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November 2009

November 21, 2009

So Mote It Be

You can’t attend too many Pagan circles without hearing someone say “so mote it be!”...

November 20, 2009

“Just Be” vs. “Be All You Can Be”

Via AlterNet, here's an essay titled "Our Produce-or-Die Culture Is Killing Us -- And We're...

November 15, 2009

Gratitude, Thanksgiving, and Praise

This morning’s service at DUUF featured the music of Vocal Magic. Here’s my introductory reflection:***************************In...

November 13, 2009

Ritual Possession and the Nature of Deities

Gus diZerega keeps a Pagan blog on Beliefnet. As many of us - particularly UUs...

November 09, 2009

Tales from the Business World

I got a new boss today. I knew we were hiring him, but I thought...

November 04, 2009

Forrest Church on Universalism

UU World is reprinting (republishing? reposting?) some of the late Forrest Church’s writings. Here’s a...

November 01, 2009

Samhain Divination

Traditionally, Samhain is the time of year when the veil between the world of the...

October 2009

October 30, 2009

More Pagan Gospel

If things have been a little slow here under the Oaks it's because they've been...

October 26, 2009

Pagan Tent Revival

Ruby Sara at Pagan Godspell asks "I wonder why we can’t have a little gospel...

October 24, 2009

Illnesses

Two people who have been spiritual inspirations to me are seriously ill.Rev. Michael Dowd is...

October 21, 2009

Work Ethic and Passion

I don’t write much about my paying job. It’s a good job, but when I’m...

October 18, 2009

Earth My Body

If the Earth is the body of the Goddess, then how should we treat it?...

October 15, 2009

Burning Bibles

It’s a little over two weeks until Halloween and Samhain, and the silly season is...

October 12, 2009

Should We Visit Sacred Sites?

Avebury - 2007 OBOD Chosen Chief Philip Carr-Gomm has an essay in Resurgence magazine that...

October 08, 2009

The History of the Druids

“The Druids may well have been the most prominent magico-religious specialists of some of the...

October 07, 2009

Karen Armstrong at TCU

Last night Cathy and I went to TCU to hear Karen Armstrong give the inaugural...

October 05, 2009

Practice and Fear

Wiccan author and musician T. Thorne Coyle (who was one of the primary musicians at...

October 01, 2009

Love – and Life – After Death

When a leading Southern Baptist blogs on the passing of a notable Unitarian Universalist, it...

October 01, 2009

The Rise of the Unaffiliated

The Dallas Morning News Religion Blog’s question of the week addresses the rise of “none...

September 2009

September 26, 2009

The Broom Closet

Jason Pitzl-Waters of The Wild Hunt blog has this piece on two Pagan politicians who’ve...

September 25, 2009

Myths and Moral Choices

In an excellent article a couple years ago titled “The Moral Instinct,” Harvard professor Stephen...

September 20, 2009

Magic At Work

David Sparks of Temple Spiritualis Compassare, Little Elm; Mike Joffrion of The Sacred Fire Temple,...

September 17, 2009

CUUPS Mabon Circle

If you're in the area, come by and celebrate the Fall Equinox with us, Saturday...

September 16, 2009

Karen Armstrong vs. Richard Dawkins

The Wall Street Journal asked religion writer Karen Armstrong and uberatheist Richard Dawkins to answer...

September 14, 2009

Martin Luther King Jr. on Mystery Religions and Christianity

A query from Stephanie on the Ethical Witches list turned up this paper by Rev....

September 13, 2009

Wicca in Prison

I saw this article on WitchVox last week but didn’t read it until Michi sent...

September 08, 2009

Freedom From Religion, part 2

And now we have an official response from Scott Ullrich, Business Manager for UU World....

September 06, 2009

Pagan Pride Day

If you're in the DFW area, come out to Pagan Pride Day next Saturday at...

September 05, 2009

Have Ritual, Will Travel

Last night Denton CUUPS presented a full moon circle at Sacred Journey Fellowship (formerly Pleasant...

September 05, 2009

Freedom From Religion?

Have you seen the print version of the new UU World? The inside cover is...

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