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September 2010

September 22, 2010

Daily Spiritual Practice

David Pollard of Sacred Journey Fellowship recorded my Daily Spiritual Practice presentation at the North...

September 21, 2010

Kissing the Limitless

Books and their widespread availability have played a huge role in the growth of the...

September 21, 2010

What Really Happens When We Die?

My comments on "what really happens when we die?" are up on the Patheos website. ...

September 18, 2010

CUUPS Mabon Circle

The actual Autumn Equinox is Wednesday, September 22 at 10:09 PM CDT.  Many groups are...

September 17, 2010

The Future of Pagan Leadership

In Monday’s post on Pagan leadership I talked about the roles leaders fill. Today I...

September 16, 2010

What Comes After Death?

The religion website Patheos is beginning a series called “What Do I Really Believe?” and...

September 13, 2010

Pagan Leadership – Roles

TommyElf has a thought-provoking podcast where, motivated by the passing of Isaac Bonewits, he discusses...

September 12, 2010

Pagan Pride Day

Daily Spiritual Practice for Pagans class.  Thanks to David Pollard for the photo. I had...

September 10, 2010

Spiritual Practice Techniques: Prayer

This is the second in an occasional series on spiritual practice techniques, and will be...

September 08, 2010

Burning the Quran

By now I suspect most everyone is aware of Florida pastor Terry Jones’ plan to...

September 07, 2010

Pagan Pride Day

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

September 05, 2010

Omen

stock photo of Hawk in flight from Wikimedia Commons. After two and a half weeks...

September 02, 2010

Return of a Shaman

Here are links to four versions of the same story about an archeological dig at...

September 01, 2010

Facing Death

Here’s a link to the Photography Blog of the Dallas Morning News, where the photo...

August 2010

August 30, 2010

Spiritual Practice Techniques: Following the Sun and Moon

Sunset over Chickamauga Lake in Tennessee This will be the first in an occasional series...

August 24, 2010

Lessons From a Fundamentalist

I like reading Al Mohler’s blog, though I rarely agree with his opinions. Mohler is...

August 23, 2010

In The Mists

Eight of Cups from the Robin Wood TarotI know this place,I’ve been here before.I always...

August 22, 2010

Magical Thinking

In the comments to last Sunday’s sermon, Peter accuses me of “magical thinking.” This is...

August 17, 2010

God-Slave

The religion website Patheos has an interview with Galina Krasskova, who calls herself a “free...

August 15, 2010

The Case For God

by John BeckettDenton Unitarian Universalist FellowshipAugust 15, 2010Introduction – the dilemma of the New AtheistsWe...

August 12, 2010

Isaac Bonewits 1949 – 2010

The Pagan, Druid and UU worlds have lost one of our pre-eminent elders - Isaac...

August 09, 2010

What Makes a Strong Ritual?

Rehearsing this year's Celebration of Spring - making sure the plan is clear and the...

August 08, 2010

The Case For God

I'll be in the pulpit again next Sunday, this time at my own church.  Here's...

August 07, 2010

Ecstatic Ritual

One of the items on the House of Danu Gorsedd agenda that caught my attention...

August 03, 2010

Opening the Door a Little Wider

Welcome Facebook friends!  Today I have taken the small but significant step of adding this blog...

August 02, 2010

Gorsedd, version 2.0

I’m back from the House of Danu Lughnasadh Gorsedd - a wonderful weekend.The first thing...

July 2010

July 29, 2010

Spiritual But Not Religious?

I thought I was done with blogging until after the Gorsedd, but then a Facebook...

July 29, 2010

Spiritual Retreat

Tomorrow I’m off to the House of Danu Lughnasadh Gorsedd. The retreat center at Pema...

July 25, 2010

True Will

I mentioned a week or so ago that I’ve been listening to Thorn Coyle’s Elemental...

July 22, 2010

More Athena Pictures

I've seen plenty of pictures of Athena online, but none of her back or the...

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