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August 2014

August 29, 2014

Cracking Wise About Trees

I had a question about trees and described myself as a genuine tree-loving dirt-worshipper. General...

July 2014

July 29, 2014

Default Settings

I've written about this before and will, no doubt, write about it again. There are...

May 2014

May 22, 2014

Laying on of Hands

A couple of weeks ago, I was pleased and quite honored to be part of...

March 2014

March 27, 2014

What Does Interfaith Mean?

When I am tempted to dump all my grievances onto the adherents of a particular...

February 2014

February 27, 2014

Approaching the Season of Balance

With Imbolc and a polar vortex behind us, we are entering the early planting season...

December 2013

December 26, 2013

We Are All Travellers Along Life’s Tricksy Ways

We need to remember that we are all walking paths of wonder and beauty and...

November 2013

November 28, 2013

We Don’t Have a Golden Rule…and yet…

Years ago, when I was in a Cooperation Circle of the United Religions Initiative, there...

October 2013

October 25, 2013

Blessings on the New House

a welcoming garden bench When interfaith really works in the religious corners of a...

September 2013

September 27, 2013

An Interfaith Summit on Child Poverty

This past Wednesday evening, I dressed in what passes for my business suit and went...

August 2013

August 22, 2013

What I Meant to Say Was…I’m Not Interested

I know, I know. This is going to sound harsh. But after two decades of...

July 2013

July 25, 2013

The Solace of Holy Stone

I am on pilgrimage for a couple of weeks. I have also called it "field...

June 2013

June 28, 2013

Back to the Garden

I came to interfaith work through self-interest and self-preservation. In the 1990s, my Wiccan spiritual...