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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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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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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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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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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