Merry Meet

An article on CNN.com posted today reports that many Americans are not losing religion, but changing it. The article implies that many of these changes might be within one belief system–i.e., a Christian protestant moving from one sect of Christianity to another. However, this is something I have also noticed consistently among pagans, including myself.

When I started researching paganism, I thought that I was destined to be a Celtic Reconstructionist, but that just isn’t so. I’m not ashamed to admit that I’m not as interested in reliving exactly what Celts may have done so much as I am in living with that Celtic spirit, or the core of that belief system, in mind–whether you think it’s fluffy or not!

Among my Christian friends in more religious places such as Michigan and Virginia, I’ve watched the struggle many face when wanting to join a community without giving up any of their own beliefs or ethics. I had the opportunity to witness my friend Michelle and her husband Ben explore are more open-minded church community. As straight allies of the gay community, locating a gay-affirming church in conservative Lynchburg, Virginia was important to them. Continue Reading »

Happy Earth Day, readers!

I’d like to discuss environmentalism and paganism today. Do you think they are connected?

Opinions on this topic seems to vary.

I’ve been accused of being a ‘fluffy pagan’ before because I feel like I have a spiritual responsibility to at least be decent to the environment; for over a decade, this included my desire to maintain a vegetarian diet. This is actually one reason why I have always said I have a Celtic path, but am not necessarily a Celtic Reconstructionist. Continue Reading »