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December 2013

December 13, 2013

Singing In Christmas

Niki talks about the challenges of participating in Christmas and how she is managing the...

December 12, 2013

Dual Observance and Me

Dual observance, the practice of more than one tradition at one time, is more common...

October 2013

October 11, 2013

Living Saraswati

Today begins the final three days of Navratri, in which Saraswati, goddess of language, knowledge...

August 2013

August 31, 2013

Harvest in the Pacific Northwest

At the beginning of August many of my Pagan friends celebrated the first harvest, commonly...

April 2013

April 30, 2013

Not of this world

On my way to the grocery store I pass two churches. The first is a...

April 29, 2013

Maxim Monday: Be (religiously) silent

I love this one. Spring is in full swing here in Olympia. New colors from...

April 17, 2013

The Body

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

April 08, 2013

Maxim Monday: Shun evil

This Maxim requires a lot of defining. I looked up the definition of 'shun,' and...

March 2013

March 06, 2013

Being a householder

In my last post I talked about the possibility that if reincarnation was a real...

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 12, 2013

My thoughts and predictions on the state of the Papacy

I got online yesterday morning and couldn't figure out why so many people were talking...

February 05, 2013

Reviewing Project Conversion

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

January 2013

January 18, 2013

Dedication

Tomorrow I am driving north to Seattle for a dedication. My dedication. For the last...

October 2012

October 08, 2012

Maxim Monday: Do not use an oath

A working knowledge of Greek would be helpful in this endeavour to explore the Maxims....

August 2012

August 25, 2012

Coming Out as a Polytheist

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

March 2012

March 26, 2012

The Annunciation

Yesterday was the Feast of the Annunciation, one of my favorite Christian celebrations. I know,...

March 20, 2012

Goodbye Christianity

Today is my last day with Christianity. Sunday, March 25, is the Feast of the...

March 15, 2012

Fifteen Years in the Wrong Shoes – part five

This is the final post in my 'testimony' series. (You can follow the links to...

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...

March 08, 2012

He is not here, He is risen!

Or, thinking ahead to Easter. I'm a little premature. Easter isn't until April, and I'll...

February 2012

February 28, 2012

Resolution

So I went to sutra study. I was able to read a few comments on...

February 24, 2012

Virgin Mary in Song

Let's have some music for your weekend! My kids are feeling poorly. I'm blogged out...

February 21, 2012

Lent comes early this year

...For me, at least. Today is Fat Tuesday. Not being culturally Catholic, I've never had...

February 20, 2012

Fifteen Years in the Wrong Shoes – part four

This part of my testimony is all about graduate school, and it brings us up...

February 15, 2012

Yesterday

Yesterday was a really good day. Not because it was Valentine's Day (a non-holiday in...

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...