This one’s not part of my spiritual journey series, though it reflects on it to some extent… Yesterday, in meeting for worship, one of our members described having had pointed out to her, on a recent tour of Salem, Massachusetts, the site where a Puritan-era Quaker had chosen to “go naked for a sign”–as a testimony against Puritanism, presumably. That member then asked us, in a quiet, powerful voice, how we make our lives speak. After settling back into worship,... Read more

All posts in this series:Part I: Getting (and Losing) That Old Time ReligionPart II: Coming HomePart III: The Fool’s JourneyPart IV: The UnderworldPart V: Seven of CupsPart VI: A Letter and a KissPart VII: Morticia Loves GomezPart VIII: NoraPart IX: Felicia Hardy and the Tower of BabelPart X: When Babel FellPart XI: Community 2.0Part XII: This Forgiveness Stuff I wish I could convey the essence of a small Pagan gathering, like the one the Church of the Sacred Earth hosted... Read more

Jan Hoffman says to give messages without preamble or apology, and that’s a good discipline, but I’m finding it impossible here… So please bear with me, ladies and gentlemen, while I ask you to bear with me. Apologies on the long delay for the next post in my spiritual journey series… (If it’s not too much hubris to imagine anyone out there cares about that!) Part IV is definately the toughest part to write about: so many things happened in... Read more

This is in response to a challenge from another blogger, Pagan scholar Chas Clifton, author of the influential and entertaining blog, Letter From Hardscrabble Creek. I think a lot of us have a “book pile”–that jumble of nightstand books that we are actively reading on a daily basis, dipping into every few days, reading for recreation/reading for work, or anticipating reading and have just peeked under the cover for the first chapter or two… At any rate, I do. Maybe... Read more