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September 2017

September 01, 2017

Fire Chief Comes Out As Antifa

Antifa turns out to be you!

October 2016

October 08, 2016

The Power of Patheos – Hurricane Matthew Haiti Relief

A man and a woman pick through rubble of a home in Ile-a-Vache after...

October 05, 2016

Recovering My Heart From Haiti-Hurricane!

There are moments when history seems to repeat its’ self and past traumas are...

June 2016

June 29, 2016

CALLING IN ERIK – Important Update

The recent post by Erik Dupree giving voice to the hateful TERF viewpoints of...

June 14, 2016

LOVE WILL CONQUER HATE On Refusing To Be Silenced

Love will overcome hate, inclusion will take the day in a contest with exclusion, compassion...

June 07, 2016

TRANSPHOBIA NEVER DIES-AN ATTACK ON OUR BLESSED COMMUNITY

Well its time, once again, for the ugly face of bigotry to emerge in...

January 2016

January 03, 2016

Terrorism and Community Hyperbole

Image courtesy of Stuart Miles at FreeDigitalPhotos.net For decades...

November 2015

November 05, 2015

Slow Activism

Ok, we get it; Pagan activists are always posting about the immediate need for change....

October 2015

October 27, 2015

Pagans, Bring Out Your Dead

Members of CUUPS across the nation are preparing to celebrate the wheel turning in our...

October 25, 2015

Feminist Statement on Men’s Rights

October 16, 2015

The Parliament and Ecstatic Divinity

Sights, sounds, and even the air seems charged with divine presence here at The Parliament...

October 11, 2015

CUUPS, Interfaith and the 6th Principle

Sitting around the table at a recent CUUPS meeting I could not but help...

October 01, 2015

Radical Compassion Centered Social Justice

Many within our CUUPS community spend a considerable amount of time fighting for Social Justice...

September 2015

September 30, 2015

I am guilty of Cultural Appropriation!

It is always an exacting experience to examine our own contributions to perpetuating oppressive cultural...

September 21, 2015

A Firefighter’s Plea For the Earth!

It has been a long year for me as a Wildland Firefighter. Over the months...

September 16, 2015

HOW WE ARE FAILING IN MENTAL HEALTH

Editors note: When my friend Byron Ballard named September “Women’s Voices Month” I thought long and...

September 16, 2015

All Lives Do Not Matter

A Letter to My CUUPS Sisters and Brothers, The title of this letter is bound...

September 12, 2015

Why CUUPS is a Deep Expression of Paganism

Many of my friends have asked me why I have moved towards CUUPS as a...

September 11, 2015

I’m too Busy For Your Gods!

Once again I am subjected to post after post about the emerging conflict between hard...

August 2015

August 29, 2015

Politics, We Will Not Surrender Our Voice

Yesterday in a news conference, Donald Trump stated that Americans pay "the highest taxes in...

August 20, 2015

Pagan Plea From Within The Fire Storm

Aggressive walls of flames roar across the landscape and 30,000 fire fighters stand their ground....

August 06, 2015

Seeking Divinity in Darkness

Dawn at the Hayfork Fire CampIt is pitch black in Fire Camp and I am...

July 2015

July 28, 2015

Boy Scouts Still Full Of Hate For LGBT Community

We awoke to great news The Boy Scouts Of America (BSA) have reversed course and...

July 21, 2015

Discovering UUA Principles in Alaska

Being in Alaska is disorienting, living with 22 hours of sunlight brings one to appreciate...

July 15, 2015

UUA’s Future Lies With CUUPS

Gazing around the circle in my local CUUPS group I see an amazing diversity of...

July 09, 2015

Alaska Wildfires, A Fireline Pagan Experience

My mind is muddled with images as I drive through Willow Alaska on my way...

June 2015

June 20, 2015

The Racist In Me

Once again our nation is hit by a violent terrorist attack with clear racist motivations....

June 19, 2015

“ON CARE FOR OUR COMMON HOME”, THIS PAGAN IS STUNNED

Maybe the word that best describes my reaction upon reading the recent statement from Pope...

June 16, 2015

PSG, Blessed By Our Collective Ethic Of Mutual Aid

Flooded ritual greens at PSG [Photo credit: L. Dake] The photos are dramatic, This years PSG...

June 10, 2015

CUUPS and a Theology of Service

There are those moments in life that are so ingrained in a persons perception of...