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July 2012

July 05, 2012

Does Being An Urban Pagan Make More Sense?

Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law. Higgs boson. Andy Griffith....

June 2012

June 10, 2012

Best Fundraising Idea EVER

I follow some atheist blogs so I knew a big fundraising campaign was gearing up...

June 04, 2012

Search Not My Heart (aka Don’t Pee In My Cheerios)

Have you ever read the Nicene Creed? It's an affirmation of the theological concepts of...

May 2012

May 29, 2012

On Being Internet Famous: A Tip From Half Of Your Audience

I just unsubscribed from a popular tech feed on all platforms: Twitter, Facebook, G+ and...

April 2012

April 27, 2012

I Don’t Want To Live In A Pagan Ghetto

I'm taking this blog off-track for a moment. I had an eventful day yesterday involving...

March 2012

March 25, 2012

Is Paganism Blind To The Disabled?

When we were talking about Pagan temples awhile back it struck me how many of...

March 21, 2012

Supporting Pagan Journalism

People ask me to attend a lot of events. I have to decline a lot....

March 20, 2012

Hint: It’s Because We Have Vaginas

In response to my post on veiling yesterday someone responded that in ancient times veiled...

March 19, 2012

Veiling: A Different Take On Pagan Womanhood

[I apologize for the length of this post. You might want to save this for...

March 13, 2012

Pagan Temples Revisited

My post on Pagan temples had quite a response. I'm going to try to process...

March 12, 2012

Pagan Temples: Dreaming Really Big

Monday's are awful. This particular Monday is awful as I'm grappling with a situation for...

March 08, 2012

I Don’t Want To Be Pagan Today

I need a break. I need a Pagan-free week. I've just had too much. I'm...

March 04, 2012

What Is The Ultimate Spiritual Necessity?

I'm watching Jumping the Broom on a lazy Sunday afternoon as I put off doing...

February 2012

February 29, 2012

Why Google+ Is Great For Pagans

I'm connected to social media for a good portion of my day. I'm a daily...

February 28, 2012

Paganism 101 Again….and Again…

It fascinates me that there is no continuing education in Paganism (such as "Sunday School"...

February 25, 2012

A Dog’s Perspective on Paganism

I turn 30 tomorrow. Not particularly thrilled about it. Everyone wants their birthday to be...

February 19, 2012

Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence

Apparently protests are going on at PantheaCon. T. Thorn Coyle has posted this on her...

February 08, 2012

Violence, Children and Women

There seems to be a theme of violence in the news this morning, and before...

January 2012

January 23, 2012

The Spiritual Component of Autism

The response to my last post on autism and Asperger's really overwhelmed me. I didn't...

January 22, 2012

Solitary Again

My solitary experiment for the month of December has evolved in unexpected ways. It began...

January 20, 2012

I’m No Little Lost Lamb

Months ago I told a friend I was thinking about writing a post on the...

January 18, 2012

The Final Episode of Big Love, the Goddess and Alternative Family

NOTICE: This post has been found in violation of H.R. 3261, S.O.P.A. and has been...

December 2011

December 28, 2011

A New Look at the Pagan Umbrella

Who is Pagan exactly? It's a question we've struggled with for decades. Often this questioned...

December 26, 2011

A Brand-New Paganism

I spend a lot of time thinking about the differences between the many different traditions...

December 21, 2011

Solstice Eve

Have you ever stirred water in a glass and then tried to change direction? The...

December 19, 2011

When Interfaith Gets Ugly

Patheos is a diverse place. I tend to think of it like a city with...

December 06, 2011

The Jerk VS Bigotry Ratio

I've been watching the fall-out from the Halloran piece on The Village Voice since it...

September 2011

September 26, 2011

Can I get a Witness?

It's the last day of the lunar cycle, the moon is in Virgo, it's raining...

August 2011

August 15, 2011

Initiation: A Love Letter

The past two weekends I've been sorely tempted to write about things I find on...

July 2011

July 14, 2011

Grounding the Revolution, Embracing the Legends

Wicca is by nature a revolutionary religion. Rebellion laces it's liturgy and mythos. According to...