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October 2014

October 30, 2014

Wyrd Words: Putting the “Holy” Back in “Holiday”

I refuse to let the fact that I'm at work stop me from making the...

October 02, 2014

Wyrd Words: Viking in the Synagogue

I know a lot of interfaith couples struggle to find that “balance.” Where should the...

September 2014

September 18, 2014

Wyrd Words: 1 Year of Wyrd Words!

Wyrd Words has now been running for a solid YEAR, and nobody has put an...

August 2014

August 21, 2014

Wyrd Words: GENOCIDE – Whose Tool is it?

There is an entire population of people that are being systematically EXTERMINATED, and these various...

August 07, 2014

Wyrd Words: Pagan Media and Journalism

The Muninn Messenger is a weekly newsletter that is COMMUNITY RUN. That means it features...

July 2014

July 24, 2014

Wyrd Words: Pagan Ethics and Odin’s Rites of Hospitality

The ancient Norse and Germanic tribes had a strong ethic of Hospitality. The concept encompassed...

July 10, 2014

Wyrd Words: What Could Go Wrong?

Corporations are now allowed to claim religious exemptions from federal law. WHAT COULD POSSIBLY GO...

June 2014

June 26, 2014

Wyrd Words: Pride

I celebrate my ancestors for their legacy, not for the fact that they were white....

June 12, 2014

Wyrd Words: Practical Advice from the Hávamál (Part 3) – Odin’s Guide to the Internet

I was recently asked how the Lore could possibly have anything to teach us about...

May 2014

May 29, 2014

Wyrd Words: Pagan Relationships – Building a Lasting Community

In a recent article, I mentioned the relatively short lifespan of many of our kindreds,...

May 15, 2014

Wyrd Words: Faces of Odin – Soldier, Scholar, Skald, and Skeptic

Óðinn, as he is depicted by the Lore, is very complex and multidimensional. To simply...

May 01, 2014

Wyrd Words: Daily Devotions

Devotion can look like fitness, or music, or making chairs, or updating a web page....

April 2014

April 17, 2014

Wyrd Words: Drawing the Line (Revisited)

On Sunday, April 13th, three people were shot and killed in front of the Jewish...

April 03, 2014

Wyrd Words: Drawing The Line – Heathens Against White Supremacists

There is a small segment of the modern Heathen community that co-opts our religion for...

March 2014

March 20, 2014

Wyrd Words: Pagans: IN SPAAACE!!!

Given the environment that the Pagans of 2064 will be working with, I predict that...

March 06, 2014

Wyrd Words: 3 “Religious Freedom” Laws That Are Literally The EXACT OPPOSITE of Religious Freedom

The United States has seen a recent rash of “Religious Freedom” bills, with the most...

February 2014

February 20, 2014

Wyrd Words: Pointless Arguments (Part 2) – “Defining Paganism”

We don't need an all-inclusive definition of Paganism, because we don't need to speak for...

February 06, 2014

Wyrd Words: Pointless Arguments (Part 1) – The Polytheism Debate

We could all argue about theology until we're blue in the face, but in the...

January 2014

January 23, 2014

Wyrd Words: 10 Pieces of Practical Advice from the Hávamál (Part 2)

More practical advice from the Havamal: How to Party Like a Viking! Remember, the party's...

January 09, 2014

Wyrd Words: 10 Pieces of Practical Advice from the Hávamál

A reader recently asked me if it was possible to find meaning in the Heathen...

December 2013

December 26, 2013

Wyrd Words: Too Cool for Yule

Parents complained about a Wiccan Yule display at a school in Oklahoma. In order to...

December 12, 2013

Wyrd Words: Conservative Pagans

Two weeks ago, I wrote a comedic story about a rather bizarre indecent that happened...

November 2013

November 28, 2013

Wyrd Words: Tea Party Paganism

Let me reassure you that you did NOT misread that title! There is nothing wrong...

November 14, 2013

Wyrd Words: Civil Religion Isn’t What It Used To Be

Civil religion has the potential to be a great force for motivation and unity. Unfortunately,...

October 2013

October 31, 2013

Wyrd Words: Defined but not Confined

Imagine that, on the street, you see a woman wearing an odd T-shaped necklace with...

October 17, 2013

Wyrd Words: The Problem With Apologetics

Apologetics don't lead to conversation, and they don't facilitate respectful exchange. Instead, they make a...

October 03, 2013

Wyrd Words: Friends in Wyrd Places

A Heathen attends a Renewal Judaism celebration of Sukkot! Sometimes we set out to find...

September 2013

September 19, 2013

Wyrd Words: The “Agnostic Chair”

If there is one thing that every parent in the history of EVER can probably...