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January 2017

January 30, 2017

A Guide to Politics at Patheos Pagan

If you are writing a blog here at Patheos, you are a Pagan leader, whether...

January 25, 2017

A Pagan Dad Goes to Washington: 10 Things the Women’s March Accomplished

This past weekend, my family and I joined a half million people in Washington, D.C....

January 04, 2017

Call to Chicago Area Pagans: Come to Hammond on Jan. 13th

There are thousands of Pagans in the Chicagoland and Northwest Indiana region. We Pagans have...

December 2016

December 15, 2016

Pagans, Stop Being So Silly!

Paganism is more than a fashion statement. We have a deeper wisdom to share with...

November 2016

November 24, 2016

Red Bird at Standing Rock: A Thanksgiving Message

The Dakota Access Pipeline is both a physical manifestation of colonization, as well as a...

November 13, 2016

Don’t Be Afraid. Be Loud!

Yesterday, marched with thousands of people through the streets of Chicago, chanting "Love Trumps Hate"....

November 10, 2016

God Is Alive, Magic is Afoot

God is alive, magic is afoot God is afoot, magic is alive

October 2016

October 24, 2016

Who Do You Vote For at the (Beginning of the) End of the World?

"If we do not save the environment and save the Earth, then whatever we do...

September 2016

September 22, 2016

Autumn Equinox: God is Climate Change

Godde isn't causing Climate Change, Godde is Climate Change. Realizing this may be the first...

September 18, 2016

Four “Godless Pagan” Authors on Pagan Musing Podcast Tonight at 8pm ET / 7pm CT

Join us tonight at 8pm ET / 7pm CT / 6pm MT / 5pm PT...

September 11, 2016

Water is Life

Mni wiconi / Water is life.

September 08, 2016

Size Doesn’t Matter: 5 Pieces of Advice for New Bloggers

My two most popular posts in terms of daily pageviews were a satirical piece that...

September 05, 2016

Lowered Expectations Is Not the Answer to Bad Pagan Rituals

Who says that public rituals aren't about transcendence? Good rituals can be experienced on multiple...

September 01, 2016

Gods Save Us from Bad Pagan Rituals: 10 Signs You’re Half-Assing Your Mabon Ritual

Good ritual takes us out of our little isolated egos and expands our souls. You...

August 2016

August 30, 2016

What’s A Nice Atheist Like Me Doing At Gods & Radicals?

My worldview does not accommodate supernatural beings that exist separately and independently of human beings....

August 29, 2016

5 Reasons You Should NOT Sign the Pagan Environmental Statement

There's perfectly valid reasons for choosing not to sign the Pagan Community Statement on the...

August 25, 2016

Can “God” be Castrated?

When we say that a historically male-gendered term is genderless, there is the risk that...

August 24, 2016

Neither Capitalism Nor Socialism: A Third Alternative

Distributism rejects both capitalism and socialism. Capitalism inevitably leads to the concentration of power in...

August 22, 2016

Enroll in Living Systems at Cherry Hill Seminary

Living Systems Science has its roots in the ecological and biological sciences, and attempts to...

August 17, 2016

“You Can’t Make This S#!t Up”: On My First (and Last?) Foray into Satire

The only thing more outrageous than the actual story I posted was the willingness of...

August 14, 2016

I’m a spy for the Mormon Church

My mission was infiltrate Paganism, discover the secret of its success, and work to destabilize...

August 12, 2016

The Forgotten History of Atheist Paganism

Polytheists and Pagan Reconstructionist do not have an exclusive claim to the pagan past. While...

August 05, 2016

The Pagans and the Christians (or … whatever happened to Teo Bishop?)

The best Pagan festival I went to this summer wasn't a Pagan festival at all.

August 01, 2016

Festival of New Suns: August 12

The Destiny is a unique concept among Pagan groups. The Destiny is important for the...

July 2016

July 29, 2016

The Real Reason White People Say ‘All Lives Matter’

If you’re like me, growing up, the word “Black” was always spoken of in whispers...

July 15, 2016

How “Gods Before Politics” Perpetuates Privilege

The myth of non-political Pagan spaces acts as a blindfold for the Pagan community --...

July 14, 2016

Why We Need A God/dess Who Does Not Look Like Us

It is important to recognize God in our own image, our own reflection — especially...

June 2016

June 29, 2016

Is There a Place for God in Paganism?

Choosing to say "God" instead of "Goddess" allows us to speak about divinity separately from...

June 28, 2016

Don’t Call Me A “Generic Pagan”

In the interest of an inclusivity that is never really achieved, planners of public Pagan...

June 17, 2016

Shape God, Shape Change, Shape Gun Control Legislation

Join us on Zoom on Saturday June 18 @ 6 pm ET/ 5pm CT/ 4pm...