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December 2013

December 20, 2013

The winner of a Solstice gift

The winner of a Solstice gift is announced.

December 18, 2013

November 2013

November 04, 2013

October Link Round-Up: Blessings, births, babies, and more

An round-up of October events and links on Pagan pregnancy and parenting: blessings, births, babies,...

October 2013

October 12, 2013

Pregnancy and Infant Loss Remembrance Day

Pregnancy and Infant Loss Remembrance Day is October 15. At The Amethyst Network, we've been...

October 01, 2013

Link round-up for September: Mothers, godparents, advocates, and more

I started Pagan Families so that Pagan moms (and dads and grandparents and...) wouldn't have...

September 2013

September 28, 2013

Book Reviews: Pagan Children Learning Series

Exploring several new books for Pagan children.

September 13, 2013

Passing on the Faith: Children’s Sculptures

It is very important to me that my sons are being raised in a home...

September 05, 2013

Not Everyone Appreciated Our Rite of Passage – A Response

Niki Whiting responds to criticisms that she unnecessarily scared her child during his 'coming of...

September 01, 2013

Pagan paths for children?

Pagans struggle over whether, when, and how to best pass on the faith to their...

August 2013

August 21, 2013

Rituals for a 5-Year-Old

Niki Whiting describes how she and her husband planned a ritual to celebrate their 5-year-old's...

August 16, 2013

Passing Down the Trad

Niki Whiting looks at what raising kids in a Pagan household means to her, rather...

August 08, 2013

Link round-up

It's time for a round-up of the best links shared on the Pagan Families Facebook...

July 2013

July 17, 2013

A gallery of birth altars

A gallery of beautiful, inspiring, individually intimate birth altar photos.

July 11, 2013

Birth Song, Life Song, Death Song

"In some indigenous cultures of the Americas there is the practice of finding one's death...

July 01, 2013

Thealogy in Practice: A Lesson from the Maiden

In reading the book Seeking the Mystery, I connected with the following explanation: "For Pagans,...

June 2013

June 25, 2013

Paganism, pregnancy, & parenting link round-up

Link round-up at Pagan Families & around the web: last days of coupon code, conception,...

June 18, 2013

Small Adventures

I was no longer "just" a mom trying to find raspberries with her kids, I...

June 13, 2013

Small Sacred Places

In late December 2012, I decided to begin a year-long spiritual practice of “checking in”...

June 07, 2013

Book Birthday: And the winner is…

But enough of the grand vision, who won the prizes?

June 06, 2013

Book birthday party: of life and labyrinths

It took me a little while, but I eventually discovered that a labyrinth is a...

June 03, 2013

Book birthday party kick-off

This week: "Birth on the Labyrinth Path" excerpts, book and jewelry giveaways, and lots of...

May 2013

May 20, 2013

Mamapriestess

I am more liable to see myself as a mother reflected in the empowering imagery...

April 2013

April 15, 2013

Our rockin’ writers

Kira had already contributed some of our most popular posts, so I wanted to make...

April 09, 2013

Why I Am a Pagan

Mary came to me one twilight as I sat in Her rose garden. She showed...