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November 2017

November 20, 2017

Lighthouse Lessons in Gratitude

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

November 06, 2017

Samhain Blessings

The song she sang with her life and her death continues to enrich my life....

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 30, 2017

Piercing the Veil of Grief and Loss

There is no right way to grieve; there is no right way to heal from...

October 28, 2017

Samhain

Water your grief with your tears, and wait for the fire to slow and shrink....

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 02, 2017

Living Like a Tree

When I'm feeling like my heart and spirit are not getting nourished, I turn my...

September 2017

September 13, 2017

Finding Hope

Where are you finding hope today?

August 2017

August 21, 2017

Eclipses, American Character and Improvisation

This eclipse invites us to reassess where we are and what we should do next...

August 11, 2017

How To Use A Myth

How do we use our earth-centered practice when we are in crisis? A distinguishing feature...

August 08, 2017

Three Self-Exhortations from Marcus Aurelius

People cooperate in different ways—some work hard, some complain, and some hinder everything. The universe...

August 07, 2017

My Matron Saint: Teresa of Avila

Introducing my Matron Saint, Teresa of Avila. She was many things, but above all, she was...

July 2017

July 28, 2017

Through a Glass, Darkly.

if I rejected all White Male authors I would be just as guilty of unfairness...

July 25, 2017

The Spirituality of the Eclipse

Jon Cleland-Host writes about the upcoming solar eclipse, "What will I do during those 100...

July 21, 2017

Preparing For the Solar Eclipse

Use the fleeting moment of this year’s eclipse as a rite of passage to usher...

June 2017

June 30, 2017

From Naxos

Two of us walk the perimeter of the temple...one walks widdershins and one walks deosil,...

June 19, 2017

Celebrating Fire

May you enjoy this time of the Longest Day and appreciate the power and possibilities...

June 12, 2017

Grappling with White Supremacy in our Organizations

We can create resilient, aware, communities that nurture justice, respect those who are marginalized and...

May 2017

May 26, 2017

After The Teach-In

Maggie Beaumont shares her impressions of the recent White Supremacy Teach In that two thirds...

April 2017

April 28, 2017

Second Initiation

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

March 2017

March 17, 2017

Sense of Place

As an earth-centered pagan, everything I do and experience is built around my sense of...

March 14, 2017

Beginning Ancestor Meditation

Looking at the world around me, I am bombarded with news of ways that human...

March 08, 2017

Stitches for the Goddess

What are the mundane tasks in your life that help you connect with your own...

February 2017

February 21, 2017

Becoming the Rain

Prayer can take so many different forms, and that one of those forms is to...

February 10, 2017

Bless the Waters Thrice: Making Environmentally Sustainable Offerings

Are we so busy trying to do ritual "correctly" that we fail to do it...

February 03, 2017

Spiritual Practices for Anxious Times

We cannot create the world we long for...if we are too overwhelmed or burned out....

January 2017

January 27, 2017

On Bullying and Hatred

What does it mean, for the nation, when people can call each other out as...

January 23, 2017

The Birth of Fire – A History of Imbolc Traditions

Imbolc was an incredibly important holiday to the ancient Gaels, and it inspired a large...

January 20, 2017

Pagan, Heal Thyself

Below is a ritual for healing. You will notice that the focus is on simplicity,...

January 17, 2017

What We Love Can Be Saved

The following ritual is for social justice warriors AND for people of conscience who have...

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