This past Sunday, I had the pleasure of leading the service at the Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Frederick. Below, you will find the video and text of my sermon. My name is Irene. I teach the weekly yoga classes here, facilitate the monthly labyrinth walks, and I’m the squirrel herder in chief for the Frederick…
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Sometimes when I write an article, it’s based on something I’ve been asked a lot, or something that keeps coming up. Sometimes it’s when I notice a pattern, or realize I’m holding a piece of knowledge that isn’t commonplace. But on days like today? It’s when I recognize that I’m struggling, and have been having…
Today’s offering is a guest blog on Nature’s Sacred Journey, the CUUPS Patheos blog: “Midsummer offers us the longest day of the year – a golden gift of sunlight and warmth. How will you say thank you this year? How will you deepen into this season of abundance and growth?” Click here to read more.
One of more recognizable suffixes in old Norse terminology is ‘-heim.’ or ‘heimr.’ It indicates, roughly, a ‘land of’ whatever comes before that suffix. So, Vanaheim is the land of the Vanir, Jotunheimr is the land of the Jotnar, Svartálfaheimr is the land of the Black Elves, or Svartálfar. My sweetheart told me that one…
I have a lot of reservations around New Year’s Resolutions. I do completely honor and understand the desire to draw a line between one year and the next – the desire to start with a clean slate. I love it when people take charge of their lives and implement needed change. My objection has more…
You know, it really is lovely when a journalist elects not to go the sensationalist route when writing an article about modern day Paganism. As an ‘out,’ public Pagan, I’ve had the anxiety-laden role of being a ‘token witch’ for someone’s piece several times. I think Wyatt Massey did a really great job here in…