How Do You Facilitate Engagement and Make a Group Grow?

My half-awake short answer was “you give them something to be engaged with, something they’re passionate about.” But this is a deep question that requires a lot more than a quick answer.

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Dealing With Door Knockers: A Pagan Guide to Engaging With Proselytizers (Or Not)

Why do you want to talk to proselytizers anyway? Nobody gives out trophies for Best Performance in a Front Porch Religious Debate. If you do, make sure it’s your choice and not because they manipulate

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The Future Will Not Be Easy But It Can Be Beautiful

There are empty and hurting places in our lives and they aren’t going to go away. Let’s fill them with beauty, whether your beauty takes the form of rainbows and sunshine, or guitars and synthesizers

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Do First, Then Write – Why My Compulsive Schedule-Keeping Has To Go

A very personal and rather rambling post about what it means – for me – when the Awen slows but the spiritually-mandated workload is still heavy.

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Stealth and Treachery – A Meditation on the Seven of Swords

The Seven of Swords has come up with a frequency and in positions that have gotten my attention. That’s usually a sign it’s doing more than simply providing an answer to the questions asked. Rather, t

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