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October 2018

October 01, 2018

Hail From the Hearth: Faith Bashing, Legitimizing by Victimizing

If we tell ourselves that we believe in equality, that we stand against religious intolerance,...

June 2018

June 13, 2018

Hearth of Hellenism: Genocide and the “Triumph” of Christianity

Was the end of paganism the result of a “natural death” or a purge? Reflections...

January 2018

January 02, 2018

Hearth of Hellenism: How Christianity Rewrote History

With the rise of Christianity, Historiography went under some radical changes. To create a Christian...

August 2017

August 08, 2017

The Hearth of Hellenism: Polytheism and the Protection of Progress

Christians did not value natural science because this world was not as important as the...

May 2017

May 22, 2017

The Other Side of the Hedge: Restoring Virtue

When it comes to virtue, the West has lost its way. The way back is...

April 2016

April 28, 2016

The Blooming Staff: Under the Hill

What is the meaning of this column’s title, The Blooming Staff? For a long time...

December 2015

December 21, 2015

Seeking the Grail: The Answer is Love

The answer is love. I'm going to make space for love, for connection, for people...

December 07, 2015

Seeking the Grail: Why Jesus Talk Skeeves Me Out

My last post here was about me wrestling with religious intolerance and bigotry, and I'm...

July 2015

July 13, 2015

Born Again Witch: Witches at a Pentecostal Church – Sensing the Energy

This is the second part of a three part series on what happened when my...

June 2015

June 08, 2015

Born-Again Witch: Why I Took Witches to a Pentecostal Church (Part 1)

A few weeks ago I talked a couple of Witches into going to church with...

April 2015

April 27, 2015

Born Again Witch: Divorced from all meaning

In my introductory piece I wrote about the day I lost my Christian faith. I...

November 2014

November 20, 2014

Queer of Swords: Not God but god?

Not an atheist, but don't believe in the literal reality of God(s)? Sarah Thompson discusses...

June 2014

June 30, 2014

Birthing Hereditary Witchcraft: Consistency and Family Coven

Consistency in Paganism isn't created by passing the plate and creating an infrastructure of people...

December 2013

December 11, 2013

Making Light: Blessed by Less by Susan Vogt (Review)

All in all, I enjoyed this book and feel a renewed commitment to clearing out...

October 2013

October 16, 2013

Druid Thoughts: Christio-Pagans

Whatever you do in response to Christio-Pagans, please, don’t fear and resent them because they...

September 2013

September 13, 2013

Syncretic Electric: Looking at our History (Part 3) – Religious Expression in the U.S.A.

American Paganism, I assert, expresses the generic religious trend of opposition and difference in a...

June 2013

June 26, 2013

Druid Thoughts: What Do Gods Look Like?

Most of our representations of deity seem to look suspiciously like us. The Bible has...

June 12, 2013

Druid Thoughts: Is There Really a Devil?

I think the Devil is a way of putting outside of us all the things...

April 2012

April 27, 2012

Pagan vs. Christian: The Right and Wrong Ways to Go About It

Grand Rapids (MI) Pagan Pride Day is a wonderful event, and I used to speak...