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April 2020

April 23, 2020

Exorcising Fundamentalism: The Steps On My Journey

Someone asked me what it felt like when I left fundamentalist Christianity. My response was...

May 2019

May 05, 2019

How the Rest of Us Can Learn from the Errors of Biblical Literalists

Facts are real. They may be complicated and they may be unpleasant, but we ignore...

August 2018

August 09, 2018

A World With Many Religions is Better Than a World With Only One

Even if there is One True Way, we have no way of knowing which one...

February 2018

February 21, 2018

A Pagan Reflects on Billy Graham

I admire Billy Graham’s dedication and devotion. But I cannot minimize the problems of what...

April 2017

April 25, 2017

Why I Had To Make a Clean Break With Christianity

I grew up in fundamentalism and so I had to make a clean break with...

December 2015

December 28, 2015

September 2015

September 20, 2015

Everybody Wants To Go To Heaven But Nobody Wants To Die

I see lots of people who want to be witches and Druids and priests and...

June 2015

June 25, 2015

The Pope Gets It – A Pagan Look at Laudato Si’

As a human whose destiny is tied to the Earth, I applaud Laudato Si’ and...

June 16, 2015

Letter To My Christian Friends

People who nod in agreement with my reverence for Nature and smile politely with my...

June 11, 2015

Why Pagan Theology Is Important

Western culture is filled with Christian assumptions, many of them unstated. If we are to...

December 2014

December 02, 2014

The Garden of Eden – A Pagan Reading

The Eden myth has many interpretations. This is a speculative reading from the viewpoint of...

October 2014

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...

April 2014

April 15, 2014

Celebrating Life, Preparing for Death

While it is a waste to spend any of our precious hours worrying about an...

October 2013

October 15, 2013

Religious Buyer’s Remorse

I’m thankful for the freedom and opportunity to explore virtually every religion ever known to...

August 2013

August 25, 2013

The Global Public Square

The Global Charter of Conscience is self-evidently true to most of us in the modern...

June 2013

June 13, 2013

A Polytheistic Look at the Devil

Is there a devil? For Pagans, the question is academic. For Christians and Muslims, the...

June 06, 2013

Box Pews

Box pews are an interesting artifact from the early Protestant era. They served a purpose,...

March 2013

March 24, 2013

A Pagan Looks at Easter

Christianity is deeply embedded in our culture. Even if we are happily committed to Paganism...

March 14, 2013

Pagan Wishes For The New Pope

It is not reasonable to expect the new pope to reform his church in the...