taste and smell and touch into realms of pleasure. Our creative bodies call us into lands of ecstasy.  What embodied spiritual practice … Continue reading We Have Come To Be Danced