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March 2011

March 08, 2011
I have authority issues.That doesn’t exactly make me unique. Pagans and Unitarian Universalists tend towards...
March 06, 2011
Sermon – Dangerous Religion by John BeckettFirst Jefferson Unitarian Universalist ChurchMarch 6, 2011Introduction – Lukewarm...
March 03, 2011
I enjoy hearing about why people believe what they believe. That’s a question many people...
March 01, 2011
photo from utahskies.org. I don’t have the equipment to take pictures like this, plus I...

February 2011

February 27, 2011
The title segment of the most recent Standing Stone and Garden Gate podcast concerns reasonable...
February 24, 2011
If you aren’t listening to the Standing Stone and Garden Gate podcast, you should be....
February 23, 2011
Cat Chapin-Bishop, best known (to me, anyway) for her Quaker Pagan blog, also keeps an...
February 19, 2011
Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen...
February 17, 2011
Toomer’s Corner Oaksphoto from Jimmy Emerson, used under Creative Commons license One of the reasons...
February 16, 2011
The most viewed post in the life of this blog – by an almost 2...
February 13, 2011
The quote for today on my Zen desk calendar comes from Huang-Po, a Chinese Buddhist...
February 10, 2011
I am what the English majors in college called a “barbarian engineer” (we called them...
February 08, 2011
I’m back from a trip to Tennessee for my mother’s 80th birthday. It was a...
February 02, 2011
Back in December, Chad Clifton had a blog post on Coming to the Edge of...
February 01, 2011
One of the points of division in the recent split in the Feri tradition of...

January 2011

January 30, 2011
Imbolc seems to be the least-known of the eight major Pagan sabbats… or at least...
January 29, 2011
picture via Olly WainwrightFor the past seven years Denton CUUPS has celebrated each Summer Solstice...
January 28, 2011
Sometimes when you get on a roll the inspiration just keeps coming. Here’s another interesting...
January 25, 2011
Author, teacher and podcaster T. Thorn Coyle has an essay on Patheos where she gives...
January 22, 2011
As always, if you're in the DFW area come celebrate the season with us!Click on...
January 20, 2011
A member of your Pagan group has asked you for an initiation. After some conversation,...
January 19, 2011
John Michael GreerAuthor and Archdruid John Michael Greer has a new blog post titled “The...
January 16, 2011
If you wonder what goes on at a Druid gathering, watch this 8-minute film by...
January 15, 2011
If someone asks you for an initiation, your first questions should always be “why?” and...
January 13, 2011
This week I learned that a friend has been passed over for a teaching position...
January 12, 2011
The door to the broom closet keeps getting more and more open…As I’ve discussed here...
January 08, 2011
Perhaps it is because I started reading it on vacation in New Orleans, but my...
January 04, 2011
You know you’re accomplishing something when folks on the other side of the religious spectrum...
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