The Life and Thoughts of a Modern Day American Heathen

Googling Odin

Posted by on Dec 2, 2009 in Heathenism, Mythology, Paganism, Polytheism, Reflections, Religion | 14 comments

Odin seems to be better known than Máni, though there are still a couple of surprises when you Google him: # Odin – Wikipedia, the...

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A Few Untweeted Thoughts

Posted by on Nov 12, 2009 in Computers, Reflections, Social Networking, Technology | 12 comments

I was thinking about Twitter this morning, my thoughts triggered by a news item I saw on the subject. It’s not something I think a...

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One Heathen’s (Very) Personal Manifesto

Posted by on Oct 15, 2009 in Heathenism, Paganism, Polytheism, Reflections, Religion | 14 comments

The fall has always been a time of introspection for me. There is something about the dying of the season, of the fading of the year, the...

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Bart Ehrman, Christianity, and History

Posted by on May 17, 2009 in News, Reflections, Religion | 6 comments

I wanted to address the situation regarding Bart Ehrman and the history of early Christianity. It’s not my desire here to get too...

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The Cultural Divide

Posted by on Apr 6, 2009 in Christianity, Culture, Paganism, Reflections, Religion | 6 comments

Since the triumph of Christianity, we in the West have been in the habit of imposing our cultural will on others. The Christian Roman...

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Heathen Blogging

Posted by on Feb 26, 2009 in Blogging, Paganism, Reflections, Religion | 5 comments

I have been pretty much away from the keyboard since Saturday, when my son drove in from Upstate New York to visit. It was a nice break...

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