Executive Pagan

I’ve been tagged as a “Thinking Blogger” by Cat Chapin-Bishop. Thanks, Cat; I’m honored! Now to share the love… which is tougher than you’d think, both because everyone on my blogroll makes me think (or they wouldn’t be there!), and because so many of them have already been nominated.

The true religion is not difficult to follow; the true religion is not hard to believe. You follow it, and you believe it, because it rings true in your soul like a great bell, and you can do nothing else. - Jeff Lilly

(NOTE: I didn’t learn anything useful from turning on moderation, so I’ve turned it back off.)
If you’ve been following along, you know that I sang for a number of years in the choir at the local Reform synagogue. Just recently I had the chance to join them for a special project, recording a Friday night [...]

I have turned on full comment moderation for the moment, to see if I can capture the comments that Akismet is deleting and determine exactly what’s going on. If it doesn’t work in a day or two I’ll turn it back off, as I don’t really want to moderate comments unless it’s absolutely necessary.
Thanks for [...]

I notice that Akismet (WordPress’ built-in spam blocker) has blocked a *lot* of messages this week; I’m hoping that none of them were actual comments. Comments on this blog are not moderated at this point, so if you post one it should appear immediately unless Akismet gets in the way. I’m trying to find out [...]

(NOTE: This post is adapted from a sermon I delivered to my UU church in 2003.)
Thalia, Pierian Muse, daughter of Zeus – you whose love is laughter, and whose favorite sacrifice is a merry heart – be with me now and sing through me.

I invite you to check out Meadowsweet & Myrrh, a Christian Druid blog I became aware of the other day when Ali stopped by here on her way somewhere. I’m impressed with the detailed thought process sharing going on in this blog (and in her old blog, Pulse Like Water); I look forward to seeing [...]

Yes! I remember that I have a blog!
I’ve been traveling and otherwise crazy-busy with work, and with impending major changes at my UU church - our minister is retiring at the end of the year, and just when we will have several months without a regular presence in the pulpit, I am preparing [...]