Julie-Anne Kinnear Celebrant

23/06/2025

Today we look at the third essential of the Humanist worldview as written in The Declaration of Modern Humanism.

Humanism supports democracy and human rights.

Humanism aims at the fullest possible development of every human being. It holds that democracy and human development are matters of right.

The principles of democracy and human rights can be applied to many human relationships and are not restricted to methods of government.

21/06/2025

21/06/2025

Happy Summer Solstice ☀️🧡
World Humanist Day
World MND Awareness Day

Heading over the Cairn to Finzean to conduct a Humanist Marriage Ceremony this afternoon 🧡💜💚💛💗🩵🩷.

19/06/2025

Today we look at the fifth essential of the Humanist worldview as written in The Declaration of Modern Humanism.

Humanism is a response to the widespread demand for an alternative to dogmatic religion.

The world’s major religions claim to be based on revelations fixed for all time, and many seek to impose their world-views on all of humanity.

Humanism recognises that reliable knowledge of the world and ourselves arises through a continuing process of observation, evaluation and revision.

18/06/2025

The beauty and wonder of nature's clock 💚

Simple things.
The wheel of the year keeps turning.
Mother Nature never stops. If you take the time to really look, you can see the landscape ticking away like a clock.

Beneath the trees, the green berries of Lords and Ladies swell, a subtle, unspoken sign that midsummer is quietly tipping toward late summer. These glossy orbs will ripen red as the weeks roll on, bright against the forest floor like tiny signal fires.

In the old lore, this plant carried mixed meaning, a symbol of both fertility and warning. Its springtime spire hinted at life's rising energy, but by summer’s end, the vivid berries were a sign not to be touched. Beauty and poison, hand in hand. It often grew near boundaries and hedge edges. Those thin places where the wild and the human world brush close.

How often do we move through the seasons without really seeing them? The signs are always there, not loud, not showy, just steady. A berry ripening. A hush in the woods. A plant once known to our ancestors standing quietly in its place, still marking time as it always has.

Maybe the land hasn’t stopped speaking. Maybe we’ve just forgotten how to listen, in a different way.
-woodlarking

12/06/2025

Part of the fee for every legal marriage conducted by a Fuze Celebrant goes to our nominated charities, currently MND Scotland & Beatson Cancer Trust 💜

12/06/2025

Myth busting information about Humanist Ceremonies 💜

Think humanist ceremonies are just for atheists or can't be personal? Think again. We bust the top 10 myths about humanist weddings right here!

18/05/2025

Proud to be part of Scotland's unique care and justice system for children.

09/05/2025

Hope 💜

Hope for the Future: “I allow myself to hope that the world will emerge from its present troubles, that it will one day learn to give the direction of its affairs, not to cruel swindlers and scoundrels, but to men possessed of wisdom and courage. I see before me a shining vision: a world where none are hungry, where few are ill, where work is pleasant and not excessive, where kindly feeling is common, and where minds released from fear create delight for eye, ear and heart. Do not say this is impossible. It is not impossible. I do not say it can be done tomorrow, but I do say that it could be done within a thousand years, if only men would bend their minds to the achievement of the kind of happiness that should be distinctive of man.”

— Bertrand Russell, Human Society in Ethics and Politics (1954), Part II: The Conflict of Passions, Ch. X: Prologue or Epilogue?, p. 238

Image: Bertrand Russell (1872 - 1970) on the grounds of his home “Plas Penrhyn”, Penrhyndeudreath, Gwynedd, United Kingdom, 6 March 1965. (Penrhyndeudraeth means peninsula with two beaches in Welsh). National Portrait Gallery.

05/05/2025

As a Humanist Celebrant and legal marriage officer with the Fuze Foundation I am very proud to support both of our nominated charities, MND Scotland and Beatson Cancer Charity.

As well as conducting marriage ceremonies I am honoured when entrusted to conduct the funeral service of a loved one.

This week shines a light on the work of The Good Life, Good Death, Good Grief through their "demystifying death" week, full of activities, actions and posts.

Not an easy subject but something we all need to deal with at some point.

Today marks the start of Demystifying Death Week, supported by our good friends at Good Life, Good Death, Good Grief - Bringing dying into the limelight.
This annual event is about shining a light on death, dying and bereavement in Scotland. Scotland should be a place where everyone can help someone who is caring, dying or grieving.

Check out the list of events taking place across Scotland this week to mark Week - https://www.goodlifedeathgrief.org.uk/blogs/demystifying-death-week-2025/

14/02/2025

Proud to belong to Fuze Foundation and know that a portion of the fee for every legal marriage conducted by a Fuze Celebrant is donated to our chosen charities -
MND Scotland
&
Beatson Cancer Trust

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This Valentine’s Day, the Fuze Foundation is celebrating love in action by reaffirming its commitment to supporting vital Scottish charities. Following a vote by our members, we are delighted to announce our charity partners for March 2025 to February 2026: MND Scotland and Beatson Cancer Charity....