Bishop In The Grove is Moving to BishopInTheGrove.com

October 12, 2012 By
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New URL: BishopInTheGrove.com Subscribe to the RSS Subscribe via Email As my last post indicated, October has been a month of transition. With transition comes the unexpected. Over the past few weeks, much has changed unexpectedly in my own, personal universe. Some of these changes feel more weighted than others, but all of them point to the need to reevaluate what has been, and how I would for things to be as I move forward with my writing. The past year of blogging at Patheos has … [Read more...]

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Semi-famous Pagan Blogger / Semi-famous Recording Artist

July 12, 2012 By
Matt Morris (sharing the spotlight with Mr. Letterman)

The internet runs on an interesting mixture of transparency and secrecy. Some of us tell all, and others build identities behind which to hide. Some of us do a little of both. I began writing under the name Teo Bishop in 2009 in order to provide me with the safe space to explore my evolving religious identity. My given name was wrapped up in other things, like this: And this: And even this:   Before I was a blogger named Teo Bishop, I was an artist named … [Read more...]

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What We Are: One Pagan-American Response

July 4, 2011 By

What makes Pagans valuable to America? What do we bring to the table? How do we exemplify American values? Looking back on the contributions that Jews and Catholics have made to our collective American identity, how do Pagans enrich the American identity? - Star Foster   We are a million individual voices. We share no unified belief, but we encourage the development of a personal and a communal practice. We force our traditions on no one, but we seek to build community. We are the … [Read more...]

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