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August 2015

August 29, 2015

Public Service Announcement

Sometimes people are mean on the internet. Stop reading mean people.

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 29, 2015

What Do You Mean by “Scary”?

Witchcraft should be scary.

May 2015

May 18, 2015

“Paganism is Not Political”: A Rebuttal

"Being political" isn't about which party you vote for. Not really. It's about how you...

April 2015

April 20, 2015

Expanding My Horizons

The white experience is overwhelmingly dominant in our society. It's time to expand my perspective...

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...

July 2014

July 23, 2014

Pagans and the (Zombie) Apocalypse

The zombie apocalypse isn't going to happen. Sorry. Let's get rid of using apocalyptic language...

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 26, 2014

Maxim Monday: Speak Plainly

Niki practices what she preaches with a brief thought on speaking plainly.

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!

April 2014

April 28, 2014

What Do You Mean by ‘Scary’?

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

April 08, 2014

Values

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

March 2014

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 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...

February 2014

February 25, 2014

Pagans and Money

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

February 10, 2014

Maxim Monday: Gain Possessions Justly

Maxim Monday: Gain possessions justly. Just what does this mean in the modern world?

February 05, 2014

Pagan Chat Time

Pagan Tea Time is a success! Here is a brief summary of my first three...

February 03, 2014

Maxim Monday: Despise a Slanderer

Our communities should not allow slander to thrive.

January 2014

January 27, 2014

Maxim Monday: Praise Hope

This week's Delphic Maxim exhorts us to praise hope. Niki talks a little bit about...

January 20, 2014

Let’s Have Tea!

I'm taking up Christine Kraemer's invitation to tea. Join me?

January 15, 2014

The Four Powers of the Sphinx

Keeping silent is one of the "four powers of the Sphinx," four admonishments for the...

January 06, 2014

Maxim Monday: Be jealous of no one

Today's Maxim is: be jealous of no one. This can be a struggle in any...

November 2013

November 28, 2013

Giving Thanks

Today is Thanksgiving in the United States. A day where we all eat the same...

October 2013

October 28, 2013

Maxim Monday: Give back what you have received

I think this is basically an ancient way of saying 'Pay it forward.' I absolutely...

October 21, 2013

Maxim Monday: Test the Character

I feel like this one is incomplete, as in an incomplete sentence. Test the character...

September 2013

September 03, 2013

Not Everyone Appreciated Our Rite of Passage

Last week I wrote about the coming of age ritual my husband and I did...

September 02, 2013

Maxim Monday: Be a Seeker of Wisdom

I feel like this one has been covered before in the Maxim series. But we...

August 2013

August 20, 2013

Five Year Old Rituals

Last week my son had his 5 Year Old Rituals. What does that mean? Let's...