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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...

August 2016

August 25, 2016

Can “God” be Castrated?

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

July 2016

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 17, 2016

Shape God, Shape Change, Shape Gun Control Legislation

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

June 05, 2016

Home is a Place You Have Never Been: Finding Eternity in Change

Is it possible that there is a kind of permanence to be found in the...

March 2016

March 04, 2016

The Dictionary Is Not A Holy Book

Language is a living thing -- especially religious language. It is supple and flowing, and...

August 2015

August 23, 2015

If It Doesn’t Help Me Save This World, I Don’t Want Your Polytheist Revolution

It has become more clear to me than ever why I am opposed to 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...

March 2015

March 11, 2015

Bowing before the personified impersonal: Prayer for an atheist Pagan

Ever since leaving my Christian religion of origin, I have refused to kneel when I...

November 2013

November 07, 2013

Naming the Whirlwind: speaking of “God”

What words or phrases do you use to name that experience of mystery and wonder...

November 04, 2013

Being an atheist just ain’t what it used to be

God is not the answer to our questions. "God" is the name for the question...

October 2013

October 11, 2013

Prayers I Can Pray

I no longer ask you for either happiness or paradise; all I ask of You...

September 2013

September 21, 2013

Cherish Our Polytheists: The balkanization of our community and what is at stake

Each time someone withdraws from Paganism, we lose not only their company, but also their...

August 2013

August 20, 2013

A Defiant Worship: What Shark Week teaches me about God/dess

In the end, we all must surrender to God But in the meantime, let our...

August 15, 2013

Passing on my Paganism

This is what Paganism does for me. It brings out the holiness of the everyday:...

April 2013

April 24, 2013

My Defining Moment

"God is dead. [...] And we have killed him. How shall we comfort ourselves, the...

April 20, 2013

Panentheism: The Dancer and the Dance

How can we know the dancer from the dance? -- W.B. Yeats Theism, Pantheism, and...

January 2013

January 19, 2013

I worship the blind God

You weary Nations, perhaps I am some new being you've never encountered before. Yet there...

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 23, 2012

The role of faith and hubris in Paganism

Last week I came across a word that, ten years ago, I would never have...

August 2012

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...

April 2012

April 22, 2012

The gods may be hungry

Last Sunday, at the "Spirit Circle" group at my Unitarian Universalist congregation, we watched a...

March 2012

March 28, 2012

God is change. Shape God.

I recently finished reading Octavia Butler's "Parable of the Sower". It's set in the near...

February 2012

February 02, 2012

Mormon Polygamy: When God is a Jerk

I want to offer this link about Mormon Polygamy on the Ask Mormon Girl blog...

October 2011

October 19, 2011

Movies that are religious experiences, Part 2 (Solaris)

A little while ago, I posted about my favorite movie, The Fountain. It is one...

October 06, 2011

Movies that are religious experiences: Part 1 (The Fountain)

Last Sunday, at the Spirit Circle at my Unitarian church discuss movies that inspire us. ...

August 2011

August 28, 2011

Intercessory Prayer and Cruel Miracles

The topic in the discussion group at my local UU Church today was prayer. As...