Shannon Saylor

A photo of a waterfall with a headline that reads "Disenchantment, Re-Enchantment"

New blog! This one is yesterday's sermon for the UUCH. Sacred places, holy ground, relationship, connection, and how "re-enchantment" actually works. tinyurl.com/y4w889cz

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Samhain: Remember Who You Are The holiest day on the modern Pagan Wheel of the Year is rapidly approaching and I’m in no mood to celebrate. But I’m going to celebrate anyway. Because at Samhain – especially this Samhain – we need ...

The holiest day on the modern Pagan Wheel of the Year is rapidly approaching and I’m in no mood to celebrate. But I’m going to celebrate anyway. Because at Samhain – especially this Samhain – we need to remember who we are.

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*bangs head against wall repeatedly*

Two things can be true at once. We can hate gun violence, and not wish it on anyone. And, we can be without sympathy or empathy for someone who used their pulpit and influence to stoke division, glory in the suffering of others, attack our values, and fan the flames of intolerance.

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US State Department post on X outlining Christianity at the forefront of US policy.

Theocracy is upon us.

Good morning, lovelies. Here is one of your periodic reminders from the friendly neighborhood witch: hope is a practice. It is a series of decisions and actions that cause an outcome in terms of outlook and mindset. Hope is a seed we plant, tend, nurture, and whose fruit we eventually harvest. (1/8)

When you plant lettuce, if it does not grow well, you dont blame the lettuce.You look for reasons it is not doing well. Blaming has no positive effect at all, nor does trying to persuade using reason and argument. That is my experience.
— Thich Nhat Hanh

(I am revisiting some quotes in my journals)

“When we judge people in shame, we reinforce their sense of isolation, not their sense of connection.”
— Brené Brown

Thinking is difficult, that’s why most people judge— Carl Jung

NYTimes Headline showing that the administration is defying judicial rulings.

Here is another example, the administration doesn't care what the judicial has to say, it's a dare. "Make me! You don't have any power to enforce your rulings!"

“His absence is like the sky, spread over everything.”

— A Grief Observed
C. S. Lewis

US Supreme Court halts reinstatement of fired federal employees The U.S. Supreme Court blocked on Tuesday a judge's order for President Donald Trump's administration to rehire thousands of fired employees, acting in a dispute over his effort to slash the federal w...

*bangs head against wall*

Cory Booker has just broken Strom Thurmond's record for longest Senate filibuster ever, which stood for 68 years.

Thurmond set it objecting to the Civil Rights Act of 1957.

Booker set it arguing against authoritarianism.

May Strom's name be forgotten and his memory erased.

Luigi Mangione in profile with the text He Gets Us.

Free Luigi. The DOJ plans on seeking the death penalty.

I see you. I honor you. Today and everyday, I stand with you 🏳️‍⚧

I learned this week that you can put our troops' lives in danger, compromise our national security, and violate the Espionage Act. And the government will do nothing.

But if you write an editorial for your school newspaper that Trump doesn't like, you will be abducted on the street and disappeared.

Why did the comma break up with the apostrophe?

It was too possessive.

For Pratchett - the Hogfather and also the Amazing Maurice and his educated Rodents.

As for Tolkien - I just want to say all of them 😂

For Ivo - Casting Sacred Space and Spirit Speak were exactly what I needed at the time and still inform a lot of what I do.

For Christopher - The inner temple of witchcraft and the witches shield both gave me my start and foundation in witchcraft practices as a whole. That start was huge for me.

Seconding Ursula K. LeGuin.

For Irene - Her blog posts on labyrinth walking on her first blog along with I believe is was a sermon on “Speaking the Mystery”. I’ll have to find it on YouTube. I remember for the first time in a long time not feeling alone after listening to it.

I just have too many I want to list 😂

Irene’s blogs (both her former and current one) and UU sermons she has written really formed me I think in a lot of ways over the years. And agreed about the Blackfeather Mystery School Book.

Who are the five writers that made you?

JRR Tolkien
Terry Pratchett
Irene Glasse
Ivo Dominguez Jr.
Christopher Penczak

THERE ARE SOOOOO MANY MORE THOUGH…

Honorable mentions:
Jane Austin, Natsuki Takaya and Brené Brown.

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From last year

You can be the best, ripest, juiciest peach in the world, and there’s still going to be someone who hates peaches 😕

YouTube video by Adam Conover No one is coming to save us.

It may feel hopeless right now, but there are actual, concrete ways you can fight back against what's happening in our government.

Watch the full video on YouTube: No one is coming to save us.
youtu.be/By1Z1nk31iE

This morning I am reminded of a previous sermon. It’s sitting with me and I am grateful for it.

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