What if a city became a laboratory for compassionate practice? What if policing were compassionate? Driven by compassion? What would that look like? [Read more…]
Compassion and Law Enforcement
November 3, 2015 by Leave a Comment
From An Equinox Guest
September 28, 2015 by Leave a Comment
I silently embraced that sweet, warm sense of calm and profound peace. I had joyously accepted the possibility of dying while protecting my Pagan friends from self-righteous religious bigotry. [Read more…]
Saving the World
July 12, 2015 by Leave a Comment
And what is it we do? We make friends with each other, get to know each other, and demonstrate that the simple act of friendship can save the world. [Read more…]
Taking The Plunge
April 16, 2015 by Leave a Comment
So, you’ve decided that you can afford the risks of being openly Pagan and you still want to enter the world of interfaith work. Where do you go next?
Hometown Pilgrimage – 2014
November 21, 2014 by Leave a Comment
Every year the Interfaith Mission Service (IMS) here in Huntsville sponsors a Hometown Pilgrimage with the express purpose of celebrating and embracing the religious diversity of the City of Huntsville. This year’s Hometown Pilgrimage is co-sponsored by the University of Alabama-Huntsville Office of Diversity and the City of Huntsville’s Office of Multicultural Affairs. The Hometown [Read More…]
A Call to Activism
May 16, 2014 by Leave a Comment
I believe that we are called, as Neimoller said, to remember that we cannot afford to ignore the actions against one group simply because we are not members of that group. If we are all human beings then we must speak out against injustice towards another, whether that other is of our faith, our nationality, or sexual orientation. Otherwise we may find that when they come for us there will be no one left to speak out. [Read more…]
MLK Day and Your Average Wiccan Priestess
January 23, 2014 by Leave a Comment
There is a huge ambivalence in this community–and I suspect in others–between traditional African-American Christians and people who self-identify as Wiccan, Pagan or, heaven forbid, witches. It is deeply cultural and entrenched, and will require a concerted effort on both sides to come to a place of reconciliation. [Read more…]
We Don’t Have a Golden Rule…and yet…
November 28, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Years ago, when I was in a Cooperation Circle of the United Religions Initiative, there was an interfaith-y poster of how religions across the spectrum of spirituality had their own version of The Golden Rule–Do Unto Others As You Would Have Done Unto You. There were very similar mottos from lots of different creeds but [Read More…]
