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• Sweet Honey Bee – Animal Guide, by Judith Shaw

  By Judith Shaw on August 22, 2018 • ( 17 )

  

  Bees have been part of the human community since the days of prehistory. Cave paintings created by Neolithic people in Spain from between 6000 and 8000 BC show them gathering honey from wild bee colonies. The earliest record of beekeeping… Read More ›

• Claim Your Expertise by Katey Zeh

  By Katey Zeh on August 21, 2018 • ( 21 )

  

  Years ago I attended a women’s workshop hosted by The OpEd Project, an organization dedicated to diversifying voices in the media. The first exercise was for each of us to state our particular area of expertise to the group. I… Read More ›

• Practice Great Generosity by Carol P. Christ

  By Carol P. Christ on August 20, 2018 • ( 12 )

  

  Nurture life. Walk in love and beauty. Trust the knowledge that comes through the body. Speak the truth about conflict, pain, and suffering. Take only what you need. Think about the consequences of your actions for seven generations. Approach the… Read More ›

• “Do the Work Your Soul Must Have”: In Remembrance of Rev. Dr. Katie Geneva Cannon by Elise M. Edwards

  By Elise M. Edwards on August 19, 2018 • ( 13 )

  

  One of the things I love most about being an educator is introducing my students to the thinkers who have inspired me.  I am especially delighted when I can share things I’ve learned from meeting and hearing these scholars speak. … Read More ›

• Vengeance Is Mine, Saith the Holy: Fear, Faith, and Divine Wisdom by Tallessyn Zawn Grenfell-Lee

  By Tallessyn Zawn Grenfell-Lee on August 18, 2018 • ( 22 )

  

  Be afraid. Be very afraid. That seems to be the refrain these days, particularly in politics. The more you terrify people, the more likely they are to vote, protest, and otherwise engage in political activism. Well, maybe not. Apparently, hammering… Read More ›

• The Four Phases of the Feminine Way by Lache S.

  By Lache S. on August 17, 2018 • ( 7 )

  

  For so long I’ve been wandering in the maiden stage, but now I am a mother, to myself, since I’ve made hard decisions to loosen or cut ties with people who have not always acted in my best interest in… Read More ›

• Small Victories by Sara Frykenberg

  By Sara Frykenberg on August 16, 2018 • ( 5 )

  

  Last year was a hard year. I wrote about this difficulty—vaguely eluding to challenges of environment, home, and work—in my last post. In this blog, which was a copy of my reflection for our last faculty meeting of the year,… Read More ›

• Nasty Women Activate by Gina Messina

  By Gina Messina on August 14, 2018 • ( 4 )

  

  I’ve had the privilege of reading for pleasure this summer, a rarity in my world. Nonetheless, the books I tend to reach for are those that also pertain to my research interests and activism. I really can’t say the last… Read More ›

• Medieval Torture Devices and the Goddess by Colette Numajiri

  By Guest Contributor on August 14, 2018 • ( 13 )

  

  There is a campy dinner and tournament “castle,” Medieval Times, in our city in which you can eat and watch a fully- costumed period play complete with stunning Spanish horses in an indoor arena. Inside of this building, for a… Read More ›

• Approach the Taking of Life with Great Restraint by Carol P. Christ

  By Carol P. Christ on August 13, 2018 • ( 10 )

  

  Nurture life. Walk in love and beauty. Trust the knowledge that comes through the body. Speak the truth about conflict, pain, and suffering. Take only what you need. Think about the consequences of your actions for seven generations. Approach the… Read More ›

• Lessons from Shofetim by Ivy Helman.

  By Ivy Helman on August 12, 2018 • ( 4 )

  

  This is the first part of a series of reflections on the weekly Torah portions.  For those of you unfamiliar with Judaism, we read the Torah in sections.  There are 52 parshot (or portions), one parshah (portion) is read each… Read More ›

• Three Herstorical Divas to Die For by Mary Sharratt

  By Mary Sharratt on August 11, 2018 • ( 22 )

  

  The Urban Dictionary defines a diva as a woman who exudes great style and confidence and expresses her unique personality without letting others define who she should be. In my mind, a diva is a woman who stands in her sovereignty… Read More ›

• A Silhouette of a Woman, the Menorah, and a Pillar of Light: Discovering the Origins of the Goddess in Judaism by Alaya A. Dannu

  By Guest Contributor on August 10, 2018 • ( 10 )

  

  2.24.2017 During a meditation before bed, I saw an image of a candelabra similar to what Jewish people use for Hanukkah. It was yellow/gold in color, engraved/etched onto a surface. All at once I saw the imagery of a star,… Read More ›

• Emergence: Poem to a Plant Goddess by Sara Wright

  By Sara Wright on August 9, 2018 • ( 12 )

  

    Her name is Datura. Delicate fluted deep-throated trumpets open to humming honey bees and summer rains. She communicates through scent.    In the fall I collect her sharp-needled pods. They rattle like dry bones. I chill them. In the… Read More ›

• Sustaining Myself by Molly Remer

  By Molly Remer on August 8, 2018 • ( 12 )

  

  I touch the earth and offer gratitude for this land I call home. I reach towards the sky and offer gratitude for sun, moon, and stars. I place my hand on my heart and breathe deep, offering gratitude for all… Read More ›

• I Was Brainwashed to Believe I Wasn’t Human. Now I’m on a Mission Against that Cult – Part 1 by Trelawney Grenfell-Muir

  By Trelawney Grenfell-Muir on August 7, 2018 • ( 11 )

  

  Trigger warning: child sexual abuse, domestic abuse I was so thoroughly brainwashed that my voice changed without me realizing it. My appearance changed so much that close family members did not recognize me. Multiple therapists told me that I had… Read More ›

• Think About the Consequences of Your Actions for Seven Generations by Carol P. Christ

  By Carol P. Christ on August 6, 2018 • ( 10 )

  

  Nurture life. Walk in love and beauty. Trust the knowledge that comes through the body. Speak the truth about conflict, pain, and suffering. Take only what you need. Think about the consequences of your actions for seven generations. Approach the… Read More ›

• Lessons from Candide by Barbara Ardinger

  By Barbara Ardinger on August 5, 2018 • ( 13 )

  

  Candide, ou l’Optimisme (in English, Candide, or Optimism) is a satirical, picaresque novel published in 1759 by François-Marie Arouet, better known as Voltaire, who was possibly the smartest author of the Age of Enlightenment…but he annoyed so many courtiers and… Read More ›

• The Cosmic Dance (Part Two) by Laura Shannon

  By Laura Shannon on August 4, 2018 • ( 5 )

  

  Part One of this post looked at connections between the cosmic dance and the Goddess Hera. To read it, click here. Pythagoras was the first to call the universe by the Greek term kósmos, referring to the order, beauty and… Read More ›

• A Curious Blessing by Natalie Weaver

  By Natalie Kertes Weaver on August 3, 2018 • ( 6 )

  

  A few years back, I turned forty years old. On the cusp of this landmark birthday, I wrote about the stigma of so-called midlife crises.  I resisted the idea that changes associated with midlife should be mocked, when indeed many of… Read More ›

• On a Friend’s Departure by Vanessa Rivera de la Fuente

  By Vanessa Rivera de la Fuente on August 2, 2018 • ( 10 )

  

  On June 25th, I received the news that my friend Zubeida Shaikh had passed away in South Africa. This took me by surprise. The last time Zubeida and I exchanged communication, she was as always, strong, determined and full of life,… Read More ›

• The Cosmic Dance and the Goddess Hera (Part One) by Laura Shannon

  By Laura Shannon on August 1, 2018 • ( 6 )

  

  Summer is here, and even with the terrible troubles going on in our world, I hope that some of us are managing to take time out and enjoy pleasant evenings outside under the stars. Gazing up at the heavens, we… Read More ›

• To Dread and To Savor: Mothering in Real Time by Marcia Mount Shoop

  By Marcia Mount Shoop on July 31, 2018 • ( 27 )

  

  It happened in the blink of an eye. So much of how we got here is blurry. I try to parse out the moments that came together to add up to this many years. I pause to absorb fragments, moments of… Read More ›

• Take Only What You Need: Can We? by Carol P. Christ

  By Carol P. Christ on July 30, 2018 • ( 8 )

  

  Nurture life. Walk in love and beauty. Trust the knowledge that comes through the body. Speak the truth about conflict, pain, and suffering. Take only what you need. Think about the consequences of your actions for seven generations. Approach the… Read More ›

• Pachamama – August 1st – A day to Honour the Great Mother Goddess

  By Jassy Watson Earthist on July 29, 2018 • ( 24 )

  

  In Andean traditions the entire month of August is devoted to Pachamama. Pachamama is the Supreme Goddess honored by the indigenous people of the Andes including Peru, Argentina and Bolivia. She is referred to as both the physical planet Earth… Read More ›

• Reflections on the First Harvest by Deanne Quarrie and Belladonna Thomas

  By Deanne Quarrie on July 28, 2018 • ( 9 )

  

  The harvest season of the first fruits is here. It is a time to be thankful for the labor and struggles needed for the harvest. We are at the height of the heat of the summer season. Our greatest wish… Read More ›

• Gardening through Grief by Marie Cartier

  By Marie Cartier on July 27, 2018 • ( 34 )

  

  A friend of mine has been in hospice with Alzheimer’s. And she died today. There will be a  day when I write about Barbara… what a great friend she was. How I hate that she is no longer in my… Read More ›

• Time to Stop Talking by Esther Nelson

  By Esther Nelson on July 26, 2018 • ( 35 )

  

  One of my Facebook friends—someone I’m quite fond of—posted the following remarks given by her pastor, Dr. Jim Somerville, First Baptist Church, Richmond, Virginia, to the congregation on July 15, 2018: It was Thanksgiving 2016, and my brothers and I… Read More ›

• Women Can Change the World by Judith Shaw

  By Judith Shaw on July 25, 2018 • ( 18 )

  

  These are dark days for those of us who believe in democracy, social justice, environmental stewardship/protection, and connectivity.  A rise in authoritarian rulers – from the U.S. to pockets of Europe to Turkey and beyond – are threatening the values… Read More ›

• Nichos Embody Natural Grace by Sara Wright

  By Sara Wright on July 24, 2018 • ( 7 )

  

  A ‘Nicho‘, is a three-dimensional or recessed area used to honor an important figure, saint, or loved one. Nichos originated as an adaptation of the Roman Catholic ‘retablo‘, painting of a patron saint on wood or tin. When I was… Read More ›

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