Uriel's Gifts

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Mass For The Shut-Out: Yule December 21, 2011
December 17, 2011

It's Yuletide, and here's our Yuletide celebration, in our special chapel where all join in, no matter where you are! Yule is a special time, for so many reasons, not the least of which is its prominence in the Wheel Of The Year. After all, it is the

Universal, Universalism And All Of Us - In A (very different) Pastor's Study, November 28, 2011
November 27, 2011

The words "universal", "unity", and "universalism" get batted around a lot, as if they were something major and profound. And, of course, there are a number of people who use those words with the definition which they have come up with for themselves. H

Mass For The Shut-Out: Veterans' Day, November 11, 2011
November 12, 2011

In the United States, November 11th is set aside as Veterans' Day, a day to honor those who have served in the armed forces of the United States. Most countries have such a celebration, and well they should. Personally, I honor all veterans, including t

Celebrating Samhain! Mass For The Shut-Out October 31, 2011
October 29, 2011

It's Samhain! The wheel of the year has completed another cycle, and so here we are. We are at the end, and we are at the beginning! This is, after all, the Celtic New Year. We can look back at all that we've accomplished this year, and look forward

A Mabon Celebration! Mass For The Shut-Out September 24, 2011
September 24, 2011

It's Mabon, and here we are in Mabontide ready for a celebration! Some call this the last harvest, Lammas being the first. Some call it the second of three with the final being Samhain. Either way, this is Mabon and we do celebrate the harvest at this

An Answer For So Many Issues - In A (very different) Pastor's Study, September 19, 2011
September 19, 2011

"Non nobis Domine, non nobis sed nomine toa da Gloriam." And before anyone uses their pre-conceived notions to dismiss this, let it be known that virtually every spiritual path has someone (or a few someones) who might be addressed as "Lord" or "Lady" an

The People I worry About The Most - In A (very different) Pastor's Study, September 12, 2011
September 12, 2011

Last time, I spoke about what I was going to do to accept my own challenge. And, it made sense to do so. I had offered a challenge to others, so am I going to also accept the challenge? Of course! Not only should I, but I want to! And, I spoke about

Picking Up My Own Gauntlet - In A (very different) Pastor's Study, September 6, 2011
September 06, 2011

Time before last, I offered a challenge. In essence, the challenge was to figure out what we can do for ourselves and for the betterment of our spiritual paths and the people who pursue those paths. That's not all I talk about this time, but it's the ma

Celebration So We Can Celebrate! Mass For The Shut-Out August 27, 2011
August 27, 2011

It occurred to me that this would be a good time to have a celebration just for the sake of having a celebration. Just for the sake of seeing all that The Divine has done for us and giving some thanks, even if it isn't one of those marked-on-the-calendar

A Modest Proposal And A Challenge - In A (very different) Pastor's Study, August 23, 2011
August 23, 2011

A famous (or infamous) English author once wrote an essay with a title which began "A modest proposal...." which raised a stir in its day and still does. And here, I wish to offer a proposal about some of the things we can do. In fact, some of the thing