UBU MINISTRIES

by Rev. Gregory Lowrey If you missed President Obama's State of the Union Address last night, you can watch it in full HERE . As usual, there was a lot of back patting, generality and hope for a brighter future through legislation. There was also recognition that our best innovative practices are the products of visionary individuals in the private sector who do not wait for government to solve personal, local or world-wide problems. There was another message though that stood out to me more than anything else and it was shouted out without words and that was a message of intolerance and hate - two principles that are both socially destructive and overtly anti-American. When President Obama proposed rights of the children of illegal immigrants, who by law (correct me if I'm wrong, please) are granted citizenship by being born on United States soil, decrying the deportation of bright minds after the investment of American Education and the failure to retain other forei...

by Rev. Gregory Lowrey While we perhaps consider the truism that not guns, but people, kill, we might also realize that a love of murder has permeated our entire world culture, setting the stage for all kinds of socially destructive behaviors. Our fears, managed and massaged by public relations specialists in media, government, service and social organizations, even churches, are used to manipulate us for the benefit of some or other special interest.  These "special interests" do not hold your interests to have value. I appreciated Mr. Herbert's editorial and wanted to share it here for your consideration. January 10, 2011 A Flood Tide of Murder By BOB HERBERT  New York Times By all means, condemn the hateful rhetoric that has poured so much poison into our political discourse. The crazies don’t kill in a vacuum, and the vilest of our political leaders and commentators deserve to be called to account for their demagoguery and the danger that comes with it. But ...

by Rev. Doc Lowrey Ok, the Sun likely has not slowed, just our perceptions of it. We could blame the Earth, I suppose, or we could just be amazed that the planets can affect our attitudes and behavior as much as they do. Regardless of what holiday you are celebrating this season, it is good to recognize the general mood of goodwill and hopefulness that the holidays engender. Even if people disagree about what to celebrate or whether to celebrate at all, one thing is clear - at this time of year, people feel nicer and more concerned about their neighbors.  I think that is a good thing and worth celebrating on it's own. This is a time for change and renewal for the earth and all the things that live on it (even humans). Perhaps we can take some time to reflect on our gratitude for what and who we do have in our lives and renew our determination to make life better for ourselves and our neighbors. Love is the answer.  Who and What do you love?  How do you show ...

by Rev. Dr. Lowrey As government draws it's powers from the people governed, it cannot have powers that the people do not themselves possess. Likewise government is held to the same standards as those who empower it. For government to claim for itself powers that do not exist for the general population is criminal and not in the interests of anyone but certain special interests who are invariably enemies of the principles on which this nation was founded. Our diplomats only practice deception because the object of our diplomacy is to unethically serve special interests, not to improve life or international relations for the general population. If our government truly favors transparency, they should welcome this call to clean up their act and behave responsibly and honestly. Anyone who will lie for you will lie to you and anyone who will steal for you will steal from you. You cannot give what you have not got.

Witches are a very powerful feminine archetype. A force to be dealt with and not a powerless victim. Witches are self actuated beings. Personally, I have found spells to be much more affective than prayer. Which in my opinion are almost the same thing. The difference being that with prayer you are relying on some greater being to grant your wish instead of using the "powers" god created within yourself. More often than not, with prayer, you are counting on god to reverse the results of your behavior, knowing you do not deserve it. It is this spiritual uncertainty that corrupts the spiritual energy you project when you are trying to receive a blessing. When the prayer is unanswered most people tell themselves it just isn't the time to receive the blessing or that it wasn't god's will for them. For instance a smoker who prays to be healed of lung cancer is actually asking for the consequences of their physical action to be reversed by their god for no real re...

People used to jokingly say "The Devil made me do it!". Though the saying has lost it's popularity the concept behind it lives on in most of American culture. In almost every church on every Sunday you hear someone preach about how weak humans are tempted by Satan and how they can avoid the consequences of going to Hell by giving their "sins" to Jesus. I suspect, the Sin and Repentance cycle is the main reason churches are still financially profitable. Sin is unavoidable. The main message of religion seems to be to avoid  all  experience. This is impossible, unless one is willing to still alone in a cave. Blaming someone else, especially some unseen supernatural being for your mess and then expecting another supernatural being to get you out of the consequences is foolish and spiritually dangerous. The cycle of making mistakes and then correcting or living with them is how people grow spiritually. Spiritually passing the buck is ...

by Sharyce Arciaga There is a spiritual energy in the universe that is very different from years past. This is a transformational energy that is awakening and transforming many souls by lifting the veils of energy that have kept us blind to many spiritual realities. In actuality the cells of our DNA (biological ascension) are being re-activated by solar and universal energy.