Essays/Stories/News

Holding Beloved Community – part 4

I received the following poem two days ago from a man I’ve never met who reads my blog, and got permission to pass it along. It feels...

The Beauty of Diversity: Notes on Pantheacon 2012

. Pantheacon is an incredibly large gathering. Each year, I feel in awe of programming and how they manage to fit all the puzzle pieces...

Holding Beloved Community – part 2

This morning, as I checked comments on yesterday’s blog post, one thoughtful commentator inquired as to how one could say that another...

Holding Beloved Community

Yesterday afternoon, in a packed ballroom, I spoke of our ancestor Dr. Martin Luther King’s concept of “the Beloved Community” and how,...

Service is Power: more Pantheacon Musings

Streetfood by Clarita In my last entry, I stated that service was another theme for me during this year’s Pantheacon. At an event such as...

Corridors of Power: Pantheacon 2011

Morrigan by Jade Moon Kings arise to the battle! Queens arise to the battle!  We rise up! With the power of the spear.   Rise up! With...

Pushing Back at Life: Paganism, Strength, and Heavy Metal (Part 2)

Though I am usually happy to leave social analysis and reportage of Paganism to the Wild Hunt, while writing up Saturday night’s club...

But Seriously…

I could write much about last weekend’s Pantheacon gathering, but want to focus on one random event: An acquaintance greeted me as I was...

T. Thorn Coyle