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June 2026

June 28, 2026

Pray Like A UU

Many UUs don’t pray because of bad experiences in a previous religion, theological disagreements, or...

August 2024

August 08, 2024

The Wicker Man and the True Nature of Sacrifice

The best movies don’t just entertain you – they also make you think. The Wicker...

April 2023

April 30, 2023

Do Pagans Pray?

Prayer is a near-universal human practice, something done in virtually all religions. As we approach...

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...

June 2022

June 02, 2022

Thoughts and Prayers: You’re Doing It Wrong

I suspect that most people who say “thoughts and prayers” are just mouthing the words...

March 2022

March 15, 2022

The Theology of Praying for Ukraine

Can Gods usually associated with other people and other parts of the world influence this...

September 2021

September 28, 2021

What It Means When Your Prayers Aren’t Answered

Prayer is one of the ways we maintain our relationships with our Gods. When They...

September 14, 2021

A Public Prayer

Praying in public is a challenge. How do you pray in a way that honors...

August 2021

August 13, 2021

Spiritual Practice in Difficult Times

Prayer, meditation, offerings, observing the changing seasons – this (and more) is what we do....

February 2021

February 11, 2021

Maintaining a Spiritual Practice in Difficult Times

How do we maintain our spiritual practice when we feel stressed and overwhelmed due to...

October 2020

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...

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 07, 2020

Learning to Pray from a Pagan Perspective

Three questions on Pagan prayer: one from a former atheist, one from a former fundamentalist,...

March 2020

March 29, 2020

Why I Pray For an End to the Coronavirus

I pray that this pandemic and its related suffering will end. Will my prayers be...

October 2018

October 04, 2018

6 Ways to Talk to the Gods (and How to Listen for an Answer)

Religion is ultimately about relationships: with our families and communities, with the natural world, with...

May 2018

May 27, 2018

Paganism in the Dry Season

Dry seasons come to all of us sooner or later. The realities of life intrude...

May 20, 2018

A Very Careful Prayer

“Be careful what you ask for – you just might get it.” I’m overloaded right...

March 2018

March 04, 2018

Under the Ancient Oaks: Daily Prayer For Pagans

Under the Ancient Oaks, the video series. This month I’m joined by ADF Druid Lauren...

January 2018

January 04, 2018

The Ethics of Praying For Others

Praying for others is a good thing, but doing it ethically requires that we do...

December 2017

December 19, 2017

The Pagan Practice of Prayer

Many Pagans have a difficult relationship with prayer due to poor examples in a previous...

September 2017

September 12, 2017

Intermediate Polytheism: Because You’re Not a Beginner Anymore

Once you’ve established your devotional practice, what’s next? There are many possibilities – I can...

February 2017

February 02, 2017

Praying While You’re Fighting

Life is challenging, especially for those of us who are awake. There are this-world concerns...

January 2017

January 03, 2017

Can “Prayer Warriors” Harm Pagans?

We can’t keep “prayer warriors” from impacting us, but we can keep them from stopping...

November 2016

November 28, 2016

Is Your House On Fire?

Meditating when your house is on fire is a poor job of prioritization. But oppressive...

January 2016

January 10, 2016

Beginning a Devotional Practice

There is no substitute for a consistent, reverent, devotional practice. Start small: pick one or...

May 2014

May 07, 2014

The Power of Prayer

The purpose of prayer is not to grant our wishes, or even our needs. Neither...

May 01, 2014

A Pagan at the National Day of Prayer

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

August 2013

August 11, 2013

How Much Piety Do We Need?

Through pious practice we form and maintain connections to the gods, we are reminded of...

March 2013

March 06, 2013

Iamblichus on Prayer

1700 years ago, Iamblichus wrote “extended practice of prayer nurtures our intellect, enlarges very greatly...