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June 2013

June 09, 2013

“We have met the enemy and he is us.” — Pogo (Revised)

I'd hammer out danger I'd hammer out a warning I'd hammer out love between my...

June 02, 2013

Hearing voices or talking to ourselves?

All revelations are personal. That's why all revelations are suspect. -- Neil Gaiman, American Gods...

May 2013

May 31, 2013

“Against stupidity, the gods themselves contend in vain.” — Friedrich Schiller

Controversy has broken loose on the Pagan blogosphere again. This time over the suggestion that...

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...

April 2013

April 13, 2013

Home Is Where You Find Your Gods

There are many ways to define one's religious identity. It might be defined in terms...

March 2013

March 30, 2013

Why I am a Neo-Pagan, or One thing I agree with Sam Webster about

There's a blogging project started over at Patheos, "Why am I a ...", in which...

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...

March 13, 2013

Straight talk about the Pagan identity crisis

You have got to check out B.T. Newberg's newest post at Pagan Naturally, "The 'Pagan'...

January 2013

January 19, 2013

The next time you walk into your bookstore …

... you may find your Pagany books in the Religion section, instead of in the...

January 12, 2013

My (Neo-)Pagan Elevator Speech

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

January 11, 2013

Your One-Stop-Shop for Pagan-Polytheist Controversy (Updated 1-26-13)

Star Foster recently added her name to the growing list of Polytheists who have dropped...

January 10, 2013

(Neo-)Pagan Sensibility

I want to take a time out from my 2012 blogroll review and talk briefly...

January 06, 2013

2012 Blog Roll, Looking Forward to 2013

Over the past several months, I have come across many posts on other blogs that...

January 05, 2013

Is there a “disconnect” between Pagan blogosphere the Pagan community?

About a month ago, Jason Mankey wondered whether the controversies in the Pagan blogosphere have...

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...

December 15, 2012

The questions that led me to Neopaganism

When I left the Mormon church, I felt a strong need to justify myself. A...

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 24, 2012

The many shades of Pagan embarrassment

"You will be ashamed because of the sacred oaks in which you have delighted; you...

November 24, 2012

Embarrassment and the twin threats to Paganism: Shallowness of the mind and of the heart

In my last post, I wrote about "Being Ashamed by Paganism" (which was really about...

November 16, 2012

Being Embarrassed by Paganism

Years ago, when I was deciding whether to leave the Mormon church, one of the...

October 2012

October 20, 2012

Jung Resources for Pagans

I have just created a new menu on the side of my blog which contains...

October 18, 2012

Water and Stone: libations and altars

Recently, I discovered a great blog at Witches and Pagans called Baring the Aegis: Hellenismos...

October 07, 2012

Unitarian growth and Pagan (dis)organization

Over at The Wild Hunt, Jason Pitzl-Waters has posted about the growth of the UU...

October 04, 2012

Are the gods real?

Do we worship the same gods? Over at Patheos, Star Foster recently published an interesting...

September 2012

September 19, 2012

Defining Paganism and Neopaganism

I can't believe I am diving into this linguistic swamp again, but here goes. Recently,...

September 18, 2012

Paganism and Real Live Nature

Recently Teo Bishop wrote a wonderful post about his experience of doing ritual in nature. ...

September 07, 2012

“One needful thing”, Part 3: Letting go of the side of the pool

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

August 2012

August 22, 2012

Who are we talking to anyway?: Humanistic Paganism and the gods

Over at The Wild Hunt, Brendan Myers has posted a guest article about whether Humanist...

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...

July 2012

July 18, 2012

Depression as a friend (updated)

Hello darkness, my old friend I've come to talk with you again -- "The Sound...