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October 2011

October 17, 2011

Sacramental Eating

Crossposted with No Unsacred Place We are born alive – and hungry. For a short...

October 14, 2011

Your Sovereignty

Sometimes dreams are psychological sorting and filing and sometimes they’re messages. And sometimes they’re messages...

October 13, 2011

Samhain Circle

If you're in the North Texas area, please join us for our celebration of Samhain...

October 10, 2011

Qualifications and Tradeoffs

From a Google+ forward by Thorn Coyle comes this website titled “The Art of Non-Conformity...

October 08, 2011

Initiation in the Western Mystery Tradition

On Wednesday evening I attended a lecture by Dr. Paul Clark, Steward of the Fraternity...

October 06, 2011

Why We Loved Steve Jobs

Steve Jobs died yesterday at the age of 56. Tributes, biographies and features are filling...

October 03, 2011

Re-enchantment, Part 2

I’m still thinking about Sharon Knight’s call to “re-enchant the world.” On Saturday I talked...

October 02, 2011

Fire Spinning

Although we had a lot of rain at the OBOD East Coast Gathering, Saturday night...

October 01, 2011

Re-enchantment

Sharon Knight is the lead singer of Pandemonaeon and a Pagan in the Anderson Feri...

September 2011

September 27, 2011

Immersion

crossposted with No Unsacred Place Every now and then we need to immerse ourselves in...

September 25, 2011

OBOD East Coast Gathering

I’m back from a wet but wonderful long weekend at the OBOD East Coast Gathering...

September 21, 2011

The Death Penalty

The death penalty is in the news again. The national and international attention is on...

September 19, 2011

Temples

Star Foster at Patheos has a new piece up on Ephesus, which is best known...

September 18, 2011

How Much Is Enough?

My biggest criticism of the “spiritual but not religious” crowd is that too many of...

September 13, 2011

Evolution – The Great Story

I’ve never been very passionate about evolution. 10th grade biology plus some extra-curricular science reading...

September 12, 2011

Together in Faith

David Sparks of Temple Spiritualis Compassare and John Beckett of Denton CUUPSLast night I had...

September 09, 2011

Social Security

Caring for our elders is the collective responsibility of society, not an individual responsibility. While...

September 08, 2011

Spiritual But Not Religious, Again

I’m coming in late on the most recent flare-up about the “Spiritual But Not Religious,”...

September 05, 2011

The Necessity of Work

To say I have a complicated relationship with work would be an understatement.  The picture...

September 04, 2011

The King

I just finished listening to the new Wigglian Way podcast.  The Wigglian Way is one...

August 2011

August 30, 2011

The Tar Sands Pipeline

I've got a new piece up on No Unsacred Place about the proposed pipeline to...

August 28, 2011

Interfaith Service for 9/11

There will be an interfaith service of peace and hope on the 10th anniversary of...

August 27, 2011

Unverified Personal Gnosis

I had an interesting conversation (if a couple of comments in a blog can be...

August 24, 2011

The Book of Druidry

The Book of Druidry is a classic text by Ross Nichols (1902 – 1975), the...

August 22, 2011

Becoming a Druid

Do those of us who call ourselves Druids have a right to use the name?...

August 21, 2011

The Sacred Earth

Sermon – The Sacred Earth The Denton Unitarian Universalist Fellowship August 21, 2011 Introduction One...

August 18, 2011

The Gods Who Choose You

From Patheos, here’s an essay by Crystal Blanton titled “The Gods That Choose You.” It...

August 15, 2011

The Company We Keep

It matters what company we keep.I was in the 10th grade. My English teacher had...

August 10, 2011

Move and Move On

Ten years ago this week I was handed a layoff notice. It wasn’t a shock...

August 07, 2011

None of the Above

Amy Martin at the 2010 Winter SolstiCelebrationI have been less than gracious toward the folks...

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