It's the "Telephone Game" that gets played out thru the millenia. Read more
It's the "Telephone Game" that gets played out thru the millenia. Read more
Around the world celebrations were held recently to mark International Day of Peace. Established in the early1980s by the United Nations General Assembly, this annual designation of September 21st as a day to foster a cessation of hostilities is needed more now than ever. Many communities around the globe commemorate this special day to heighten public awareness on issues related to peace. Since I consider myself a Peace Pagan, I was enthusiastic when I heard of an event where I... Read more
They say "sticks and stones can break my bones but words can never hurt me" but as a child who was teased, a fat teenager who was ridiculed, a lesbian who was threatened, a woman who gets cat-called, a queer Pagan minister who can be the subject of curious gossip... I know different. Read more
All in all, it was a glorious day. As a Pagan and a UU, this particular event warms my heart in so many ways. Read more
Finally, it takes waiting for death cheerfully, considering death nothing more than the dissolution of the elements that all living things are made of. Read more
How do we affirm consent culture, protect safe spaces, create communities that are welcoming for oppressed people, act inclusively, accept one-another and encourage each person’s spiritual growth, and live lovingly when sometimes it seems these aspirations are in conflict? Read more
I want to be writing about the natural world, the harvest, or maybe the Earth’s orbit, the solar and lunar apparent motions in our sky. But instead all I can think about is American politics, and the blood that has recently been so carelessly spilled. Read more
I begin my seasonal holiday reflections with what is happening outside, inside my house, inside my heart. Read more
Rev. Shirley Ranck introduces us to an amazing creature which provides us with a new way to view our shared faith. Read more
[T]hose of us in the Northern Hemisphere now find ourselves at the cusp of the Autumnal Equinox. Known variously as Mabon, Harvesttide, Harvest Home, Feast of the Ingathering, Meán Fómhair, and Alban Elfed. Read more
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