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Bring Good Fortune To Your Wedding With These Traditions

This ULC article talks about wedding luck! Want extra luck on your wedding day? Bury bourbon, fold 1,000 paper cranes, and pray for rain (seriously, it’s good luck). Or just cross your fingers and hope for the best!

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Recovering from Religious Trauma

Religious trauma stems from harmful practices, doctrines, or leaders, causing emotional and psychological distress. Healing involves acknowledgment, professional support, education, boundaries, and much more.

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Going Green in the Afterlife: Exploring Eco-Friendly Funerals

Going green doesn’t stop at life—now, even funerals are eco-friendly! From bamboo caskets to carbon-neutral ceremonies, sustainability extends beyond the grave. Who knew your final act could help save the planet?

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How To Navigate Faith in an Increasingly Secular World

This ULC goes into trying to keep your faith alive in today’s fast-moving, tech-filled world is like trying to pray while scrolling memes. Engage, question, build community—just don’t forget a digital Sabbath!

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The Rapture: A Key Concept in Christian Eschatology

The Rapture is a theological concept where believers vanish into the sky, leaving everyone else behind. Its interpretations vary, but critics argue it’s a modern invention lacking solid biblical foundation.

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Choosing the Right Funeral Officiant for Your Service

Need someone to say a few words while everyone cries? Are they ordained by ULC? Congrats, anyone can be a funeral officiant! Just pick a random relative, a priest, or even your neighbor. Prices vary—good luck!

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How To Embrace Nature at a Funeral

Honor nature-loving loved ones with an outdoor funeral, wild floral arrangements, and seed-paper programs. Plan memorial activities like tree planting or nature walks and offer keepsakes to create a meaningful farewell.

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Gaining Perspective on the Importance of Baptism

Baptism is a sacred Christian ritual symbolizing commitment to Jesus, spiritual rebirth, and connection to His life, death, and resurrection, with practices varying across denominations in timing and water usage.

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Questions To Ask of a Potential Wedding Venue

This ULC blog plans your dream wedding with confidence! From locking in the perfect venue to syncing dates, guest accommodations, and reception plans, these expert tips ensure your "I do" day is unforgettable!

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The Return to Tradition: How the Catholic Church is Re-embracing its Roots

This ULC article goes into how apparently, incense, Latin Mass, and Gregorian chants are back in style—because nothing says "modern spiritual revival" like pretending Vatican II was just a phase we’re totally over now.  

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We remind you to get ordained if you haven't already. This is the first step in the process that will allow you to legally officiate weddings of friends and family. You can also perform baptisms, preside over funerals, offer blessings, and even absolve the sins of others.

Universal Live Church ministers com from all walks of life and spiritual traditions. Whether you identify as Catholic, Christian, Buddhist, Pagan, Muslim, or even Atheist or Agnostic, we recognize and offer products needed for your ministry. Our common thread is our adherence to the Universal Life Church doctrine:

"Do only that which is right."