Column: Witches’ Voices
Weekend Editor Eric O. Scott considers the history of Pagan communication, from chain letters in the 1970s to the demise of WitchVox last year. Continue reading Column: Witches’ Voices at The Wild Hun
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Crow Wants to Know About Death
Crow is back with a really tough question: What happens after someone we love dies?
Sermons
A new-materialist meditation following Valentine’s Day: Time-scissored work—the meaning-full nature of fragments
“Sappho of Eressos”—Roman copy of a the 5th C. BCE Greek original READINGS Two Fragments by Sappho trans. Willis Barnstone Afroditi and Desire It is not easy for us to equal the goddess in beauty of f
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Happiness
“All happiness depends on courage and work.” ― Honoré de Balzac How has courage led you to happiness? The Daily Compass offers words and images to inspire spiritual reflection and encourage the creati
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Magical Tech, Pagan Publicity, and Some Questions For Fun
The last of the Conversations Under the Oaks: how to find magical tech, publicizing Pagan events, TV shows that were canceled too soon, and where I’d like to have a second home.
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How Aaron Burr Almost Became President
They were supposed to be Democratic Republican running mates but ended up with a tie vote in the Electoral College throwing the race into the House of Representatives. It was called the Revolution of
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Richard Reilly, Tireless Champion of Solidarity and Justice Completed His Mission—Presente!
Richard Reilly as a Street Medic at a 2015 Chicago May Day March. When news of the passing of Richard Reilly hit Facebook on Tuesday the internet exploded with messages of grief, condolences, and memo
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Enter Christmas Humphreys, Western Buddhist Ancestor
Travers Christmas Humphreys was born In Ealing, Middlesex, England, on tthtis day, the 15th of February, in 1901, the son of a judge. In his teen years his elder brother died and this opened the d
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UU A Way Of Life is not on Facebook due to deliberate choice.
Have you noticed that UU A Way of Life is not on Facebook? This is a deliberate choice not an oversight or lack of computer saavy. What might be the reasons that UUAWOL is not on Facebook? Can you gue
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Moving Up
Moments of transition such as graduation are times of celebration, but they are also points that demand tremendous courage as you cross a threshold and enter an unknown new world. Exhilaration and fea
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Commissioning a stole from an amazing artist
Several months ago, I decided that in honor of the 20th anniversary of my ordination, which will be April 30, 2020, I was going to commission a stole. At first I looked at the websites of people who m
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Column: Running With the “Bull of Heaven”
Storm Faerywolf reviews "Bull of Heaven: The Mythic Life of Eddie Buczynski And the Rise of the New York Pagan" by Michael Lloyd, which touches on the history of the queer and Witchcraft communities i
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Job Opening: Communications & Marketing Coordinator (Part-Time, Temporary)
Promise the Children is seeking a part-time Communications and Marketing Coordinator beginning April 1, 2020. This temporary role will continue throughout the summer and end just before Labor Day
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No Ban on Love: Help Loved Ones Reunite this Valentine’s Day
Congress is moving toward a vote on the NO BAN Act (H.R. 2214), which would end the Trump administration’s racist travel bans and help bring families together.
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super heroes
On Wednesday my kindergarten students finished their super heroes. Today I'm packing a shipment of props to send to my publisher, Blue Hills Press for my Guide to Woodworking With Kids. It will go to
Things shared on Feb 14ths: my best Valentine's Day advice, and more
My best Valentine's Day advice No matter how sure you are of your sweetheart's love, never stop trying to win it. This has kept Emma and me together for more three decades. Which is to say, yeah, Vale
Tennessee Bill Would Outlaw Gender-Affirming Medical Care for Trans Youth
Help us stop SB2215/HB2576 in committee by writing to the TN Senate Judiciary Committee and House Criminal Justice Subcommittee.
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Interdependent Web: Let’s talk each other down
Heather Christensen A weekly roundup of blogs and other user-generated web content about Unitarian Universalism
Missing the Train?
If I were to run for office, I would speak openly and often about being gay. This is not news. I’m a fairly public ordained minister who talks, writes and preaches from the pulpit about being gay.
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