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Nature's Sacred Journey https://www.patheos.com/blogs/naturessacredjourney/ Celebrating UU-Paganism and Earth-Centered Experience Sat, 04 Jul 2026 06:25:28 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 Work in progress https://www.patheos.com/blogs/naturessacredjourney/2026/07/progress/ https://www.patheos.com/blogs/naturessacredjourney/2026/07/progress/#respond Sat, 04 Jul 2026 05:49:26 +0000 https://www.patheos.com/blogs/naturessacredjourney/?p=11135 As I write this two big events have just finished up. One was from the UUA and the other was my own personal achievement. Yes, that is right, the UUA’s General Assembly wrapped up a week ago on Sunday. I served as a delegate for the Unitarian Universalist Congregation at Montclair and volunteered to run […]

]]> https://www.patheos.com/blogs/naturessacredjourney/2026/07/progress/feed/ 0 When I first knew I was a Pagan https://www.patheos.com/blogs/naturessacredjourney/2026/06/pagan/ https://www.patheos.com/blogs/naturessacredjourney/2026/06/pagan/#respond Tue, 02 Jun 2026 21:25:35 +0000 https://www.patheos.com/blogs/naturessacredjourney/?p=11096 Discovering my path wasn’t easy but it wasn’t difficult either. No, I wasn’t born Pagan, at least not an offspring of Pagan parents. So then how did I figure it out? Here is my story. I remember at the age of 12, I was on a family vacation at my aunt’s house in the Poconos. […]

]]> https://www.patheos.com/blogs/naturessacredjourney/2026/06/pagan/feed/ 0 April 22 Earth Day, its Our Power and Our Planet https://www.patheos.com/blogs/naturessacredjourney/2026/04/earth-day/ https://www.patheos.com/blogs/naturessacredjourney/2026/04/earth-day/#respond Thu, 23 Apr 2026 01:46:05 +0000 https://www.patheos.com/blogs/naturessacredjourney/?p=11069 We have the power to protect our planet. Earth Day is today, Wednesday, April 22. This year Earth Day’s theme is Our Power, Our Planet. It reflects on the fundamental truth that environmental progress doesn’t depend on any single administration or election. This is according to the website earthday.org/earth-day-2026. I’d ask what you’re doing for […]

]]> https://www.patheos.com/blogs/naturessacredjourney/2026/04/earth-day/feed/ 0 Ostara Versus Easter https://www.patheos.com/blogs/naturessacredjourney/2026/04/ostara-versus-easter/ https://www.patheos.com/blogs/naturessacredjourney/2026/04/ostara-versus-easter/#respond Wed, 01 Apr 2026 15:18:35 +0000 https://www.patheos.com/blogs/naturessacredjourney/?p=11041 We call it Ostara and as you know celebrate it during the Spring Equinox, which was on March 20 at 10:46 a.m. However, much of society is Christian and celebrates Easter. Growing up as a Roman Catholic, I often wondered why all the hype about bunnies and chicks and eggs. I asked around and all […]

]]> https://www.patheos.com/blogs/naturessacredjourney/2026/04/ostara-versus-easter/feed/ 0 Earth Day can be any day; should be every day https://www.patheos.com/blogs/naturessacredjourney/2026/01/earth/ https://www.patheos.com/blogs/naturessacredjourney/2026/01/earth/#respond Sat, 31 Jan 2026 18:49:16 +0000 https://www.patheos.com/blogs/naturessacredjourney/?p=11008 I don’t believe that we need to wait for April 22nd for Earth Day. We don’t need to put all our concentration into only one weekend on cleaning up our areas. What does that prove: to me, nothing; it shows that we care for a day, maybe a weekend. However, I believe to really show […]

]]> https://www.patheos.com/blogs/naturessacredjourney/2026/01/earth/feed/ 0 Fear, conquer it with affirmations and meditation https://www.patheos.com/blogs/naturessacredjourney/2026/01/fear/ https://www.patheos.com/blogs/naturessacredjourney/2026/01/fear/#respond Thu, 01 Jan 2026 01:04:19 +0000 https://www.patheos.com/blogs/naturessacredjourney/?p=10977 We seem to live a life in fear. So, some of us, me included, might be very happy that 2025 is coming to an end. For me, there are two main reasons. One, our current president. I really think that many of us cannot wait until he is either in jail or just out of […]

]]> https://www.patheos.com/blogs/naturessacredjourney/2026/01/fear/feed/ 0 Oops chaos happens, time to ground, center and shield https://www.patheos.com/blogs/naturessacredjourney/2025/12/groud-center-shield/ https://www.patheos.com/blogs/naturessacredjourney/2025/12/groud-center-shield/#respond Wed, 03 Dec 2025 04:27:48 +0000 https://www.patheos.com/blogs/naturessacredjourney/?p=10952 Well, now that it’s Dec. 2 I realized late yesterday that I did not write my blog for November. Now I could fret and according to my elder, the Rev. Foxxy (Sher) Pullen I did. However, I am taking a deep breath, ground and center myself and writing an early December story. Hopefully, you’ll all […]

]]> https://www.patheos.com/blogs/naturessacredjourney/2025/12/groud-center-shield/feed/ 0 Samhain — three aspects; one holiday and…Halloween https://www.patheos.com/blogs/naturessacredjourney/2025/10/samhain-2/ https://www.patheos.com/blogs/naturessacredjourney/2025/10/samhain-2/#respond Thu, 30 Oct 2025 21:07:06 +0000 https://www.patheos.com/blogs/naturessacredjourney/?p=10901 Samhain is a one of a kind holiday. The only holiday that I know of in any religion that has three aspects. However, there are probably other religions that have holidays with at least three aspects that I don’t know about yet. The first of the three is the last harvest and, like the Jewish […]

]]> https://www.patheos.com/blogs/naturessacredjourney/2025/10/samhain-2/feed/ 0 Earth Day in September…well, yes, every day https://www.patheos.com/blogs/naturessacredjourney/2025/10/earth-day-in-september/ https://www.patheos.com/blogs/naturessacredjourney/2025/10/earth-day-in-september/#respond Wed, 01 Oct 2025 04:24:31 +0000 https://www.patheos.com/blogs/naturessacredjourney/?p=10874 I have been saying this for at least 10 years now that every day is Earth Day. Finally, someone else figured it out too. On Sunday, Sept. 21, while many Pagans were gathering for Mabon rituals, we were also celebrating Sun Day. The two day event—Saturday, Sept. 20 and Sunday Sept. 21, was held basically […]

]]> https://www.patheos.com/blogs/naturessacredjourney/2025/10/earth-day-in-september/feed/ 0 Where I am from and where I am now https://www.patheos.com/blogs/naturessacredjourney/2025/08/where-i-am-from/ https://www.patheos.com/blogs/naturessacredjourney/2025/08/where-i-am-from/#respond Sun, 31 Aug 2025 04:56:35 +0000 https://www.patheos.com/blogs/naturessacredjourney/?p=10847 I thought long and hard about this and whether or not I wanted to share my poem. This explains a lot about my early years. It peers into how I came to be where I am today. However, it is only a small glance into my life. Approximately two weeks ago during the Unitarian Universalist […]