Gateway Goddess: Interfaith Family Ties Blossom from Ostara to Easter

Easter Dress

I have an Easter dress. This is the first time since high school I've chosen one. I've visited Christian churches for special occasions. But I'm a visitor only. I get restless as a toddler sitting through the long sermons on uncomfortable pews. The hymns don't speak to me any more than does the idea that I need a sacrificial deity to save me from eternal damnation Thanks for the invitation to come again, but really, I just need to dance in the woods. So why the Easter dress? Why, … [Read more...]

Gateway Goddess: Through the Desert, Home

Blue sky, red rocks, hardy plants teach spiritual lessons in Red Rock Canyon, Nevada

I have never felt so alien as I did in the desert. And yet, my trip there may well become part of a pilgrimage that brings me home. I'd gone to the desert excited to explore it. About a year ago, I flew over the area on my way to a California retreat, followed by Pantheacon. I felt drawn to the desert mountains as I looked out the plane's window. I wanted so badly to walk that land and experience its energy. A friend gave me a rock she'd collected hiking in New Mexico. I loved its … [Read more...]