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• Your Calling vs. Your Job | Apr 21 2008

  I read Gary North, an economist of the Austrian School of Economics. He has a useful site where he discusses many aspects of economics, job, life, etc. in a newsletter and forum. One thing he illustrates well is the difference between a calling, a job and a career.

• Lasting Pagan Communities | Jan 27 2008

  Ian, from Dreaming the Future Closer, wrote a thought-provoking article on different types of religious engagement. He proposed that there are three kinds of approaches to religion that people can have, the “Problem Solver” (whom for now I prefer to call the “Occultist”), the “Traditionalist” (whom I prefer to call “Communitarian”) and the “Grappler [...]

• Wiccan Ordination and Ministry | Jan 06 2008

  Wiccan ministry is a controversial subject. It is expected to be so in non-Wiccan circles, where long-established religions prefer to maintain their oligopoly on the Divine. Unfortunately, the controversy also rages within the Wiccan community. Hopefully, this article can shed a different light on the nature of ordained ministry, along with information about becoming an ordained Wiccan minister.

• Serving the Gods | Dec 08 2007

  In Neo-Pagan religions, the divine law is to follow your own free will, not the will of another person or God. As a result, sin in Pagan religions is to act in a way that is not in accordance with your will. Cosette, from Pandora’s Bazaar wrote an interesting post about some Pagan practitioners’ [...]

• Wiccan Ministry: Beyond the Handfast | Mar 19 2007

  Many Wiccans are ordained by various churches each year. Unfortunately, many don’t understand that ordination truly is an offering of yourself to a life of service, both to the Gods and humanity. [...]