A Long Time Ago

Beltane                                                                              Full Last Frost Moon Down to United Seminary for Leslie’s last leadership and development class.  The time with Leslie there was good; we developed a good rapport, even a friendship over the 9 months of conversations and I’ve come to care about what happens with her ministerial development. The Seminary itself has all kinds […]

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Real Religion

Beltane                                                     Waxing Last Frost Moon “The real religion of the world comes from women much more than from men – from mothers most of all, who carry the key of our souls in their bosoms.” – Oliver Wendell Holmes Especially true if you insert mother earth for mothers and nature for women, viz.  The real […]

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Sickle Moon

Beltane                                                     Waxing Last Frost Moon That last frost sickle moon hung in the western sky as I drove home from sheepshead last night.  The sickle’s always seem to have somebody sitting on them when I look up.  An old woman with a conical hat and a skirt filled with stars.  A boy dangling his legs.  […]

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On the Road

Imbolc                                                   Waxing Bloodroot Moon 58 in the weather forecast for Thursday, for my brother and sister in Southeast Asia this would be a definite cold snap, while here it means a huge warmup. I’m traveling into St. Paul today to observe Leslie Mills present at Groveland.  Leslie is the student intern minister there.  I have […]

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The Beloved Community

Samhain                                                   Waning Harvest Moon Spent lunch with Leslie.  She’s progressing in her work at Groveland.  We had a very interesting conversation about a UU ecclesiology, not an easy topic since the notion loses something in importing it from Christianity.  UU’s insist on calling their congregations churches, but that is accurate only historically for almost all […]

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