Monthly Archives: March 2010

The new topic in our Public Square is Miracles and Mysteries.

Every religious tradition has at its heart central mysteries and miracles that generate and sustain faith. How is the supernatural evident in your belief system? What role does the extra-ordinary play in your faith? Continue reading →

With the Sunday showdown between two war movies behind us, it’s a good time to talk about peace. Cat Chapin-Bishop’s beautiful “Peace Testimony: Roots and Fruits” is a great place to start: a moving meditation on peace, testimony, and personal … Continue reading →

Check out this moving recent post about the trials of being a single, integral, united human being, at peace with oneself. Somerset Pagan writes: I don’t want to have a professional me and private me. I want to be me … Continue reading →

A major new Pagan group blog launched recently: Pagan+Politics. Well-known blogger Jason Pitzl-Waters introduces the new site as follows: “It is fair to say that modern Paganism, as a movement of interconnected yet individual faith communities, is long overdue in … Continue reading →

Over at The Wild Hunt, Jason posted a “Pagan’s Guide to the Oscars,” where he “examine[s] the nominees from a Pagan perspective.” (Read more on Religion and Film in the Patheos Public Square.) Jason mentions one film I hadn’t heard … Continue reading →

As the Des Moines Register reports, an Iowa high school teacher refused to let a student build a Wiccan altar in shop class. Why? “This is not a beef that I have with the district. It’s not me against them,” … Continue reading →

Much to her surprise, Sex and the City Star Sarah Jessica Parker learned recently that her 10th great-grandmother Esther Ellwell was accused of witchcraft in Salem, Mass., in the 1692 trials. “The 44-year-old who coincidentally plays a witch in the … Continue reading →

David Solway calls climate science a “cult in religious dress.” And what kind of dress does it wear? “Although the metaphors and, let’s say, cosmetic properties that cluster around the global warming delirium owe their provenance to Judeo-Christian devotional literature … Continue reading →