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November 2023

November 30, 2023

Words…words…words — Pagan words misused; misunderstood

Often I hear, “You're a witch! So you’re Wiccan…” This is only the beginning. This...

September 2023

September 30, 2023

Pagan Pet Peeves — things that make me go eck

There’s no standard set of rules for ritual since everyone does them differently. However, sometimes...

June 2023

June 30, 2023

Get up! Sing, dance, well just get loud — Raise energy during ritual

“Permission for Maximum Joy” a worship service crafted by both the Rev. Scott Sammler-Michael, senior...

May 2022

May 29, 2022

There is beauty in ritual without the glitz and glamour

This month the Unitarian Universalist Congregation at Montclair, New Jersey, where I attend, is focusing...

December 2021

December 20, 2021

In the Time of Darkness

Let us breathe deeply to nourish and light our candles within. Then let us share...

March 2021

March 20, 2021

Wheel of the Year: Ostara (Spring Equinox)

Twice a year, the day and the night, the light and the dark are in...

February 2021

February 11, 2021

The Spirituality of Play: Divine Silliness in Hard Times

Laughter and play are some of the most healing activities we can engage in. And...

January 2021

January 29, 2021

Wheel of the Year: Imbolc

Night is waning, and the sun is rising earlier and setting later, making each day...

December 2020

December 19, 2020

Wheel of the Year: Yule

Mary Ann Clark writes about Yule in her series on the Wheel of the Year....

December 17, 2020

The Yule Tree ~ A Holiday Divination

Allow your feelings about the holidays to come to the surface. They may be complicated,...

October 2020

October 31, 2020

Wheel of the Year: Samhain

In her series on the Wheel of the Year, Mary Ann Clark writes about Samhain.

October 16, 2020

Follow Your Gut Instincts; Always Trust Those Uneasy Feelings

Always follow your instincts. That gut feeling you get before something happens: that sinking sensation...

September 2020

September 16, 2020

Ritual: Perfection, We All Strive For It, But Should We?

No one is perfect. This mishap though reminds me of all the rituals I have...

September 11, 2020

Wheel of the Year: Fall Equinox

This is a time for gratitude for all we have received this year ... How...

August 2020

August 17, 2020

Stringing Together the “Beads” of New Ideas

It was pleasant to think of creating a beautiful moment for participants at GA in...

August 10, 2020

More Engaging Online Pagan and Earth-Centered Worship

Cat Rigby from Mystic Grove CUUPS in Orlando, FL writes, "I had a few thoughts...

July 2020

July 28, 2020

The Turning Tide

When we honor our first fruits and bake our sacred loaves, when we live in...

April 2020

April 24, 2020

A Releasing and Intention Setting for Solitaries or Groups

The power of intention-setting is that it can gently shift the energy that permeates our...

September 2019

September 17, 2019

Autumn Equinox: Harvest Home

As the seasons pass we return to what we were, but each season of return...

August 2019

August 12, 2019

The Mystic Pagan

Our lives are nothing but a ritual expressing the creative energy crashing into what we...

August 09, 2019

Tending the Flame of Hope in Times of Darkness

Hope thrives on community and we need more than ritual. My own CUUPS chapter is...

July 2019

July 11, 2019

Of Sun and Shadow – A Recentering Reading for Summer

I’m a big fan of working with the prevailing energy present in a season or...

April 2019

April 05, 2019

The Story of the Labyrinth

Here is the truth: the people who went into the Labyrinth were never the people...

July 2018

July 27, 2018

The Value of Initiatory Challenge

I’m enormously proud of the people whose initiations I have witnessed – both the carefully...

May 2018

May 06, 2018

Pagan Ritual Lessons for UU Services

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

January 2018

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 01, 2018

Toll for the Old Year, Ring in the New

We are the heart and lungs, we are the eyeballs, throat, ears and even the...

August 2017

August 18, 2017

Pagan Activism – A Call to Social Justice

Don’t expect others to stand up for justice. That responsibility falls on all of us...Because...

June 2017

June 14, 2017

On Ordination

I asked our CUUPS chapter, Chalice Fire, to charge the congregation’s gift to me --...

April 2017

April 28, 2017

Second Initiation

Even when I fear that there will never be time enough to complete the work,...

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