http://www.lookingforfaith.org/blog/2008/turn-out-the-lights Religion and spirituality from a Unitarian Universalist perspective Wed, 08 Oct 2008 04:25:04 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 http://www.lookingforfaith.org/blog/2008/turn-out-the-lights#comment-13084 Shelby Sun, 30 Mar 2008 18:26:44 +0000 http://www.lookingforfaith.org/blog/2008/turn-out-the-lights#comment-13084 Hi Miya, Your idea for "a UU family or small worship group sitting together in candlelight, discussing pragmatic ways to help the environment or sharing readings about the earth and nature" sounds like a great idea to me. Terri, that's a funny story about falling asleep at 8pm! Hi Miya, Your idea for “a UU family or small worship group sitting together in candlelight, discussing pragmatic ways to help the environment or sharing readings about the earth and nature” sounds like a great idea to me.
Terri, that’s a funny story about falling asleep at 8pm!

]]> http://www.lookingforfaith.org/blog/2008/turn-out-the-lights#comment-13077 Terri Sun, 30 Mar 2008 12:23:49 +0000 http://www.lookingforfaith.org/blog/2008/turn-out-the-lights#comment-13077 I like Miya's idea, and will have to try that next year...this year we turned our lights out but were so exhausted from our day that we just fell asleep! I like Miya’s idea, and will have to try that next year…this year we turned our lights out but were so exhausted from our day that we just fell asleep!

]]> http://www.lookingforfaith.org/blog/2008/turn-out-the-lights#comment-13061 Miya Sat, 29 Mar 2008 17:14:20 +0000 http://www.lookingforfaith.org/blog/2008/turn-out-the-lights#comment-13061 What a powerful idea, and a beautiful video. The image of a group of people sitting around a table by candlelight suggested to me the basis for a very meaningful ritual uniting the individual/family with a larger community doing the same thing at the same time - like a religious holiday, but not tied to any particular religion, something UUism is somewhat short on. I imagined a UU family or small worship group sitting together in candlelight, discussing pragmatic ways to help the environment or sharing readings about the earth and nature. Maybe something worth trying someday. What a powerful idea, and a beautiful video. The image of a group of people sitting around a table by candlelight suggested to me the basis for a very meaningful ritual uniting the individual/family with a larger community doing the same thing at the same time - like a religious holiday, but not tied to any particular religion, something UUism is somewhat short on. I imagined a UU family or small worship group sitting together in candlelight, discussing pragmatic ways to help the environment or sharing readings about the earth and nature. Maybe something worth trying someday.

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