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December 2012

December 29, 2012

Sovereignty Before the Gods

photo from Wikimedia Commons If you write about religion beyond the level of platitudes, people...

December 22, 2012

A Call to Action

Last night's Denton CUUPS Winter Solstice ritual was everything I had hoped it would be: ...

December 20, 2012

Integration

I learned compartmentalization as a small child. I was an “A” student who loved books...

December 18, 2012

Learning

The School of Athens by Raphael (1511)When I was in college I lived in a...

December 17, 2012

Between the Worlds

I’m back from four days at Between the Worlds, which bills itself as an “interfaith...

December 11, 2012

The Price of Magic

USS Chesapeake, launched 1799, via Wikimedia CommonsIn witchcraft lore, in magical fiction, and in conversations...

December 09, 2012

CUUPS Winter Solstice

If you're in the North Texas area please join the Denton Covenant of Unitarian Universalist...

December 07, 2012

Seeking the Mystery

Paganism and Unitarian Universalism share the general idea that what you do is more important...

December 05, 2012

Purity Is Overrated

Most of us make our moral judgments intuitively and then look for a reason to...

December 03, 2012

Sacrifice

If I am to be honest I must admit my spiritual practice has been struggling...

November 2012

November 29, 2012

New Website for Denton CUUPS

Denton CUUPS has a new website and a new address:www.dentoncuups.orgPlease check it out and update...

November 28, 2012

Interdependent Gods

In a post exploring the worship of power and powerful gods, Star Foster raises an...

November 25, 2012

Gods and Fighting Men

For all my Druid reading I had never read any of the Irish myths. I’ve...

November 22, 2012

Thanksgiving Prayer

I give thanks for my family of blood: for my mother and brothers and all...

November 19, 2012

Antlered Crown and Standing Stone

If you’re already a fan of Damh the Bard you don’t need to read this...

November 18, 2012

To My Nontheistic Pagan Friends

Is there a Goddess or God, or goddesses and gods? Whether you consider yourself a...

November 14, 2012

Honor and Commitment

It would be easy to dismiss the David Petraeus – Paula Broadwell affair as yet...

November 12, 2012

Redemption

Star Foster has a post on her new blog titled “Redemption: Even Pagans Need Deliverance.”...

November 09, 2012

Gateways to More

Fellow OBOD Druid Dana Driscoll has a post on her blog about how she became...

November 07, 2012

This is Progress – Now Get Back to Work

This is what political progress looks like: a few more wins, a few less losses,...

November 05, 2012

Vote!

Tomorrow is Election Day in the United States and I strongly encourage everyone who can...

November 02, 2012

Making a Deal with Morrigan

This blog is here because Blogger is simple, easy and free. It doesn’t have a...

October 2012

October 31, 2012

Samhain Journey

There’s a lot going on tonight. There’s handing out candy to trick or treaters and...

October 29, 2012

Dreams

Most of my dreams fall into the category of routine sorting and filing – my...

October 25, 2012

Politics, Magic and Your True Will

“If you’re not outraged you’re not paying attention.” I can’t find the original source for...

October 23, 2012

Circles

Why do Pagans gather in circles? Why do we cast circles? What does the circle...

October 22, 2012

The Challenges of Large Public Rituals

Teo Bishop has a new blog post titled “I Felt Ashamed At Pagan Pride.” He...

October 19, 2012

News and Notes

The Patheos Pagan Channel is getting thin. There have been several Pagan defections from Patheos...

October 17, 2012

Why I Am Spiritual and Religious

There’s a new Pew Research study out on the rise of the religiously unaffiliated or...

October 15, 2012

Celtic Heritage

One of the ways we learn about our gods, goddesses and ancestors is through their...

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