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June 2015

June 16, 2015

Do I Pray?

I find I don't like the words prayer as a noun or pray as a...

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 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...

September 2014

September 14, 2014

Prayer for Today

If I were to write my own ‘prayer for today’ to bring before the Gods...

September 07, 2014

What Do You Mean, “God,” Cat?

As a Pagan, I learned to listen to the spirit within the parts, and of...

August 2014

August 09, 2014

My Polytheistic, Mystic, Monist Heart

Setting aside thoughts on how lots of people seem to substitute a blind adherence to...

July 2014

July 18, 2014

A Pagan Isaiah

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

July 06, 2014

Here I Am, Wasn’t I

There's an experience known to many meditators, sometimes known as the Here I Am Wasn't...

July 02, 2014

The Work in the Middle

I feel a tiny bit shy, sharing this with you today. Will you think I...

June 2014

June 26, 2014

The Comfort in Community

I remember offering a workshop on sexual abuse and sexual assault in the Pagan community......

June 20, 2014

What Kind of a God?

The moon is not forever. Worlds are born and die. All of creation is like...

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...

May 2014

May 17, 2014

Praise Song

Praise the beauty of the world. Up-tossed ancient lichened granite Shaggy hemlocks' pools of shade...

May 11, 2014

Dandelions

Source: Wikimedia Commons Sitting in meeting for worship today, I had a notion come to...

December 2013

December 13, 2013

Peter on Animal Bones

The Spiritual Journey so far: Prologue I: Peter In Kenya Prologue II: A Liberal Christian...

March 2013

March 31, 2013

Peter’s Spiritual Journey, Part V: Watching My Students Drown

(3rd of 3 Ruminations on Class Issues) The Spiritual Journey so far: Prologue I: Peter...

March 25, 2013

Peter’s Spiritual Journey, Part IV: Learning About Race and Gender

(2nd of 3 Ruminations on Class Issues)The Spiritual Journey so far: Prologue I: Peter In...

March 19, 2013

Peter’s Spiritual Journey, Part III: Who Am I?

(1st of 3 Ruminations on Class Issues)The Spiritual Journey so far: Prologue I: Peter In...

August 2012

August 12, 2012

Peter asks, what thou speakest, is it inwardly from the Gods?

Last month, I went to the annual gathering of Friends General Conference, one of the...

April 2012

April 01, 2012

Peter’s Sonnet

It is dangerous to express ethical or philosophical positions in poetry. People will react to...

February 2012

February 03, 2012

Peter on Silence and Intimacy

This past weekend, Mt. Toby Friends Meeting held a weekend-long retreat. About sixty Friends gathered...

June 2011

June 26, 2011

Peter’s Spiritual Journey, Part II: Leaving Home

The Spiritual Journey so far: Prologue I: Peter In KenyaPrologue II: A Liberal Christian With...

June 20, 2011

Peter’s Spiritual Journey, Part I: A Refugee Looks Back

The Spiritual Journey so far: Prologue I: Peter In KenyaPrologue II: A Liberal Christian With...

June 13, 2011

Peter Meets a Liberal Christian with Balls

Metaphorically, at least.Yesterday, Cat and I drove to Boston to hear the annual Weed Memorial...

June 07, 2011

Peter Goes to Kenya, Part VI: Paths I Might Have Taken