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March 2024

March 31, 2024

The Call of Cernunnos

The natural world is in turmoil and so of course a God of Nature is...

March 20, 2024

We’re Pagans – We Do Ritual

Historian Francis Young says that while ritual is clearly important to us as humans, we...

October 2023

October 08, 2023

Olivia Pettijohn (1982 – 2023)

Livvy Pettijohn will live on in the thoughts and memories and stories of those of...

February 2023

February 08, 2023

What’s All This Ritual For, Anyway?

We can honor our Gods and ancestors on our own. Some magic is best worked...

October 2022

October 19, 2022

A Prayer For Troubled Times

In the context of a theologically diverse audience, and with the coming harvest weighing heavily...

September 2021

September 16, 2021

5 Things I Had to Unlearn as a Pagan

Learning is a process and none of us get it all right the first time....

July 2021

July 22, 2021

Is it Lughnasadh without Lugh?

This is not a post about the “right” name for this holy day or even...

March 2021

March 18, 2021

Dolores Nabors (1933 – 2021)

Denton CUUPS matriarch and my dear friend Dolores Nabors died peacefully on Wednesday morning. She...

January 2021

January 28, 2021

Denton CUUPS Online Imbolc Ritual: January 30

Denton CUUPS Online Imbolc Ritual will be Saturday, January 30 at 8:00 PM CDT on...

December 2020

December 20, 2020

A Winter Solstice Reflection in 2020

Denton CUUPS provided the Sunday Service for the Denton UU Fellowship this morning. I provided...

December 17, 2020

The Evolution of My Pagan Ritual Liturgy

Good liturgy should be a living thing. This is how my Pagan ritual liturgy has...

September 2020

September 17, 2020

Two Online Rituals for the Fall Equinox

If you’re looking for something to do for the Fall Equinox – or if you...

July 2020

July 30, 2020

Denton CUUPS Online Lughnasadh Ritual: August 1

Denton CUUPS Online Lughnasadh Ritual will be Saturday, August 1 at 8:00 PM CDT on...

June 2020

June 28, 2020

Online Pagan Rituals: We’re Learning As We Go

Some Pagans have been doing online rituals for years. Most of us are trying to...

December 2019

December 22, 2019

What a Decade It’s Been: A Spiritual Retrospective

We’re ten days away from a new decade, so before I do my usual year-end...

October 2019

October 08, 2019

The Spiral Labyrinth: Beauty and Mystery at Samhain

This is the story of Denton CUUPS’ Spiral Labyrinth ritual, its inspiration, and our plans...

May 2019

May 12, 2019

“I Didn’t Expect It To Be So Real” – The Power of Good Public Rituals

“I didn’t expect it to be so real.” As unique as this comment was, the...

April 2019

April 21, 2019

16 Years of Beltane

Beltane BC (that’s Before CUUPS), my first Beltane, the Maypole, telling Their stories, and the...

March 2019

March 28, 2019

Pagan Chaplains, Reluctant UUs, and the Impact of the Shredded Veil on Magical Abilities

The last of the questions from this month’s Conversations Under the Oaks: Pagan chaplains, UUs...

November 2018

November 20, 2018

13 Questions For Pagan Leaders

You can’t control other people’s expectations for your leadership. But you can control how you...

June 2018

June 24, 2018

The Summer Solstice: Sharing Each Other’s Burdens

We all bear many burdens, neither fair nor just, for our world is none of...

March 2018

March 15, 2018

How I Know My Paganism Is Real: 8 Key Events

These are the key events on my Pagan journey that caused me to change my...

December 2017

December 17, 2017

Under the Ancient Oaks: Honoring Our Ancestors

Under the Ancient Oaks, the video series. I talk with fellow Denton CUUPS member Linda...

November 2017

November 01, 2017

Into the Cave of the Morrigan

Our Samhain ritual this year was titled “Into the Cave of the Morrigan.” It was...

October 2017

October 31, 2017

Passing the Dented Cup

Saturday night’s Samhain ritual was my last event as Coordinating Officer of Denton CUUPS. After...

June 2017

June 27, 2017

The Birth of Lugh

Jason Mankey calls Lughnasadh “the ugly-duckling of sabbats.” I don’t like that, but Jason is...

May 2017

May 21, 2017

Portrait of a Priesthood

The story – or as much of it as can be told – of this...

May 14, 2017

Who Can Stand Against Us? An Invocation For Tower Time

We are living in Tower Time and in the last throes of Empire. We may...

May 05, 2017

A Pagan at the National Day of Prayer

Many public events for the National Day of Prayer restrict participation to Evangelical Christians, but...

April 2017

April 23, 2017

Beltane – The Coming of the Gods

The Tuatha De Danann had to fight to make a home in Ireland. I do...