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October 2016

October 20, 2016

Behind the Mask: Inside the Creepy Clown Epidemic

"In many respects, it's not an inversion of what we're used to seeing, it's just...

October 18, 2016

Remembering Grandmother

I love this season, when the veil is more thin, and my grandmother’s presence offers...

October 17, 2016

Gathered Here

“my church is not just in the UU sanctuary doing the “hymn sandwich” my church...

October 12, 2016

Nashville Pagan Pride Day

What I witnessed that day was a Pagan community, influenced heavily by CUUPS and our...

October 11, 2016

Marcus Aurelius: Natural Beauty

If we deeply experience the universe and consider it closely, there’s hardly anything that won’t...

October 10, 2016

After the Flame Goes Out

When the flame of our passion, our heart, or our faith goes out, what remains...

October 05, 2016

The Goddess Speaks Through Google Translate

It's the "Telephone Game" that gets played out thru the millenia.

October 03, 2016

Art of Peacemaking

Around the world celebrations were held recently to mark International Day of Peace. Established in...

September 2016

September 29, 2016

I Speak Slowly

They say "sticks and stones can break my bones but words can never hurt me"...

September 28, 2016

Pagan Pride Day in New Mexico

All in all, it was a glorious day. As a Pagan and a UU, this...

September 27, 2016

Marcus Aurelius: A Lifetime Is a Dot

Finally, it takes waiting for death cheerfully, considering death nothing more than the dissolution of...

September 26, 2016

Safe spaces, Separatism, Pagan Values and UU principles

How do we affirm consent culture, protect safe spaces, create communities that are welcoming for...

September 23, 2016

BLM + Election

I want to be writing about the natural world, the harvest, or maybe the Earth’s...

September 19, 2016

Thealogy of the Chambered Nautilus

Rev. Shirley Ranck introduces us to an amazing creature which provides us with a new...

September 13, 2016

Marcus Aurelius on Finding a Personal Retreat

You can retreat into yourself anytime. There is nowhere quieter. Nowhere are you more free.

September 12, 2016

So, Why Do You Show Up?

What are the things that have drawn you into a Unitarian Universalist community as a...

September 09, 2016

On Goats and Wasps: Ode to the Animals We Hate

I can't help but also be reminded of something Chris Rock once pointed out: "See,...

September 01, 2016

Veneration Without Venom, Honor Without Hate

For those of us who follow the Pagan Blogosphere (or who at least read The...

August 2016

August 31, 2016

CUUPS Convo in Review

This past weekend CUUPS Continental held a Convo in Salem, Massachusetts – and … people...

August 30, 2016

Marcus Aurelius, from Exhortations to Himself

remember that all living things are our family and that caring for all is our...

August 25, 2016

Bad Magic

In the medical profession informed consent is the basis for medical ethics, patients must understand...

August 23, 2016

The Acadian Forest

Mary de La Valette shares one of her poems from her home in New Brunswick,...

August 22, 2016

Awaiting Transition

There are two times of the year when nature seems to pause in her cycle,...

August 17, 2016

Do We Know What Covenant Is?

Are we willing for covenantal, vowed, promised love to be more important than the theological...

August 16, 2016

Epictetus on Looking Smart

"If you look smart, you’re doing something wrong." -Epictetus

August 15, 2016

Bringing the Witch back to D&D

[M]y son has recently gotten interested in D&D and we’ve started playing occasionally as a...

August 05, 2016

Sacred Rage

“A good anger acted upon is beautiful as lightning and swift with power. A good...

August 02, 2016

Seneca, from “On Anger”

Why should I be afraid of any of my shortcomings, when it is in my...

July 2016

July 29, 2016

A Healthy Form of Tribalism

Lately, I've been thinking a lot about the concept of “tribe” in a modern Pagan...

July 25, 2016

Lughnasa: Bad Harvest

[W]e look toward Lughnasa, the traditional Celtic celebration of the harvest...my mind turns toward what...

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