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March 2011

March 08, 2011

Authority, Part 1

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

March 06, 2011

Dangerous Religion

Sermon – Dangerous Religion by John BeckettFirst Jefferson Unitarian Universalist ChurchMarch 6, 2011Introduction – Lukewarm...

March 03, 2011

Control is an Illusion

I enjoy hearing about why people believe what they believe. That’s a question many people...

March 01, 2011

Morning Walk

photo from utahskies.org. I don’t have the equipment to take pictures like this, plus I...

February 2011

February 27, 2011

Reasonable Doubt

The title segment of the most recent Standing Stone and Garden Gate podcast concerns reasonable...

February 24, 2011

Pagan Unity

If you aren’t listening to the Standing Stone and Garden Gate podcast, you should be....

February 23, 2011

The Perfect is the Enemy of the Good

Cat Chapin-Bishop, best known (to me, anyway) for her Quaker Pagan blog, also keeps an...

February 19, 2011

Faith vs. Fantasy

Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen...

February 17, 2011

Tree Poisoning

Toomer’s Corner Oaksphoto from Jimmy Emerson, used under Creative Commons license One of the reasons...

February 16, 2011

Control

The most viewed post in the life of this blog – by an almost 2...

February 13, 2011

Zen Wisdom

The quote for today on my Zen desk calendar comes from Huang-Po, a Chinese Buddhist...

February 10, 2011

Presuppositionalism

I am what the English majors in college called a “barbarian engineer” (we called them...

February 08, 2011

Karma?

I’m back from a trip to Tennessee for my mother’s 80th birthday. It was a...

February 02, 2011

Coming to the Edge of the Circle

Back in December, Chad Clifton had a blog post on Coming to the Edge of...

February 01, 2011

Religion and Money

One of the points of division in the recent split in the Feri tradition of...

January 2011

January 30, 2011

Imbolc

Imbolc seems to be the least-known of the eight major Pagan sabbats… or at least...

January 29, 2011

Prayer for Egypt

picture via Olly WainwrightFor the past seven years Denton CUUPS has celebrated each Summer Solstice...

January 28, 2011

Christian Conversion and Pagan Initiation

Sometimes when you get on a roll the inspiration just keeps coming. Here’s another interesting...

January 25, 2011

Feri Schism

Author, teacher and podcaster T. Thorn Coyle has an essay on Patheos where she gives...

January 22, 2011

Imbolc Circle Next Saturday

As always, if you're in the DFW area come celebrate the season with us!Click on...

January 20, 2011

Composing Initiation Rituals

A member of your Pagan group has asked you for an initiation. After some conversation,...

January 19, 2011

Herding Cats

John Michael GreerAuthor and Archdruid John Michael Greer has a new blog post titled “The...

January 16, 2011

Tasting Druidry

If you wonder what goes on at a Druid gathering, watch this 8-minute film by...

January 15, 2011

Planning Initiation Rituals

If someone asks you for an initiation, your first questions should always be “why?” and...

January 13, 2011

Initiation in Today’s Pagan World

This week I learned that a friend has been passed over for a teaching position...

January 12, 2011

Outed at Work

The door to the broom closet keeps getting more and more open…As I’ve discussed here...

January 08, 2011

The Book of English Magic

Perhaps it is because I started reading it on vacation in New Orleans, but my...

January 04, 2011

The Green Dragon

You know you’re accomplishing something when folks on the other side of the religious spectrum...

December 2010

December 29, 2010

War

Cathy and I visited the National World War II Museum in New Orleans last week....

December 26, 2010

A Special Christmas

I remember my grandmother telling me about getting an orange for Christmas and being happy...