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January 2021

January 21, 2021

The Downfall of a Prophet

When religious leaders get in trouble for sexual misconduct, there’s usually a track record of...

January 20, 2021

Enjoy This Day: 10 Thoughts on the Inauguration

I’m enjoying today. For the first time in four years, the President of the United...

January 14, 2021

Banning Trump from Twitter is Dangerous but Necessary

I understand the reluctance to grant this kind of power to corporations. But we need...

January 03, 2021

Building a Place Where We Belong

We all want to belong somewhere, and many of us don’t belong where we grew...

December 2020

December 27, 2020

The 4 Best Posts of 2020 You Didn’t Read

While I’ve come to accept that sometimes the Pagan community just doesn’t care about something...

December 22, 2020

8 Important Events and Trends in Paganism in 2020

It’s always good to look back on the significant events and trends of a year,...

December 03, 2020

Building an Orthopraxic Religion

There is a place for belief, but that place is not at the center of...

December 01, 2020

No Pardons For Trump or His Sycophants

Trump’s continued denial of reality isn’t just a whiny man-baby crying because he lost. It’s...

November 2020

November 17, 2020

What Does It Take To Be An Honorable Opponent?

In his victory speech, President-Elect Biden said “we must stop treating our opponents as our...

November 08, 2020

A Sigh of Relief: 13 Thoughts on Joe Biden’s Victory

Finally, something good happened in 2020. Here are my thoughts on Joe Biden’s victory, starting...

November 04, 2020

The Election Continues but the Referendum on the Soul of America Is Over

The election isn’t over and Biden may very well end up winning. But in my...

November 03, 2020

Today The Campaign Ends and I Am At Peace

Two very different futures are in front of us. One of them is significantly better...

October 2020

October 27, 2020

What to Expect on Election Night, and Beyond

If Biden isn’t the clear winner by the time you go to bed on Election...

October 15, 2020

Making It Through The Rest of 2020

These are difficult times. They will not be over on November 3, or even on...

October 13, 2020

A Referendum on the Soul of America

Doing bad things doesn’t mean we’re bad people – it means we’re human. But if...

October 03, 2020

11 Thoughts on Trump Having Covid-19

I’m not going to tell you how to feel about Donald Trump having Covid-19. Instead,...

September 2020

September 27, 2020

The Myth of Patriarchy is Unnatural (but it’s also strong)

Facts can’t beat myths – people deny inconvenient facts, truth be damned. Rational explanations can’t...

September 23, 2020

Embrace the Art of the Possible, not Accelerationism

If you think four more years of Trump will finally bring the kind of cataclysmic...

September 19, 2020

Ruth Bader Ginsburg: We Will Fight On

We didn’t just respect Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s legal work, we loved her intellect, her determination,...

September 15, 2020

The Need For Divisions Within The Pagan Movement

While I believe in cooperating where we have common cause, I’m even more interested in...

September 06, 2020

Confusing Cultural Norms With Eternal Truths

Every religion must have its non-negotiables, the things that make it unique and thus give...

September 01, 2020

When Natural Places are Disrupted

More answers to questions: disruption of natural places, skills for Tower Time, Druid resources for...

August 2020

August 20, 2020

9 Things You Can Do To End Fundamentalism

Christian fundamentalism in the United States is dying, and a decisive victory over Donald Trump...

June 2020

June 16, 2020

Work Through Purgatory or Descend Into Hell

I do not believe in an actual purgatory. But purgatory is an apt metaphor for...

June 07, 2020

Hope Written in Sidewalk Chalk

In his eulogy, Rev. Al Sharpton preached against the systemic injustices that led to the...

June 03, 2020

Why My Practice Includes Both Devotion and Politics

Religion is far more than belief. Politics is the collective expression of our highest values,...

May 2020

May 26, 2020

Mayor Says Women Can’t Lead Prayer

A city official who only selects prayer leaders who meet his own religious criteria is...

May 17, 2020

How My Paganism Is Changing During the Pandemic

Any living religion is a product of the interactions of the people who practice it,...

May 12, 2020

Conversations Under the Oaks: Questions and Answers

Here’s the rest of this cycle of Conversations Under the Oaks: Pagan leadership roles, the...

April 2020

April 28, 2020

The End of Beltane as “The Sexy Holiday”

This year the Beltane fantasy is running smack-dab into the brick wall of quarantines and...