I stopped breathing tonight. I’ve been sick for the last four or five days with a horrible cold, dehydrated, unable to eat, exhausted… I thought last night I was almost over it. I packed my lunch and laid out my clothes for Global Village–and today I couldn’t even drag myself into the shower. I could [...]
In the mid-80′s I walked away in disgust from the rising tide of ignorant, know-nothing, tower-of-power, televangical Christianity that was sweeping the U.S. It wasn’t that I didn’t love Jesus, you know, but I got to the point where I just couldn’t stand the crowd He hung out with. A lot of love stories end [...]
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Just when I think Christians are a lost cause, some of them will make me smile. St. Matthews-in-the-City Church in Auckland, New Zealand, actually wants people to think! Imagine that! The church has a history of producing provocative billboards guaranteed to make stop and take inventory. This year’s offering is called “Mary is in the [...]
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Here’s a moving song from Bill Miller (video created by lonewolf13scott) And I don’t mind seeing a little snow this week…
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From Circle Military Support: Military Pagan Blessing Powers of the Ancient Ways, In this place far from my home and my family, I honor you and call upon you. Powers of Earth, Strengthen my physical body and the bodies of my peers and commanders. Powers of Air, Keep me vigilant at my post, [...]
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I doubt if I will get up to see the royal wedding. I already know I will probably be watching replays of it over and over and over this week. In honor of Kate and William, however, here are some Pagan hand-fastings from Offbeat Bride. Misty & Dell’s Wiccan/Pagan, Corseted Boob-Fest, Halloween Wedding Not surprisingly, [...]
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I’m cheap; I’ll admit it. Until recently I had never paid for Internet service. In another millennium I worked for an Internet Service Provider, and I have coasted on that association for years. It was dial-up. It was slow… It was unbelievably slow–no YouTube, no downloaded music, no LOL cats or other time-killing, bandwidth-eating nonsense. [...]
Did you watch the Tucson Memorial Service on Wednesday night, January 12th? I am too cheap to purchase cable service. I was flipping between PBS and CBS, waiting for the President’s address, when I got the news feed on FaceBook: Politico.com was livestreaming the service. I clicked over to Politico where I got a scripture [...]
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Isaac Bonewits, Pagan teacher, Druid elder, and author/artist/ musician/graphic designer, has been battling colon cancer for many months. He has been through several rounds of chemotherapy, but the cancer is not responding. His wife Phaedra used to own Explorations, a New Age store on Bourland across from the Campus Town shopping Center. Reportedly, Isaac’s doctor [...]
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Here it is, the longest night of what has been a long, increasingly dark year for most people. I bought myself a little garnet pinkie ring, and figured that was the extent of my Yule celebration this year. Until this weekend, I had not played any of my Christmas CD’s or DVD’s or gone hunting [...]
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