a poem is a sermon
What makes up a community, if not those common threads that make us not such strangers and more interested, instead, in how the other sees the world, what makes a good friend tick. To share the things that shape your life: that’s what makes friendship stick. And who need know out and beyond some wide, […]
About two years ago, I participated in a discussion group that included a number of relatively famous pagan “elders”. There was some scuffle regarding some relatively unsavory behavior on the part of one of the members, a leader of a pagan group and the erstwhile protege of one of these “elders”. This elder posted (anonymously, […]
When you think about it, what does a jury of one’s peers really mean? Legally, I suppose it means that because all individuals are theoretically equal under the law, one’s peers in a litigious sense means other equally theoretical equals. A peer might be anyone who shares with me age, gender, ethnicity, race, education, geography, […]
On one of the communities I manage, someone made a comment that it seems like all the peace-oriented communities are pretty comatose — not a lot of posting activity. This made me wonder about peace-makers, in general. To me, a peacemaker is not someone who is all that interested in lamenting how non-peaceful other people […]
The things that you love are a part of me, each butterfly that brings a laughing smile; Our community grows large because we share every moment and each traveled mile. I can touch you here and now, feel your lips against mine, your scent on the morning breeze; and if for brief times the world […]
A recent discussion in a friend’s journal made me think of a poem I wrote a few years back in response to a thread on a pagan discussion board related to “why doesn’t someone teach me NOW what I want to know” posted by some Veruca Silverwing Salt young newbie. As far as “Pagan community” […]