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August 2016

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.

May 2016

May 11, 2016

Christianity as the Modern Pagan Scapegoat

We Pagans like to think we don't have scapegoats in our religion, because we don't...

April 2016

April 22, 2016

Fiddling With The Gods While Rome Burns

What Beckett has been describing with increasing clarity over the past several years is a...

January 2016

January 14, 2016

“Less Christian Than Thou”: Neo-Paganism and Polytheism Beyond the Christian Divide

Neo-Pagans and Polytheists -- have fundamentally different issues. Polytheism and Neo-Paganism don't just represent different...

December 2015

December 24, 2015

7 Reasons Why Christmas is Part of My Pagan Wheel of the Year

1. Yule is NOT a minor sabbat. "Whenever I hear a Neo-Pagan say that the...

June 2015

June 04, 2015

12 Reasons You Can’t (only) Call God “Father”

"They will continue with the radical feminist agenda until they are actually holding hands with...

May 2015

May 13, 2015

“Pagans and the Pope Join their Voices to Save the Planet”

When Catholics talk about "paganism", it never seems to me that they are really talking...

October 2014

October 05, 2014

Branches of the Deep Ecology Tree: Ecotheology: Reuniting God and nature

Lynn White argued that the belief that the earth was a resource for human consumption...

September 2014

September 18, 2014

What I don’t miss about Christianity (and why this post is not about Star Foster)

The thing that I don't miss about Christianity is ME, the Christian me, the person...

May 2014

May 06, 2014

The Travails of a Pagan in a Dual Faith Household

A Pagan's First Communion This past Easter, I attended an Easter service at the Valparaiso...

December 2013

December 20, 2013

Putting Mabon Back in Christmas

Whenever I hear a Neo-Pagan say that the winter solstice is a "minor Sabbat", I...

November 2013

November 22, 2013

Our happily remarried ex’s: Teo Bishop and Pagan spite

If you're like me, then there's a part of you that sees your former religion...

September 2013

September 28, 2013

What a Pagan can tell you about whether Mormons are Christian

The question of whether or not Mormons are Christians has less to do with Mormons...

August 2013

August 03, 2013

My Favorite Posts From July

There's so much interesting blogging going on in our community. I want to highlight a...

May 2013

May 23, 2013

A Christian Take on Contemporary Paganism

I was extremely gratified to read Paul Louis Metzger's recent post about contemporary Paganism at...

March 2013

March 22, 2013

“Waiter! There’s some Christianity in my Pagan soup!”

The latest brouhaha in the Pagan blogosphere is Sam Webster's post "Why You Can't Worship...

February 2013

February 11, 2013

Myths about other people’s religions

Last week, at my Unitarian discussion group, I got a humility check. That's a big...

January 2013

January 12, 2013

My (Neo-)Pagan Elevator Speech

Jonathan Korman (whose post I can't seem to talk enough about) recently described an awkward...

December 2012

December 01, 2012

Confession: I Love Christmas

I have a confession to make. Yes, I love Christmas. I'm Pagan, and I love...

November 2012

November 03, 2012

The dirty words we use to describe each other

Some time ago, I heard a story on NPR's "This American Life", about a guy...

August 2012

August 26, 2012

“One Needful Thing”, Part 2: UUism and the Transformative Experience

In Part 1, I traced the development of Unitarianism since the early 19th century to...

August 03, 2012

These are my gods: or my biography told in deities

The God of the Old Testament The LORD said, "Go out and stand on the...

August 02, 2012

Apolytrosis: My bill of divorce from the Christian God

Over at Patheos, Star Foster has divorced herself from Jesus Christ. While this is more...

August 01, 2012

“One needful thing”, Part 1: What’s missing from Unitarianism

This is a mutli-part series. In this part, I discuss the history of Unitarianism, including...

July 2012

July 26, 2012

Who’s in charge here? Grace, humility, and defiance of fate

I've been thinking about grace and humility lately. Last Sunday in the Spirit Circle discussion...

June 2012

June 17, 2012

Polytheists on Christianity?

Jason Mankey recently weighed in on the "atheist Pagan" controversy at his new blog "Raise...

April 2012

April 29, 2012

Family Mid-Spring Ritual: Jesus and the Goddess

For May Day, I usually take my family to the CUUPs celebration at the UU...

April 26, 2012

Is life like the Iliad or the Book of Job?

If you have never seen that sight, then suspend your decision about the propriety of...