Universal Life Church Archives - Page 3 of 15
May 12th, 2014
A person asked to perform a wedding ceremony may be overwhelmed by the process and not quite know where to start. Worry no more, we're here to help out, in three simple steps.
Continue Reading »
April 14th, 2014
“For the Bible tells me so”. Most Christians in America probably remember singing these very words as children in Sunday school. It is a simple proclamation that if the “Good Book” says so, you can be sure it is true. But this strong faith in Biblical
Continue Reading »
April 9th, 2014
“To have and to hold”. “To love and to cherish”. Such phrases have left an indelible mark on our understanding of what it means to unite in holy matrimony, at least in Western Christianity.
Continue Reading »
March 24th, 2014
News of Westboro Baptist Church's leader Fred Phelps death prompted cheers and excitement from many. How should we respond to the deaths of hate preachers?
Continue Reading »
February 26th, 2014
Recently, the Arizona legislature passed a bill which would allow business owners to discriminate against LGBT people on the basis of personal religious belief, allowing them to deny service.
Continue Reading »
February 24th, 2014
While Mardi Gras gives us reason to indulge our senses, Lent forces us to reflect on our greedy habits. Now social scientists are figuring out how greed works.
Continue Reading »
February 4th, 2014
With a swath of North America experiencing snow and freezing temperatures, Spring couldn’t seem further away. Undaunted by this, many Pagans ushered in the season with Imbolc celebrations.
Continue Reading »
January 31st, 2014
How would you like your wedding officiant to be C-3PO, the saucer-eyed bronze-plated android from Star Wars? Perhaps you would prefer to have his counterpart, the garbage-bin-shaped R2-D2, as your ring-bearer. The concept is not as far-fetched as it may seem.
Continue Reading »
January 29th, 2014
Ministers ordained online have long performed weddings, baptisms, and funerals, but what about exorcisms? Does battling “demonic possession” have a legitimate place in church operations, or is it a dangerous throwback to medieval superstition? Writer and c
Continue Reading »