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But I have seen what I want to do and where I want to be \u2013 the work that calls to me.\u00a0 I can\u2019t do that if my life remains segmented into sterile little packets that must be kept isolated.\u00a0 I\u2019m not ready throw an Out of the Broom Closet Party and start wearing pentacles and awens everywhere.\u00a0 But I am ready to take another small step.<\/span><\/p>\n

If you stumbled onto this and are surprised, read my first entry on this blog<\/a>.\u00a0 If you believe \u201cthe saved\u201d are going to heaven and I\u2019ve punched my ticket to hell, read my thoughts on universalism<\/a>.\u00a0 I was a universalist before I was a Pagan, and long before I set foot in a Unitarian Universalist church.\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n

I can\u2019t honestly believe what I was taught as a child \u2013 I have to follow my heart.\u00a0 And right now my heart tells me it\u2019s time to open the closet door another inch or two.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"