The Flaming Chalice

Everyday, I receive four quotations from various religions: Hinduism, Islam, Judaism, and Buddhism. Today's Muslim Wisdom Quote got me t...

Next Wednesday, April 26, is The Day of Silence . This is the day where students across the country keep silent to support the idea that ant...

As today was Easter I wanted to reflect on what the holiday means for a UU. In A Chosen Faith , Forrest Church writes that "Jesus'...

Have you ever experienced being told that you were bad or wrong because of something you said, believed, or did? How about being made to fee...

I am a Catholic, a priest and a Jesuit. Many people still think that Catholic priests, perhaps Jesuits especially, never suffer confusion, b...

This is a question that many UUs are asked. The answer depends upon who you ask. Historically, Unitarian Universalism is a derivative of th...

March 19 marked the third year anniversary of the war in Iraq. On such a date, many people have many different feelings regarding our nation...

As mentioned in my last posting, I am redirecting the course of this blog. I'm doing this because, as mentioned, I've undergone some...

Nature is central to a Pagan belief structure. The respect and acknowledgement of nature is what sets Paganism apart from most of the other ...

One thing that most people consider a disctinctive feature of Paganism is the Goddess. Granted, many world religions have goddesses, but, in...

Everyone is probably familiar with the gay pride flag and the rainbow. A few months ago, I had a rather interesting insight on the imp...

This week I wanted to talk of the religion of Santería. This religion is quite similar in many ways to Voodoo. Santería is a tradition broug...

I've been playing around with some of Google's other services. Today I set up a Google Group to try and get some feedback about what...

This week I wanted to discuss the act of divination and in particular the use of tarot cards as a divinatory tool. For starters it would hel...

I got a comment on last week's post about what my thoughts were on The DaVinci Code , and the correlations that Dan Brown draws between ...

Well, this post has snuck up on me. This week has been so busy with classes and work. But, with this week’s post I wanted to talk a little a...

Hi! First off I would like to welcome you to my blog. I want to use this first posting to give you an idea about who I am and give you an id...