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February 2013

February 05, 2013

Reviewing Project Conversion

Andrew Bowen is an angry, self-righteous asshole. That's probably why we get along so well,...

September 2012

September 27, 2012

The best non-magic books about magic, part 2

Young adult and children's books are a font of magical storytelling. Much of the stories...

September 05, 2012

The best non-magic books about magic, part 1

My two most favorite books about magic aren't explicitly about magic at all. One is...

August 2012

August 28, 2012

We accept the ….. we think we deserve.

I remember when The Perks of Being a Wallflower came out. I was working in...

August 25, 2012

Coming Out as a Polytheist

Earlier this week Adam and I went to visit with a family whose daughter attends...

June 2012

June 18, 2012

Fairy tales

My relationship with fairy tales is complicated. I loved them growing up. I enjoyed the...

June 15, 2012

Shout outs

I would like to draw your attention to two things that I am loosely involved...

June 11, 2012

Walk Like a God – a review

One of the blogs that inspired me to start my own is Rogue Priest, written...

March 2012

March 14, 2012

Why I Am Not A Christian

Reflections on Bertrand Russell's speech from 1927. (Read the essay online here.) This is the...

March 12, 2012

Love Wins

My beloved former college roommate (mentioned here) encouraged me to read Rob Bell's book, Love...

March 10, 2012

Venturing Out

A very good friend of mine suggested I read Rob Bell's Love Wins and write...

February 2012

February 10, 2012

This week

Part 4 of my testimony will have to wait until next week. It's been a...

February 09, 2012

Praying like a Pilgrim

I was hoping to have all of The Pilgrim's Tale, a Russian spiritual classic, read...

February 02, 2012

Fifteen Years in the Wrong Shoes – part three

When I left off last time I was married, miserable and crying during prayers. (You...

January 2012

January 31, 2012

The Cost of Discipleship, the Cost of Being a Woman and Other

Let me just get this out of the way: I am not really enjoying this...

January 21, 2012

The Book of Matthew

I can't remember the last time I sat down and read something from the bible....

January 17, 2012

Fifteen Years in the Wrong Shoes – part one

Something I remember from my years in Christianity is the practice of telling one’s story...

December 2011

December 02, 2011

Book reviews

I have been reading a ton lately. I have a few recommendations and one to...

November 2011

November 28, 2011

House Magic for Beginners – the post

There are many levels to magic. There's Big Magic: big in scope and aim and...

October 2011

October 23, 2011

Review of ‘Welsh Witches and Wizards’ by Michael Howard

It is with regret that this review is so short, but there is not much...

October 17, 2011

So much to read, so little uninterrupted time

I feel the shift to the dark half of the year. It's still fully autumn...