If you are in the US and have not yet voted in a primary election, DOUBLE-CHECK YOUR REGISTRATION! If you’ve already received a ballot or guide, double-check that it is for the correct party, and that you have been given … Continue reading →
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Walking with Freyja: On Having It Together
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Yesterday I visited the park and grounds around the Rosicrucian Egyptian Museum. It’s been a very long time, and I had not remembered just how many little esoterically-saturated spaces they had designed there, which are open to the public every … Continue reading →
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Rev. Gina Pond and Sarah Thompson #ShowMeGoddess
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Beautiful new pictures of Rev. Gina Pond as an alternative depiction of a Goddess (which one? We’re not sure yet!) taken by her wife Sarah Thompson: Thou Art Goddess If this isn’t right up the #ShowMeFreyja alley, I don’t know … Continue reading →
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On Holding Space
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Read This Article. Seriously. Read it. Read the whole thing. If you do any kind of counseling, or clergy work, or even just group work in a sensitive context, then, like me, Holding Space is a skill you need to … Continue reading →
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Reblog: Art, Beauty, and Permission
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My friend and colleague Rev. Gina Pond posted this wonderful essay about the nature of art and beauty, and how our society jealously guards the boundaries of these concepts, to the detriment of pretty much everyone, but especially artists. As … Continue reading →
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Please, help my family!
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I’m trying not to panic, because panic never helps. I, personally, am cared for in my primary household. This is my secondary household, my family-of-heart, my lover Lon Sarver, his partner, and their son. And I can’t fix this for … Continue reading →
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Bedtime Prayers
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I’ve done a number of things as part of a regular (or, more often, irregular) spiritual practice. One thing the powers keep telling me, though, is not to try to do everything all at once. Start simple, and build on that. This has been especially reinforced by my recent (six months or so) onset of […]
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My Polytheism Must Be Political
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My polytheism is political, not because I believe the Gods have firm opinions on who my state senators ought to be, but because my polytheism is based on a large web of interdependent relationships. My relationships with the gods and ancestors and spirits are connected intimately with my relationships with other beings–humans, and all the […]
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A Prayer for the End of Equinox
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Over on Kina’ani Tess Dawson has written A Prayer for the End of Equinox, calling for the renewal of the worship of the gods, laying foundations for the future. John Beckett, over on Patheos, has a similar (if somewhat more pessimistic) sentiment in his essay, Something Bad Isn’t Coming, It’s Here. He speaks of the […]
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John Henry, the Thunderer!
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Saturday evening I had the pleasure of watching a collection of newer animated short films by Disney studios. There were plenty of heartwarming themes, and some witty humor as well. Some seemed like they were meant to contribute to the … Continue reading →