The exact origin of All Saints Day is unclear, since different places in the east and west along with pagans all had their own specific traditions. When one gets ordained as an interfaith minister of the Universal Life Church it can be beneficial to look at some of…
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Mabon is the pagan holiday of the autumnal equinox, a time both to celebrate and to stop and reflect. It’s a time to be thankful for the present, and also to take stock of it.
Mabon is a harvest festival that dates back to the ancient Celts. Their Druids hono…
Yom Kippur, or the Day of Atonement, is a very holy day for Jews. Its purpose is to recognize the wrongs one has done, and make amends for them.
Judaism, and other religions as well, have ways of expressing remorse and seeking reconciliation with God. On the day of…
A man lives out in the wilderness. He survives on a diet of bugs and honey. He fashions his clothes out of the hair of animals and claims to speak the word of God. By any standards, we might consider this man to be crazy, but this is a description of Saint John the…
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Members of Jainism emphasize the importance of all life, including plants and micro-organisms. This informs their beliefs of non-violence and self-control. While older members embrace the importance of spiritual traditions such as prayer to idols and honoring of mo…
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The Islamic observance of Ramadan is a time of sacrifice, devotional activities, worship, and reflection for Muslims worldwide. The lunar month of Ramadan is an annual marking of when Mohammed received revelations that would become the Qur’an. During the mont…
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As an interfaith minister in the Universal Life Church, it’s important to have a basic fluency in the holidays and traditions of the major world religions. Such fluency is necessary to fulfill the Universal Life Church’s mission of providing spiritual s…
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It is a time-honored practice for one religion to “borrow” practices from another in order to make their practice more palatable to practitioners of said religion. This may be for purposes of conversion or interfaith relations or simply because one grou…
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This is the first in a new series of interfaith minister training to introduce readers to different religious denominations. Many of our ministers are interested in attaining at least a general understanding of the differences in people’s beliefs and this ser…
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You may want to consider minister training and get ordained through the ULC if you are interested in a variety of spiritual traditions, and the important role these traditions play in people’s lives. Minster training through the ULC will give you a broad back…
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