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The Skin I’m In ~ A Reflection on ‘The Body Is Not An Apology’

Posted on September 27, 2021 by GlasseWitch

  When I turned 40, my social media feed changed. I’ve always gotten some advertisements for yoga and other fitness products and programs. I’m a yoga teacher, so I’m a good target for those kinds of ads. Likewise, I’ve always seen at least a handful of ads for makeup and hair products. But it seemed…

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What to Wear to Your Resurrection and Other Thoughts on Identity

Posted on July 19, 2021July 16, 2021 by GlasseWitch

I was recently at dinner at my mother’s house and we were talking about how different her childhood was from my sister’s and mine. My grandfather was in the Navy, which meant Mom went to a lot of different schools over the course of growing up.  Contrasting to that, my sister and I lived in…

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Solstice Blessings: Seeds, Sun and Shadow

Posted on June 26, 2021June 26, 2021 by GlasseWitch

I recently accepted an invitation to become part of the writing rotation for the The Frederick News-Post ‘s ‘Words of Faith’ section – a column written by local leaders of various spiritual paths in the Frederick area. This is my first contribution to the column. Bright summer is upon us, and the change of seasons…

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The Arrow’s Flight – A Return to Focus

Posted on May 10, 2021May 5, 2021 by GlasseWitch

I’ve written before about the way patterns emerge in my life – the repetition of themes, needs, and issues people are going through. For better or worse, it seems like a lot of us ride similar waves at the same time. It was a hard winter, a very challenging early spring, and then the month…

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The Inward Spiral ~ A Spoken Meditation

Posted on October 5, 2020October 1, 2020 by GlasseWitch

 This spoken meditation was offered for the October 4th, 2020, streaming service at the Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Frederick.  Full text below. There is a comforting rhythm to the cycle of seasons: the increase and decrease of daylight and darkness, the pattern of seed to leaf to harvest to sleep, the phases of the…

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Five Ways to Show Your Pagan Pride Without a Festival

Posted on September 21, 2020 by GlasseWitch

For the last five years, September has had one specific focus for me – the Pagan Pride Day festival.  Like many CUUPS chapters, my own chapter hosts an annual Pagan Pride Day in Frederick, MD.  I have had the honor being the lead organizer since our inception. We have been fortunate – our festival has…

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Here it Comes: The Autumn Purge

Posted on September 7, 2020September 3, 2020 by GlasseWitch

I can feel it coming. Here in the mid-Atlantic, we’ve had our first False Fall – a regional hiccup as the growing season winds down when we’re given a sudden glimpse of the weather to come. The first False Fall is a few days to a week and is immediately followed by temperatures in the…

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Sermon: Lughnasadh ~ Life, Death, Harvest, Hope

Posted on August 5, 2020 by GlasseWitch

This sermon was for the August 2nd, 2020, service of the Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Frederick. Sermon text below: My day begins in the garden right now.  I hand water my vegetables, fruit, and flowers with water from rain barrels.  There are more efficient ways to water a garden, but I’ve discovered that hand watering…

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Earthworks III ~ Tending the Shrine: Gifting, Offering and Sacred Work

Posted on May 4, 2020April 30, 2020 by GlasseWitch

Think about the friendships you value the most.  Maybe you are thinking about your best friend or the sibling who just ‘gets’ you.  Maybe you are thinking about that friend who makes you feel better every time you are together – the one that somehow helps you see the brightness in life. Friendships take many…

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Prayer for Pagans ~ Tapping the Well Within

Posted on February 21, 2020 by GlasseWitch

“Prayer can cut through our intellectual barriers and touch our hearts, enabling us to feel truly held and embraced…  The most meaningful prayers are not cleverly written but sincerely delivered.  Cerebral prayers can leave us cold.  The purpose of prayer is not to outline one’s systematic theology; it is to put the mind and the…

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