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- World's Largest Christmas Tree? Learn the Roots of the Rockefeller
- Woman helps cats, beats IRS! Animal caretakers rejoice!
- Student lifts 3,500-lb. car as trapped truck driver's wife prays for help
- Fueled by Faith, NFL Pro Bowler Uses Fame to Help Others
- Oligarchy at Work in the Culture of Mammon
- Letter from a family whose son was killed in Iraq
- My Pen and Inks
- Obama For President
- When Religion Matters In the Wrong Place I.
- New Book Announcement!
- A Sign of Hope
- A Solstice Gone Awry
- Pagan Theology
- Links to Reports About Corrupt (and Worse) Republican Candidates
- The Unholy Alliance: Christian Right Leaders and the Republican Elite
- Back at last
- Captain America's America
- More Blogs To Enjoy!!!
- Wonderful Imbolc celebration in England
- Bees, pesticides, and environmental ethics
- Bring Back the Light
- Insights on what's happening in Russia - and why it's relevant to us
- Exciting good news in energy production
- Last night's conversation over Muslims and Shariah Law
- A Pagan in the Buckle: thoughts on my time at a Pentecostal service
- Important scientific argument that the world and everything in it is alive
- Today is a day for Xango
- Thoughts on the Election
- Culture Shock
- Samhain meditations on the Rodota Trail
- The "Christian" Right vs Conservative Jews
- Wikileaks, Michael Moore's 'Sicko,' and government and media lies
- Thinking about tripping reindeer
- Important CNN interview on Wikileaks
- Open Thread for Winter solstice and Yule
- Vaccines, War and Remembrance
- Texting, Cell Phones, and Spirit
- Does a fetus have Original Sin?
- Of Abductions, Satan, UFOs, and Masons
- Rewriting History and Cultural Destruction
- Complexity Upon Complexity in Gulf Disaster Politics
- Nature's Healing Power for Veterans
- Voting on Nominations Will End by Friday
- The Kinds of People Benefitting
- This Blog's Vision, Culture War, and an Undercover Atheist
- The Worst Portrayals of Pagans and Witches in Movies
- The Worst Movies Depicting Witches and Other Pagans
- Mt. Tamalpais, Two Poems, and National Poetry Month
- Spirit, Power and Women
- Dark Thoughts inspired by July 4
- The re-emergence of the torturers
- New about this blog
- The Founders, the Constitution and Christianity
- A Lovely Imbolc Video
- Mythos, logos, the Bible, and abortion
- Abortion, Slavery, and Women
- Indian commentary on right wing ignorance and racism over Tucson prayer
- Martin Luther King's Day and the energy of violence
- Bolivia adopting "Law of Mother Earth" recognizing Nature as having Her own rights
- Donald Trump and the promise of diversity
- The importance and need for initiation in America
- Ayahuasca Legal Victory
- Genocide Prevention Ritual
- Listening to the Earth
- Beck, Bachmann, Tribalism and Terrorism
- Religious Right Leader Sees the Light
- Pagans can feel Pride at Headwaters Forest Celebration
- My Articles Are Up Again
- Favorite Sites
- Bio
- A Wiccan's Reply to a Mormon's Query
- Leviticus, Gays and Shrimp: What's Fair for the Goose...
- Going to Pantheacon!
- Corporate Media vs the Internet
- Reinventing the Sacred by Stuart Kauffman
- Looking More Deeply at the Global Warming Debate
- Modern 'Conservatism': Save a Zygote, Torture a Kid
- Signs and War
- "Symbol" by Celia
- War is Peace, Love is Hate, Jesus is Hot Lead
- Christians Desecrate Pagan Site at Air Force Academy
- Anne Hill's Podcast Interview with Patrick McCollum
- Republicans and Communists: Rewriting History Moment by Moment
- My 'Wicca 101' Group Had Our First 'Real' Circle Tonight
- Musing on Imbolc and Brigid
- John Mackey of Whole Foods, Libertarian Blindness, and New Age Spirituality
- A Pagan Perspective On Beauty and Suffering
- Back From the North
- My Reply to Rombald About the Security of American Freedom
- 'Christians' Killing Kids Accused of Being Witches
- Halloween and Samhain
- Starhawk and Van Jones
- Avatar and the attack on Pantheism
- Thanksgiving in Kansas
- Real Christians Intervening in the 'Christian' Killing of Children
- Samhain Thoughts
- America and Fascism: Part 2 of an Important Post by Sara Robinson
- Spiritual Pluralism
- Liberalism: A Pagan Perspective, Part II.
- Frank Schaeffer on Fundamentalism and Village Idiots
- Of Sabbats, Wheels, and Place
- Domestic Abuse a Preexisting Condition for Denying Insurance
- America and Fascism: Part 3 of an Important Series by Sara Robinson
- A Pagan Take on Conservatism's Contribution to Modern Irrationality. Part II.
- A Pagan Take on Conservatism's Contribution to Modern Irrationality. Part I.
- Pagans Aren't Americans - Gingrich
- Spirit of Place
- Animal Morality
- Empathy, Understanding, and Agreement
- Bigoted Atheism
- Another Open Thread
- Abandoning Islam in Iran
- My Proposal for a New National Holiday
- On the Limits of Science
- Understanding Obama's Politics
- Starhawk and the Pope
- A Day at Mt. Tamalpais
- More Evidence on Conservative Tribalism and Liberal Citizenship
- Pagan Veterans Organization Forming
- Thoughts on Reading Derrick Jensen
- Spiritual Implications of the Torture Issue
- The Fifth Column in Our Military
- Killing Children for Jesus
- Meditation and the Brain
- Finding Forgiveness for Those Who Hurt You
- Refuse Unkindness a Home in Your Heart
- (Video) Choose to Remember the Light
- (Audio) Lessons in the Vital Life
- The Powers that Perfect Our Labors
- The Secret of Peaceful Relationships
- The Secret of Seeing the Good
- The Heart of Letting Go
- How to Begin the Good Work of Letting Go
- (Audio) The First Step to Saving Your Soul
- Don't Let Your Soul Starve to Death
- Secrets for Self-Victory
- The Highest Kindness
- The Practice that Ends Unconscious Suffering
- The Secret of Limitless Living
- Making Amends for Past Wrongs
- Using the World That You're in to Find Freedom
- Stop Giving the Past the Power to Pull You Down
- Start Making Your Life Right, Bright, and True
- (Video) Stand Up for What's True in You
- A Truth About Inner Darkness
- The Power to Dismiss Discontentment From Your Life (Part 2)
- Higher Help for Persistent Problems (Part 2)
- How Goodness Grows Within
- The Secret of Rebirth
- Take Part in the Universal Process of Transformation
- The Place of Real Renewal
- (Audio) To Fulfill the True Purpose of Your Life Start Being the Instrument of True Life
- Dare to Be
- (Video) Use the Suffering of Others to Help Them and Yourself
- (Video) Your Pain, Planetary Forces, and the Unseen Path to Freedom
- Your Wish is Your Star
- The True Spiritual Leap
- The Reason Behind Life Changes
- The Courageous Light of Truth
- Life Never Travels the Same Road Twice
- Let Love Give You Life
- The Road Before You
- The Secret of Spiritual Happiness
- Earning the Right to the Higher Life
- A Telling Truth About Happiness
- A Secret About True Self-Transformation
- (Audio) How to Ask For and Receive Divine Consolation
- (Audio) Let Life Touch You
- The Birth of a New Life
- The Genesis of Love
- Unlock This Secret of Salvation
- How Anxiety Imprisons You in a World of Empty Promises (Conclusion)
- How Anxiety Imprisons You in a World of Empty Promises (Part 2)
- Remembering What We Love
- Give Yourself What You Really Want
- (Audio) The Plan and the Path to Life Everlasting
- The Music of the Mind
- The Secret of Harmonious Living
- Learning to Discern
- The True Measure of Wealth
- Enter The Narrow Gate
- The Peace of Presence
- Dealing with the Darkness We Get From Others
- Being United With Love
- Any Limitation Can Be Transcended
- (Video) Spiritual Toughness Starts Here
- The Householder’s Path
- What Freedom Demands
- Step Into the Unknown
- Finding the Freedom We Seek
- Stop Enabling and Take Possession of Your Self
- The Endlessness of Real Love
- Practice Getting Out of Your Own Way
- Put Yourself on the Side of Real Life
- The Perfection of the Moment
- (Video) Real Love is Now or Never
- The Silent Riches of the Present Moment
- The New You
- The Cycle of Hatred and War Defined
- Freedom From the Fear of Feeling Powerless (Part 2)
- Getting Past Self-Justification
- Facing Multiple Tasks With Inner Calm (Conclusion)
- Get One Thing Done
- Facing Multiple Tasks With Inner Calm (Part 1)
- Real Life is Not Static
- Stop Stunting Your Spiritual Growth
- The Three Stages of Self-Realization
- Take Time to Be Alone
- Your Role in the Revelation of the Immortal Self
- (Video) The Possibility of Perfect Freedom
- Doing Your Part in the Divine Plan (Conclusion)
- Choose to Be New
- Cultivate and Nourish Your Spiritual Potential
- Realize the Power to Change
- Start Giving Yourself What You Really Want
- The Promise of an Immortal Self
- (Video) Only Love Can Carry You to Heaven's Shore
- The Path to Actualizing Happiness
- The Nature that Rises Above Mediocrity
- How to Drop Fearful Thoughts and Other Dark Feelings
- The Beginning of Peace
- How to Pray
- The Work of Bringing Light into the World
- The Best Present of All for Your Children
- Watch Yourself When Listening to Music
- The Importance of Being Close to a Teacher of Truth
- Free Yourself From Temptation
- The Spiritual Task in Meeting Injustice
- (Audio) Turn the Table on Any Troubling Moment
- Why it Feels "Good" to Give in to Depression
- Breaking Free of Illusions
- Lighting candles in the media: a look at some positive projects you should know about
- Newt's religion
- (Audio) The Truth About Lying
- (Audio) Do Yourself a Favor and Relax
- (Video) The Anatomy of a Negative State
- And the Blind Shall Lead the Blind...
- How to Know Which Thoughts and Feelings are Your Friends
- Free Yourself by Seeing Yourself
- To Come and Go
- Sowing the True Seeds of Real Success
- The Secret of Soul-Remembering
- Stop Throwing Your Life Away
- How to Overcome the Self That's Overcoming You
- How to Stop the World and Be Still
- Enter the Peaceable Kingdom of Now
- (Audio) The Simplicity of Natural Seeing
- Pitfalls of "Manifesting" Abundance
- (Video) Climb Above Spiritual Confusion and Doubt
- Your Power Over the Storms of Life
- (Audio) Open Yourself to Higher Understanding
- (Audio) Stop Missing Life's Most Important Moments
- Forgive and Forget, or Live in Regret!
- Life is a Gift
- The Light of the World
- The Coming of Peace
- Where is Heaven and Where is Hell?
- (Audio) A Lesson Learned is a Day Well Earned
- What Makes a Master
- Hold Your Chin Up
- (Audio) The Seed is the Deed
- Entering the Kingdom of Heaven
- Everyone on Earth Has a Gift Just for You [Conclusion]
- Let Truth Make You Unstoppable!
- (Audio) Awaken to Your Spiritual Barometer
- (Audio) Self-Healing Begins as Self-Hurting Ends
- A Fresh Start is Now or Never
- Break the Chain of Unhappy Endings
- Welcome Every Moment
- Learn to Dismiss the Storms that Sink You
- Power Over What Disturbs You
- Watch Fear Fade as Love Grows
- (Video) The Seeker, The Search, The Sacred
- The Winter Solstice: A Reminder of the Improbable Life
- Enter into the Flow of Life
- Find Release from Seeking the Approval of Others
- Learn to Keep Your Intention
- (Audio) End the Game of "Pain Pong"
- Reality is Renewal Itself
- Searching for Lasting Happiness
- (Audio) Silence is Golden
- (Audio) Comes the Snow Before the Spring
- Resurrected: The Seed of God’s Love (Conclusion)
- Using the Great Cycles of Life Inherent in Self-Transformation
- A Deeper Understanding of Winter and Spring
- Finding Peace of Mind in the Here and Now
- Let Self-Knowledge Light the Way Ahead, Part 1
- Let Self-Knowledge Light the Way Ahead, Part 2
- The Secret of Soul-Remembering
- Slow Down Your Life
- The Gift of Calm Detachment
- Stop Stressing and Increase Your Productivity
- The Law of Reciprocal Divine Love
- (Audio) Learn to Love This Labor Called Life
- Stop Letting Dark States Pull You Down!
- Open the Lines of Heaven
- Step Onto the Pathless Path
- The Practice of Ceaseless Prayer
- The Secret Place of All Fresh Starts
- Keeping Our Attention in a Busy World
- A Word to Those Who Would Be Wise
- Be Careful What You Pray For . . .
- Growing Pains Required
- Secrets to Empowering Success
- Start Asking Life for Something New
- Love Is A Battlefield: The Aries Guide To Compatibility
- Find Out What Your Life is For
- Twelve Words that Turn Any Negativity Into New Light
- The Captivity of Thought
- (Audio) Two Words at the Heart of True Salvation
- (Audio) Every Day Can Be Your Birth Day
- (Video) Refuse Abuse, Within and Without!
- Take the “High” Way Out of Any Painful Confusion
- Goldilocks And The Twelve Signs: The Pisces Guide To Compatibility
- Start Sowing the Seeds of a New Life
- The Virgo Guide To Compatibility, Within A Tolerance Of ±0.2 Millimeters
- (Audio) Only Whole Actions Can Actually Heal You and the World
- The True Meaning of a Successful Life
- Stop Singing the Notes of Discord
- The Secret Source of Experience in Life
- Change From the Inside Out
- Change Yourself and Change the World
- Astrology Of The Las Vegas Mass Shooting
- The Immeasurable Health of the Heart
- The Right Place to Make a New Beginning
- Take the High Road to Lasting Inner Riches
- Stop Making Yourself Powerless
- Stay Out of the Places That Steal Your Happiness
- A Four-Word Practice that Leads to Truly Loving
- Dare to See the Truth About Your Life
- The Secret of Release and Relax
- (Video) Learn to Watch as Emotions Dissolve
- Release Yourself From Runaway Emotions
- The Lesser Must Pass
- The Real Cost of Self-Liberation
- Let Silence Lend You a New Kind of Strength
- (Video) How to Find Lasting Freedom in Spiritual Stillness
- Let Go and Rise Above Whatever Wants to Bring You Down
- How to Live Life on Your Own Terms
- Getting Over the End of a Relationship
- The Truth About Feeling Incomplete
- See Through the Darkness of Despair
- Astrology Of The Ariana Grande Concert Explosion
- Use Astrology To Seduce A Gemini
- (Video) The Secret Way to Speed Up Your Spiritual Development
- (Video) Learning to Listen Without Conflict
- 12 Secret Invitations to Practice Love
- The Secret To Being A Terrible Astrologer REVEALED!
- Dare to Embrace What is Light, Right, and True
- Step Into the Undying Self
- New and True Benefits that Self-Study Brings
- The September 2017 Horoscope For You (And Everyone Else)
- (Video) Real Change is Possible
- (Video) Negativity is Not Your Friend
- (Video) To Fulfill the True Purpose of Your Life Start Being the Instrument of True Life
- (Video) Liberate Yourself Using the Three Levels of Intention
- Exchange Your Desire for Tomorrow for the Light That Lives Today
- Stop Being a Slave to the Idea of What Money Can Do for You
- The Right Path to True Happiness
- Free Yourself From Self-Compromising Behavior
- Fools Rush In Where the Wise Fear to Tread
- You Meet Yourself Wherever You Go
- The Magic of Love Lives Within You
- Never Accept Defeat
- Working Through Difficult Situations
- Freedom from the Limitations of Impatience and Frustration
- Coming to the End of Codependency
- The Difference Between Helpful and Hurtful
- New Powers to Help You Perfect Your Relationships
- (Video) The ABC's of Relationship Magic
- The Relationship Magic of Unconditional Love
- Why Every Day Should Be A Day of Thanksgiving
- Slow Down and Appreciate Your Life
- The Perfect Pitch of Stillness
- Practice the Unstoppable Power of Saying "Yes" to Life
- This blog is no longer active
- Why Did Jesus Have to Die? The Perspective of Jesus of Nazareth, Part 7
- Why Did Jesus Have to Die? Introduction
- Why Did Jesus Have to Die? One Jewish Perspective, Part 1
- Why Did Jesus Have to Die? One Jewish Perspective, Part 2
- How Lent Can Make a Difference in Your Relationship with God
- Christmas According to Dickens: Evidence of Scrooge's Transformed Life: Stave V
- Online Advent Calendar: December 6
- Online Advent Calendar: December 7
- Jesus Appears at the Rose Parade!
- Oh-oh! Sleeping Next to Your Pet is a No-No!
- Week in Review: April 29-May 4, 2007
- Week in Review: May 6-11, 2007
- Sunday Inspiration from Pray the Gospels
- Resources for Thinking About Suffering and Evil
- Our Loss . . . Heavenâs Gain
- Fifty Days of Easter: Some Suggestions
- Blogging Week in Review: April 9-13
- What is Helping Me to Let Go (Section B)
- My Statement of Faith
- First Signs of Spring
- Chuck Colson Visits markdroberts.com on His Blog Tour
- Spiritual Warfare?
- Represent Your Church Accurately
- Introducing N.T. Wright at Laity Lodge
- My Greatest Advent Discovery Revisited and Retooled
- Should Rick Warren Say âIn the Name of Jesusâ at the End of His Inaugural Prayer? Section 2
- What Does It Mean to Pray in the Name of Jesus? Section 2
- Why Stay in a Sick Church?
- Sunday Inspiration from The High Calling
- Lent Special!
- Congratulations to the ESV Study Bible
- Birthday Tribute
- Christianity Todayâs out of Ur Top Ten for 2007
- Advent Devotion: The Lighting of the Third Candle
- A Few More Birds in Florida
- Favorite Holiday Songs (Section 1)
- My Comments on My Commenters
- The High Calling of Our Daily Work
- When and How Do We Receive Spiritual Gifts?
- Examining Bishop Gene RobinsonâÂÂs Invocation
- Sunday Inspiration from The High Calling
- Let It Flow Out: An Interview with N. T. Wright
- More God, Less Time? Part 2
- What Did I Do That Really Mattered?
- Snow in Boerne
- A Few More Scenes from the Rose Parade
- A Postscript on Billy Graham
- A Fantastic Video Clip
- The PC(USA) and Church Property, Part 11
- The PC(USA) and Church Property, Part 12
- Sunday Inspiration from The High Calling
- Why Not Just Leave the PC(USA)? Part 6
- Hit By a Wave of Nostalgia
- Christian Unity: A Top Priority
- Practical Instruction on the Use of Spiritual Gifts, Part 1
- Practical Instruction on the Use of Spiritual Gifts, Part 3
- Autumn in the Texas Hill Country, Part 4
- Practical Instruction on the Use of Spiritual Gifts, Part 2
- A Christian Response to the 2008 Presidential Election
- All Gifts Matter to the Body of Christ
- Presbyterian Exegesis Exam Changed: Section 3
- Presbyterian Exegesis Exam Changed: Section 2
- The Growing Church: Part 5
- The PC(USA) and Church Property, Part 8
- Interview of Chris Smith: Part 4
- National Worship Leader Conference
- But WonâÂÂt Presbyterians Ultimately Change Their Position on Gay Ordination, Just Like They Did on the Ordination of Women?
- A Brief Account of the Not-So-Brief History of the PCUSA and Homosexuality, Section 1
- Lessons from Odd Jobs: P.S. - The Wonders of the Internet
- Passionate Spirituality, Part 2
- The Second Word: âI assure you, today you will be with me in paradise.â (Luke 23:43)
- The Seventh Word: âFather, I entrust my spirit into your hands!â (Luke 24:46)
- Choosing a Church: A Few More Preliminaries
- What Can We Do to Make Room for the Holy Spirit in Strategic Planning and Goal Setting: Section B
- What Can We Do to Make Room for the Holy Spirit in Strategic Planning and Goal Setting: Section D
- Sunday Inspiration from The High Calling
- What is Online Church?
- A Theology of Work in Ezra?
- Introduction: Reading with an Agenda
- Views of Harvard
- Park Street Church in Boston
- Missional and Formational in John 15, Part 2
- Fun Photos from Vacation
- On Swan Lake in Montana . . .
- Scotty Smith, Laity Lodge, and the New Creation
- Intimate Fellowship Impacts Our Whole Life
- Sunday Inspiration from The High Calling
- God Will Wipe Away Our Tears: Implications (Section 6)
- Advent Devotion: The Lighting of the Second Candle
- Growing Closer to God in Advent: Some Practical Suggestions
- Happy Birthday to Jesus!
- On Snacking and Parenting
- Sunday Inspiration from The High Calling
- An Interesting Idea . . . What Do You Think?
- A Silly Sign?
- Advent Calendar for December 3
- Advent Calendar for December 23
- Advent Calendar for December 9
- Advent Devotion: The Lighting of the Fourth Candle
- Advent Calendar for December 19
- Christmas According to Dickens: Why Did Ebenezer Scrooge Change? Stave IV
- Could Aslan Symbolize Mohammed and the Buddha? Aslan's Voice Says "Yes"
- Online Advent Calendar: December 18
- Online Advent Calendar: December 2
- Online Advent Calendar: December 1
- Online Advent Calendar: December 14
- Finding the Heart of Thanksgiving
- Bible Cut from Harry Potter Film!
- Who is the Savior? Part 2
- Provocative Readings on the Future of Christianity
- Some Political Signs in my Town
- Jesus the Son (Part 2)
- Love for the Long Haul
- Sunday Inspiration from The High Calling: Are You in Good Hands?
- USA Today: Teens Losing Interest in Church and Church Camp
- Sunday Inspiration from The High Calling: Why Do We Praise the Lord?
- The Peace that Lies Ahead
- What to Do If Someone Sins Against You: The Purpose
- What To Do If Someone Sins Against You: The Teaching of Jesus
- How Can I Forgive Someone Who Doesn't Admit to Having Done Anything Wrong?
- What Do To If Someone Sins Against You . . . in the Digital Age
- What To Do If Someone Sins Against You: Step One
- Sunday Inspiration from The High Calling: All I Really Want in Life
