Essays/Stories/News

Feb 29, 2012

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...

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Feb 22, 2012

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...

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Feb 20, 2012

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...

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Feb 19, 2012

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,...

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Feb 25, 2011

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...

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Feb 24, 2011

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...

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Apr 27, 2010

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...

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Feb 16, 2010

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...

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T. Thorn Coyle