Devotional: Home – What is your “Back There”?

“Reader, where’s your back there? Where did you start from? Who “knew you when”? How far away – in mile, in time, in emotional space – are you now from back there? I changed when I left Dellwood and went to college. What first changed you? Do you ever go back there? How do the people there react to you now? When you “came out” as a pagan, what did they say back there?

If your back there and your home here and now are as divergent as mine are, how do we reconcile the differences and still keep the love of our families? Think about your family today. In what ways are you still their baby? In what are you an autonomous adult? What part of back there will you always carry with you, no matter where you go?”

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Devotional: New Year’s Resolutions

Often we make New Year’s resolutions and fall through with them simply because we make them so *big*. We expect to change one, or several, *huge* things, and then when faced with our decision, we…

*watches pet bunny lick the carpet for ten minutes for no apparent reason…*

What? Oh right… when faced our big resolution, we back out and end up not changing anything. So instead of changing one big thing, change something small such as washing the dishes every day, or make sure you eat at least one fruit or vegetable every day. Just something positive to make life a little better.

Mine: do my daily devotion.

– Alfrún

Devotional: New Years!

I’ve gotten the book Pagan Every Day by Barbara Ardinger, so I’ll be working through it (hopefully) every day. Check it out. From what I’ve skimmed, this book looks incredibly interesting.

IT’S NEW YEARS!

A brand new year waiting with new events, new friends, and new chances for adventure. Last year, I got engaged, married, celebrated my first Yule with someone other than myself, and lost my job among other amazing things I honestly can’t remember at the moment. We are all standing in the doorway of a new year. What do you expect to see on the other side?

– Alfrún