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April 2015

April 16, 2015

Celebrate Earth Day Pagan Style!

Earth Day is a fantastic secular holiday; but for us who think of the earth...

January 2015

January 22, 2015

5 Ideas for Kids’ Imbolc Fun

Imbolc is often an overlooked holiday, but with these 5 fun ideas kids won't be...

July 2014

July 22, 2014

Birth Guardians: Moriah Burke

"There’s nothing I’ve found more touching than watching women be Goddess and witnessing the first...

July 01, 2014

June Link Round-Up: Our words, our pictures, our bodies

In June, the Pagan Families community wrote about writing, shared photos of parenting, and, as...

June 2014

June 16, 2014

Picture Books for Pagan Families: Summer Solstice

The Summer Solstice celebrates the longest day (and shortest night) of the year, the height...

May 2014

May 16, 2014

All Acts of Love and Pleasure – Fostering Sensuality in our Kids

In a culture that seeks to associate children’s nakedness as a site of anxiety –...

May 06, 2014

Book Review (OT): Goddess Calling

“Any woman who has birthed or raised a child, had a book published, started an...

March 2014

March 24, 2014

Cronemother: Finding their path

As a young mother I was much less aware of it, but even as a...

March 03, 2014

Birth Spiral Chakra Blessing

Let the sparkles of these chakra colors remind you to bring your whole self to...

February 2014

February 20, 2014

Maiden, Mother, Crone-ish?

But wait...whoah..hold on..I had a plan, a calling, priestess service to give, secrets of the...

December 2013

December 30, 2013

December Link Round-Up: News, Reading, and Opportunities

First some blog business, then the link round-up!

May 2013

May 30, 2013

Birth Guardians: Christine Vermeersch

Doula Christine Vermeersch says, "I strive to make a woman look like a Goddess during...

May 22, 2013

Wednesday Wisdom: Thunder

Do you see the body as sacred? How do we manifest the power to create...

May 16, 2013

Becoming a Woman – Book Review

I really wish I'd had a book on what it means to become a woman...

April 2013

April 09, 2013

Why I Am a Pagan

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

February 2013

February 27, 2013

Wednesday Wisdom: Goddess

In what ways is Goddess a womb, a cauldron, or a mother? In what ways...

January 2013

January 10, 2013

December link round-up

On Twitter, Google+, and especially Facebook, I share lots of links and things associated with...

December 2012

December 31, 2012

My favorite posts of 2012

It's fun to look back over the blog posts of 2012. This was the year...

December 26, 2012

Wednesday Wisdom: Milk

A weekly Wednesday Wisdom post with two or three profound or beautiful thoughts on a...

December 18, 2012

Review: The Mother’s Wisdom Deck

These cards speak to me of motherhood, of truth, of pain, and of beauty, and...

December 17, 2012

Dar a luz on Solstice

When we light the candles, and tell the story of the Mother goddess pushing out...

December 12, 2012

Wednesday Wisdom: Faith

I'm trying something new here: a weekly Wednesday Wisdom post with two or three profound...

December 10, 2012

November Link Round-Up

I share a lot of fantastic links and quotes on our social media pages. Here's...

November 2012

November 20, 2012

Guardian of the Womb

By Molly Sometimes for me the Goddess is a symbol—of my own personal power, of...

November 07, 2012

October link round-up

I share a lot of great links and pictures on Facebook and Twitter. Here's some...

September 2012

September 26, 2012

Birth Guardians: Nadirah Adeye

That being said, pregnancy, birth, and parenting are initiated mysteries. Your story and experiences will...

September 24, 2012

Maiden, Mother, Crone… Or Something Else?

By Kris Bradley Editor's Note: This is re-posted with the author's permission from Confessions of...

April 2012

April 24, 2012

Book Review: Pagan Pregnancy

It is important to think of pregnancy as a process, not a condition... pregnancy changes...

September 2011

September 13, 2011

Responding to Ina May: I was The Goddess at that moment

Editor's note: This week we're trying something new. I asked some of our regular contributors...

June 2011

June 20, 2011

What’s in a Name?

Since the names our parents give us mark us throughout our lives (whether we like...