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November 2016

November 21, 2016

Peter on Mysticism and Facebook in a Time of Crisis

Lately I find myself very reluctant to post on Facebook about Rilke, or anything about...

November 11, 2016

A Time of Retirement

What does a spiritual writer do when life spirals out of control? What do you...

July 2016

July 15, 2016

Peter on the Otherworld, Truth-Telling, and Racism

In the rally, we chant Black lives matter! and The killing has to stop! We...

May 2016

May 24, 2016

Why Black Lives Matter Too, Godless Paganism, and Pagan Consent Culture

Four essays of mine have been published in new anthologies, and I'm especially thrilled to...

April 2016

April 24, 2016

Dear Sign Thief

Dear Thief Who Keeps Stealing My Black Lives Matter Sign, Thank you. While I realize...

September 2015

September 30, 2015

The What They Did, Not the What They Are Conversation

Yes, Black Lives > White Tears. But it's hard to learn when you're in tears,...

September 28, 2015

Why Racism is Paganism’s Business

I am bothered by the idea that racism is a social ill that's somehow outside...

June 2015

June 03, 2015

My Gods Don’t Like Racism

It has been my experience that above all else, Herne is a god of truth,...

March 2015

March 09, 2015

Confronting Racism, Yankee Pagan Style

I am a white American. I didn't ask to have anyone cheated out of anything....

February 2015

February 20, 2015

Real Anti-racism Will Involve Mistakes

The truth is, racism has touched everybody. Everybody has internalized, implicit racism--certainly every white person....

January 2015

January 24, 2015

Peace and the Language of the Unheard

Peace is effortful. Peace will involve struggle. And though I would never agree that violence...

January 04, 2015

Every Minute Peace: Releasing my Inner Corgi

Some of the time, Peace requires us to sign petitions, protest, carry signs, and practice...

December 2014

December 29, 2014

Discernment and the Spiritual Activist, Part II: Stewardship

Anyone who works at walking a path of spiritual activism for very long will develop...

December 08, 2014

Discernment and the Spiritual Activist, Part I: Injustice

It's not enough to "not be racist." Racial injustice is bred into the body of...

November 2014

November 02, 2014

We Do Not Have to Be Broken

I forget, so often, that prayer--that communing with Spirit and with the concerns that are...

October 2014

October 11, 2014

A Love Letter

This is my love letter to the servant-leaders of the world. Being a leader, a...

October 03, 2014

Yeah, It Really Is About Race

This story isn't about Ferguson, Missouri alone. It's about every city and every town in...

July 2014

July 18, 2014

A Pagan Isaiah

I want a Pagan Isaiah. I want us to know, to be absolutely and utterly...

June 2014

June 05, 2014

On Activism and Ordinary Acts

One of the dangers of being Quaker--or Pagan--is a privilege at the same time. Quakers...

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