Solstice service yesterday at UUCSS. It was ecumenical; it was planned by pagans and shamanic folk. Apparently there were some fairly contentious discussions about words and rituals, not unlike Christmas Eve planning meetings among our various flavors of Christians in our congregation. From what I learned, the pagans are more theistic, preferred more goddess references, while the shamanic tradition is more deistic and experiential. That is probably far too simple a description.

I am hoping we can learn from these conflicts; that’s what it means in our welcome statement that we “honor the many paths of faith that brought us here”.