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August 2015

August 18, 2015

Polytheism, Politics, Discomfort, and Growth

We need discernment, as individuals and communities. We need gathering spaces where we can listen...

June 2015

June 10, 2015

We Were Born Wild

In a world that feels domesticated, how can we tap into our wild nature?

June 03, 2015

God is Not Either/Or, God/dess is Both/And

Using excerpt's from an unpublished paper analyzing ideas of Mary's proposed co-redemption, Niki tackles the...

January 2015

January 23, 2015

Ordeals and Austerities

What's the difference between an austerity and an ordeal? Why practice them at all?

November 2014

November 26, 2014

Ferguson is Not an Isolated Injustice

I'm not so sure that Ferguson is fixable. This may be a depressing message leading...

October 2014

October 04, 2014

Closing the Doors

I closed my altar doors today. What is it I am hoping to accomplish?

September 2014

September 21, 2014

Equinox Gratitude

Happy Equinox to all!

September 18, 2014

The Coming Equinox

Preparing for Mabon is a challenge, but one full of gratitude.

August 2014

August 10, 2014

Spiritual Boundaries and Full Moons

Tonight is this year's largest supermoon. Not only is it extra pretty, it's extra potent...

July 2014

July 21, 2014

Chastity vs Hedonism

What's your goal? I don't think austerities are virtuous in and of themselves. They can...

May 2014

May 16, 2014

On Dietrich Bonhoeffer’s Cost of Discipleship: the Cost of Being a Woman and Other

Niki revisted Bonhoeffer's Cost of Discipleship and decided that suffering is NOT a divine necessity!

May 08, 2014

The Body

"My body is a site of connection. I am my own world tree, the axis...

May 06, 2014

Happy Five Years Patheos!

Niki's top 6 posts to help celebrate Patheos' 5th birthday! #Patheos5Yr

April 2014

April 24, 2014

Everything at Once: An Anouncement

Niki moved house and gave birth in the same weekend. She's going on maternity leave!

April 05, 2014

Third Trimester Update

Niki preps for maternity leave.

March 2014

March 19, 2014

Birth as Edge Walking

"I've given birth twice and I completely trust that my body will birth a healthy...

January 2014

January 30, 2014

Celebrating Imbolc Quietly

Imbolc marks a turning of the Wheel and a shifting of the seasons for me....

November 2013

November 13, 2013

The Power of Self Care

I recently wrote a two-part series on health (you can read them here and here)....

October 2013

October 29, 2013

Health, part 2

In my last post I talked about five dietary changes to help you be healthy....

October 25, 2013

Health, part 1

Warning: This post has nothing to do with Paganism or Hinduism or magic. This time...

October 18, 2013

Surrender

I suck at surrender. I'm a dominant, organized, go-getter who has a very hard time...

September 2013

September 17, 2013

Family Announcements

When I started this blog just over 2 years ago my youngest child was only...

May 2013

May 12, 2013

A happy mother’s day

Being a mother is perhaps the single most life altering, spiritually powerful thing I've ever...

April 2013

April 17, 2013

The Body

What a complex site of confusion is the body. As spiritual persons we have a...

March 2013

March 07, 2013

Further thoughts on being a householder

One of the things I didn't get into in my last post on being a...

February 2013

February 27, 2013

What little I know about reincarnation

Reincarnation is a standard concept in Hinduism and pretty common in the wider Pagan world,...

February 21, 2013

Resistance is futile

Expansion, contraction, expansion, contraction. It would be nice if this was an easy, regular pattern...

June 2012

June 27, 2012

Link love

It's been a busy week in my house. Last week my husband sprained is ankle...

June 07, 2012

Think Like a Mortal

Today's Delphic Maxim is think like a mortal. Wait, what the heck? Don't we already...

April 2012

April 03, 2012

Moondays

I'm going to discuss Female Things, like fertility and menstruation, so if this is not...