Sep 25, 2010
With Samhain coming, it's worth our while to discuss resolutions. At Samhain and at the mundane New Year, we have a tendency, and even a desire, to make resolutions. The resolutions are promises to ourself of things we want to accomplish in the coming year. Some people sound cynical about such resolutions because of...
Sep 18, 2010
As we see Mabon almost here and Samhain only a few weeks away, it's a good time to think about endings and beginnings. And during the course of the year, of the more mundane events which might occur, there are none where endings and beginnings are more apparent and obvious than at weddings and funerals.
In fact, that's...
Sep 11, 2010
The Christians use Lent and Advent as seasons leading up to Easter and Christmas respectively as a means of introspection, self-examination and renewal. It is unfortunate that Lent has especially been mis-directed by some to being almost a season of punishment - that was probably not the actual intention. And if the...
Sep 4, 2010
There are those who will claim that rules are unavoidable. But there are also those of us who have experienced what can happen when rules go too far. In the Air Force, there was a time when it didn't seem to matter if someone knew which end of a rifle is pointed at the target, so long as there was a nice haircut on...