Jan 30, 2016
Some might find Imbolc to be a Sabbat which is easy to skip-over, but those who really grasp what Imbolc is about find it to be one of the most powerful. As with Yule and Samhain having their corresponding Yuletide and Samhaintide to mark the days and other celebrations surrounding them, it would not be wrong to speak...
Jan 23, 2016
Christians and atheists appear to be missing the same point! I don't mean all of both groups, but a sizeable number indeed. A group known for atheism recently posted a graphic containing several pictures of starving, suffering people, especially children. Along with the pictures was the taunt: "Where is your...
Jan 16, 2016
Most people think of Lent as a Christian tradition, but it has
its parallels in many other spiritual paths. Used well, it
functions nicely as a "course correction maneuver" to give each of
us an opportunity to see where we are on our journey compared to
where we could be.
Unfortunately, many Christians have made...
Jan 9, 2016
Nothing irritates me quite as much as when a tragedy happens, such as the recent mass shootings, and people in a position to offer solutions instead prefer to say how the victims and their families are in their "thoughts and prayers." I found it irritating enough that at one time I left Christianity as I then had known...
Jan 2, 2016
Those of us who are Pagan and/or Wiccan are fortunate: Some of our most important holidays have mundane equivalents on different days, and it means we have two chances at some things. The mundane New Year's Day is like that because of its parallels to Samhain. Not only do both celebrate endings and beginnings, it is...