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November 2015

November 26, 2015

The Pagan Blogosphere: Not As Awful As You Think

On the surface, the Pagan Blogosphere often feels divisive, negative, and even toxic, but there's...

September 2013

September 03, 2013

What if We Really Had Religious Choice?

Do we really have religious choice in America, or is the playing field stacked against...

August 2013

August 27, 2013

Hand to Hand, Face to Face

I'm well aware that not every difference we have in Pagandom can be solved with...

July 2013

July 01, 2013

American Civil Religion

While having a great deal of respect and admiration for many of our national leaders...

June 2013

June 14, 2013

Holier Than Thou Paganism

The Pagan Blogosphere is generally a positive place where information is freely exchanged and the...

June 11, 2013

Year Old Horns

It's been a full of year of horn raising and cider chasing at Raise the...

June 02, 2013

Pagans on a Peninsula

Michigan is not generally thought of as a hotbed of Pagan activity, but there are...

May 2013

May 29, 2013

The Light & Shade of Modern Paganism

We live in a world of black t-shirts and tie dye, just as we live...

May 16, 2013

Do Pagans Proselytize?

We Pagans dont' generally think of ourselves as a proselytizing bunch, but is it something...

May 02, 2013

Wicca and the Fork in the Road

For some the word "Wicca" refers only to an initiatory path, but over the last...

April 2013

April 24, 2013

My Defining Pagan Moment

I've always wished that my "Pagan Origin Story" was cool and involved some sort of...

March 2013

March 04, 2013

Myth as Myth (A few hours with “The Bible” TV Mini-Series)

If you share my passion for all things religious and spiritual you might have stumbled...

February 2013

February 19, 2013

On Blogs, Fox News, and Emerging Pagan Media

The online Pagan world is more than just blogs and Facebook. There's actually a "Pagan...

January 2013

January 29, 2013

Refusing to Paint With Broad Strokes

Why the antagonism? Let's not forget that people outside of our own faith tradition are...

January 23, 2013

Starlets, Whiskey, and Me: A Trip to the AEE in Las Vegas

Is it possible to find the sacred at AVN's Adult Entertainment Expo? Probably not, but...

January 15, 2013

Sex, Ritual, and Las Vegas

A couple of quick reflections on the "sex positive' tendencies of the Pagan Community, and...

January 11, 2013

Big Tent Syndrome (Or Running To the Word Pagan)

The debate on using the word "Pagan" continues.

January 08, 2013

Running From the Word Pagan

The only way to really distance one's self from being a Pagan is to leave...

January 03, 2013

40 Years 40 Things

In 40 years on this Earth I haven't learned very much, but I have cultivated...

December 2012

December 28, 2012

5 Things From 2012

Thoughts on the year in music, the future of Patheos Pagan, and the usual gripes...

December 14, 2012

Sometimes Faith Has No Answer

I believe that my religious choice answers a lot of the big questions, but there...

December 01, 2012

Outside Looking In (or Is Anybody Really Listening?)

Are the "controversies" that inspire the Pagan Blogosphere actually the issues that we as a...

November 2012

November 18, 2012

Perfect Love and Perfect Trust: My Thanksgiving Ritual

It's rare to feel "perfect love and perfect trust" in circle, and I was lucky...

October 2012

October 30, 2012

Dear Halloween, Where Did You Go?

I usually don't have to write letters to Halloween, but this year I feel like...

October 23, 2012

The Court And My Pagan Vote

As a Pagan voter there is no bigger issue to me in this year's Presidential...

October 18, 2012

The Gods Aren’t Endorsing Anyone For President

I don’t think the gods, any gods, care at all about politics. I don’t care...

October 03, 2012

Election Fatigue

Like many of you, I'm suffering from "election fatigue." I know that elections are important...

September 2012

September 20, 2012

Pagan Orthodoxy (and the Wife of Jesus)

What can a piece of papyrus written in Coptic teach us about Modern Paganism? More...

September 18, 2012

Mercury Retrowhat? Oh Astrology . . . . .

You might have missed the announcement a couple of days ago, but Patheos recently launched...

September 11, 2012

My Gods Are Strong

"And ye shall go out and proclaimeth my name on all that you see and...