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May 2011

May 17, 2011

Rapture

By now everyone who’s paying attention knows that a small group of fundamentalist Christians led...

May 15, 2011

Thor

l am neither a Heathen nor a comic book geek (though I am definitely a...

May 11, 2011

Starting a CUUPS Chapter

At least a couple times a year I get an e-mail that reads something like...

May 08, 2011

The Great Rite

According to one legend, in the very early days of Wicca Gerald Gardner considered using...

May 04, 2011

The Sacred in Suburbia

The next edition of "The Sacred in Suburbia," my monthly column for No Unsacred Place,...

May 02, 2011

Justice and Vengeance

When I heard Osama bin Laden had been killed my reaction was “finally.”He was personally...

May 01, 2011

Denton CUUPS Beltane

Normally we would have held our Beltane circle last night, but because Easter was so...

May 01, 2011

Arlington Beltane

On an drizzly 50 degree day, 35 people came out to celebrate Beltane with the...

April 2011

April 28, 2011

The Earth’s Teeth

“I felt the Earth. It’s all connected, it is, but... it’s not all good and...

April 24, 2011

Religious Unity and Identity

There’s a guest post on the Patheos Pagan blog titled “It is time for Pagans...

April 22, 2011

Earth Day

Happy Earth Day, a day when we honor and celebrate our Mother and our home....

April 19, 2011

Is Hell Dead?

Just in time for Easter, TIME magazine has a cover story asking “Is Hell Dead?”...

April 18, 2011

CMA Beltane

my campsite at CMA BeltaneI’m back from a 4-day weekend trip to the Council of...

April 13, 2011

The Rights of Mother Earth

It matters what we believe.As above, so below. As within, so without.Bolivia is set to...

April 09, 2011

Magical Tools

While the old saying that “the only tool a witch needs is her body” is...

April 07, 2011

Is Easter a Big Deal?

Should Christians make a big deal out of Easter?  Should Pagans go all out for...

April 05, 2011

No Unsacred Place

If you really pay attention you may have noticed a change in the blog roll...

April 03, 2011

It Gets Better – Or Does It?

Three occasions for one to speak falsehood without excuse: to save the life of one...

April 01, 2011

Hindu Polytheism

Here’s an interesting article on polytheism from a Hindu perspective by Ramdas Lamb, a Professor...

March 2011

March 28, 2011

Love Wins

Is Gandhi in hell? Is Hitler in heaven?Evangelical pastor Rob Bell’s new book Love Wins...

March 27, 2011

Joy in Religion – The Chocolate Ritual

The Chocolate Ritual.  More pictures on the Denton CUUPS Facebook page at I take...

March 25, 2011

Commitments Large and Small

Thorn Coyle has a new essay on her blog titled “Theologies of Justice” where she...

March 22, 2011

Pascal’s Wager

In the most recent Standing Stone and Garden Gate podcast, Brendan Myers presents – and...

March 20, 2011

The Faith of Spring

Spring is a season of faith. Not the kind of faith that asks us to...

March 19, 2011

Full Moon

Full Moon Invocation adapted from Doreen Valientein Witchcraft For TomorrowO Goddess of the Rounded Moon,The...

March 17, 2011

Saint Patrick’s Day

Ireland - photo from NASAI freely admit to some mixed feelings on Saint Patrick’s Day....

March 14, 2011

Gods and Earthquakes

Star Foster at Patheos has a blog post from Saturday titled “When Bad Things Happen...

March 11, 2011

The Briefcase Test

Anne Hill at Blog o’ Gnosis has an interesting piece up called “Does Your Religion...

March 09, 2011

Authority, Part 2

Legitimate authority needs no enforcement mechanism – its power flows from the rightness of its...

March 08, 2011

Authority, Part 1

I have authority issues.That doesn’t exactly make me unique. Pagans and Unitarian Universalists tend towards...

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