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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 14, 2014

Reach Out and Touch Faith

Are the gods personal? Even Pagans seem to have "personal relationships" with their gods.

May 12, 2014

What I Do

What exactly does a witch or a magician do? Niki shares the core of her...

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

May 05, 2014

Praying Like a Pilgrim

There is much to learn from other traditions. Prayer is something I found profoundly liberating...

May 02, 2014

What is Feri?

What is Feri? It's a form of witchcraft, it's a set of tools, it's a...

April 2014

April 28, 2014

What Do You Mean by ‘Scary’?

Do you practice the 'scary' stuff? What does that mean exactly?

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 20, 2014

He is not here, He is risen!

Even though we are not a Christian household and even though Jesus is not my...

April 16, 2014

What is a Witch?

TL;DR? "A witch is a label for someone who has mastered a set of skills...

April 14, 2014

On Finding My Yoga

Hinduism has an 'in' for everyone. Hatha yoga was my gateway, but I've found other...

April 08, 2014

Values

I argue that Feri is highly amoral and yet is highly ethical. To carry the...

April 05, 2014

Third Trimester Update

Niki preps for maternity leave.

March 2014

March 31, 2014

Vasanta Navratri

Today begins Vasanta Navratri. Jai Ma!

March 27, 2014

Why Not Wicca

Wicca is perhaps the most well known of all the modern Pagan traditions. So why...

March 24, 2014

Maxim Monday: Flee a Pledge

This week's Maxim Monday is yet again another reminder to be careful about our commitments.

March 21, 2014

Kali Puja

Several people for the last year or two have asked me to write about how...

March 19, 2014

Birth as Edge Walking

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

March 17, 2014

Maxim Monday: Recognize Fortune

Today's Maxim Monday is all about recognizing the role of fortune in our lives.

March 14, 2014

Are We Vampires?

Niki reviews Margot Adler's recent book on vampire literature.

March 13, 2014

Why I Need Spiritual Community

There are a lot of reasons why spiritual community is important. I found one more.

March 12, 2014

Women in Religious Leadership

Paganism doesn't have the issues other religions have regarding women in religious leadership. But here...

March 10, 2014

Pagans and Money, part 2

Another look at some of the issues that Pagan communities need to think about in...

March 08, 2014

Late Night Revelations

I realized in the dark hours of the night one more way I am not...

March 06, 2014

We Interrupt Your Regularly Scheduled Programming…

Friends, readers, I am taking this week off. I'm sure you've noticed as it's already...

February 2014

February 28, 2014

My Take on Wiccanate Privilege

Wading into the Wiccanate privilege debate, the privilege I see is one of theological discourse.

February 26, 2014

Pagan Dinner Time

My last Pagan tea time highlights just how important face to face gathering is for...

February 25, 2014

Pagans and Money

I wade into some sticky subject matter. "...without facing our own assumptions, personally and communally,...

February 24, 2014

Maxim Monday: Two-for-One

Ever so brief commentary on the next two Delphic Maxims: Know the Judge and Master...