Chalica is a celebration and ritual that was first adopted by the Unitarian Universalist Association (UUA) and UU churches across the US in 2005. Chalica begins on the first Monday of December (5th -12th) as folks light their chalices at home each day and pause to recognize/reflect on our shared principles.
During this week, we encourage you to re-aline yourself with our shared values and principles and take action to re-establish them in the world around us. Set aside time to talk about what or journal about the principle of the day and what it means to you, and how it can be lived out in your lives. Physical gifts are not a part of Chalica; however, time is! Time spent with friends and/or family, time spent actively living into our shared faith, time spent reflecting on and celebrating what it means to be a Unitarian Universalist.
Music as Spiritual Practice
Music has a transcendent property that can connect you to something greater than yourself and has been proven to positively affect spirituality and quality of life. For many listening to music is a spiritual practice.
Our amazing music director Kaeza has spent years finding music to use in our services that serves as a way of connecting us with our spiritual themes, principles, and our shared UU faith.
This Chalica season, we invite you to use this playlist (inspired by the gift of music Kaeaz has given us over the years) as a way of intentionality connecting to each of our 8 Principles through the spiritual practice of listening to music.
