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March 2015

March 05, 2015

Portals by Sharon Knight

Here’s a chance to support good musicians making good music!

March 03, 2015

By Any Means Necessary

Sometimes dirty work is also necessary work, and if we are committed to justice and...

February 2015

February 17, 2015

In Praise of Communities of Convenience

The modern Western cult of the individual makes building homogeneous communities difficult. But humans are...

February 15, 2015

The Care and Feeding of Activists

Unitarian Universalism emphasizes right action over right belief, a teaching that inspires many of us...

February 12, 2015

No Pantheacon Envy

In a perfect world I’d be at Pantheacon this weekend. But the world isn’t perfect...

February 08, 2015

Dreams of a Pagan Public Spectacle

All you Pagans who are too cool for the Super Bowl: are you ready to...

February 05, 2015

Verbal Assaults and the Fear of Real Gods

People who talk with the Gods can be scary… scary enough that modern, enlightened Westerners...

February 01, 2015

What a Polytheist learned from Unitarian Universalists

Although it is safer to be a heretic today than in the past, claiming that...

January 2015

January 08, 2015

Non-Conformance and Diplomacy – The Realities of Being Pagan

As people committed to social justice, it’s our job to build a society where differences...

December 2014

December 22, 2014

November 2014

November 20, 2014

The Thanksgiving Arms Race

I understand why retailers are opening on Thanksgiving, but I still don't like it. What’s...

November 05, 2014

Faith in the Wrong Things

Those who put their faith in Democrats – or Republicans, or Libertarians, or Communists –...

October 2014

October 14, 2014

Honoring Our Ancestors, Sustaining Our Relationships

It is Samhain – “summer’s end” – and it is time to honor and remember...

October 07, 2014

Proselytizing, Secrecy, and a Better Way

We don’t proselytize, but we can make sure people know we’re here, and be ready...

September 2014

September 28, 2014

DFW Pagan Pride Day 2014

A community that is both literally and figuratively spread out came together for a wonderful...

September 11, 2014

The Commodification of Humanity

Are people commodities to be bought for the lowest price and discarded when their presence...

September 01, 2014

Sarajevo, Ferguson, and Powder Kegs

“Don’t challenge the police” is the equivalent of posting a no smoking sign on a...

August 2014

August 05, 2014

Pagan Priests, Pagan Ministers

Paganism needs institutions to enable multi-generational continuity, to provide support for individuals, for groups, and...

July 2014

July 20, 2014

The Limits of Hospitality

What does the virtue of hospitality tell us we should do in the current refugee...

July 15, 2014

Pagan Leadership

Any movement will have leaders. As Pagans, let’s call out the bad ones, support the...

July 08, 2014

Paying Pagan Clergy – An Organic Approach

The goals of Pagan priesthood are to serve the Gods, to mediate for the Gods,...

July 03, 2014

Religious Freedom, Religious Bullying

Making hard choices in support of your religious beliefs and values is a sign of...

July 01, 2014

Showing Up

Paganism is a new religion – we’re still trying to figure out who and what...

June 2014

June 15, 2014

Ancestor Communion Ritual

The Ancestor Communion Ritual from this morning’s Sunday service at Denton UU. It’s suitable for...

June 05, 2014

Expanding Circles

Good religious groups may evolve organically without any structural planning, but like biological evolution, for...

May 2014

May 26, 2014

Dude, It’s You

I usually think of myself as a person, not as a man. But occasionally I...

May 23, 2014

Memorial Day Reflection

As much as the Nature-centered Pagan in me likes the idea of the whole country...