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May 2018

May 09, 2018

Tarot Cards for Spiritual Discernment

What I’ve come to understand is that the cards release me from control and put...

May 06, 2018

Pagan Ritual Lessons for UU Services

I think I have not been as attentive as I might be to the place...

April 2018

April 28, 2018

Speak Mindfully

Speak mindfully, accurately, honestly, fairly... trust that the words you speak have power, and to...

April 20, 2018

Welcome to the Growing Season!

For the past 12 weeks, I have been engaged in looking at what health, not...

April 17, 2018

A Delicate Balance Disturbed

To give voice to my concern about these delicate systems so vital to life, I...

April 06, 2018

Proclamations and Compromises

Erica Baron gives us with a retelling of the final part of the Persephone myth...

March 2018

March 30, 2018

Springtime

My thoughts scatter like Autumn leaves, but new ones bud at once - just as...

March 28, 2018

A Sacred Chamber: Four Holes Swamp

I’m not a scientist, and I have no pull with worldwide organizations that can make...

March 14, 2018

Finding The Balance

I know that the earth teaches us of a cosmology that is about cycles. One...

March 08, 2018

Asklepios and Nepenthe

By the time I arrive in Hospice for myself, everyone around me will have heard...

March 05, 2018

Visiting The Temple of Sekmet Near Las Vegas

Every year we travel around the South Western United States. I preach each Sunday at...

March 03, 2018

A UU Pagan At An Interfaith Prayer Breakfast

As a Unitarian Universalist, I know that the theism part cannot be assumed.  Many Unitarian...

February 2018

February 14, 2018

A Lesson from Braiding Sweetgrass

We as UUs on this land cannot, in good conscience, use learning from the indigenous...

February 05, 2018

Wrestling with Ableist Language

The UUA has recently committed to undoing ableist language. Now is a good time to...

February 02, 2018

Inspiration and Expression

I serve the herald of the gods, and if I’m holding my breath, I can’t...

January 2018

January 31, 2018

Brigid's Mantle

And so on the eve of Imbolc, on the 50th anniversary of the birth of...

January 24, 2018

Ancient (Egalitarian) Societies, Modern (Women’s) Marches

DNA evidence reaffirming aspects of the research of Prof. Gimbutas invites us to revisit ancient...

January 12, 2018

Giving the Gift of Giving: The Care and Feeding of CUUPS Groups

My goal as group facilitator is not just to produce pagan rituals for our members,...

January 05, 2018

The Year of Spiritual Practice

My many attempts at daily spiritual practice have often faltered. What would happen if I...

December 2017

December 22, 2017

Marcus Aurelius: Three Rules

Every creature should fulfill its nature. Rational beings effect a great many things and should...

December 18, 2017

Winter Solstice Gifts: Pentacles and Galaxies

An earth-honoring spiritual orientation can help to bring joy where there is little hope.

December 04, 2017

Thankful for the Infinite that Holds Us

Earth, Air, Fire, Water... and broken Spirits. Elemental destruction and brokenness. We are small and...

November 2017

November 26, 2017

The Mutability of Modern Society

I didn’t [used to] believe in magic, nor in anything I couldn’t see or touch...

November 20, 2017

Lighthouse Lessons in Gratitude

In earth-centered spirituality we seek balance but also acknowledge the power and worth of changes....

November 15, 2017

The Deer In The Window

She moved slowly, unsurely, clearly disoriented by the trappings of humanity around her. But neither...

November 03, 2017

Free and Responsible Truth and Meaning

A free search for meaning means that we are free to find and to use...

October 2017

October 31, 2017

Creating Wild and Urban Sanctuaries

We have learned that trees, wild creatures, humans and pets who all live together in...

October 12, 2017

Gaia II

The beaver, the otter, the deer, the horned owl have enough sense to lie down...

October 11, 2017

As Long as the Sun Shines, the Grass Grows, and the Rivers Flow

What is in your cosmology that connects you to the children in your life, to...

October 09, 2017

A Minor Deity

we forget that a significant percentage of humans today still live in a world where...

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