Changing Paths blogging challenge 2024
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Songs
Read more: SongsChanging Paths challenge day 12: Songs. Singing has always been a big part of my spirituality, and I love being in choirs. I dream of organizing a Pagan choir again one day.
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Wonder and awe
Read more: Wonder and aweChanging Paths challenge day 11: wonder and awe. I experience wonder and awe in response to Nature, whether in the form of mountains, lakes, rivers, waterfalls, trees, or on a smaller scale such as the beauty of flowers or the complexity of a spider web.
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Animals and birds
Read more: Animals and birdsChanging Paths challenge day 10: animals and birds. I love animals and birds and Nature. It feels like such a privilege to see animals and birds in the wild. In our garden we have chipmunks and cardinals and robins and rabbits. We were once visited by a very floofy skunk. We have only seen one…
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Drama
Read more: DramaChanging Paths challenge 9: drama. I took this photo of a rather dramatic sky the other day. Whenever I see clouds like this, it reminds me of the bit in The Blues Brothers movie where one of them says “we’re on a mission from God”.
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Dreaming of change
Read more: Dreaming of changeChanging Paths challenge day 8: dreams The world is dreaming of alternatives to capitalism and colonialism. The student encampments are temporary autonomous zones (TAZs) where students are demonstrating alternative ways to live: that people from different backgrounds and religions can live side by side, and cooperate. If we want to move away from capitalism, colonialism…
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Change
Read more: ChangeChanging Paths challenge day 7: Change Most people do not cope well with change, especially if it involves loss or destruction of their former way of life. It is hard for people with privilege to imagine losing more than one person in your family or friends group at a time: imagine losing all of them…
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Reconnecting
Read more: ReconnectingChanging Paths challenge day 5: Reconnecting Reconnecting with your spirituality when you feel uninspired, or heartbroken. Heartbroken at the multiple genocides, wars, massacres, injustices happening in the world. Heartbroken over climate catastrophe and species destruction.
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Nature
Read more: NatureChanging Paths challenge day 4: Nature. 💚🌿 Many years ago, when I was a child, I was told that the Israeli settlers had planted trees in the desert and made Israel greener. I was told this at an event organized by evangelical Christians. This shows the prevalence of Zionism among evangelical Christians. (1)
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Peace
Read more: PeaceChanging Paths challenge day 3. Peace. Deep within the still centre of my beingMay I find peace.Silently within the quiet of the GroveMay I share peace.Gently, powerfully, within the greater circle of humankindMay I radiate peace. — Druid prayer for peace (OBOD)
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Blogging challenge 2024
Read more: Blogging challenge 2024I’m starting the Changing Paths blogging / photo challenge. Take part and use the hashtag #changingpathschallenge2024 to be in with a chance to win a copy of Changing Paths. Subscribe to this blog, Changing Paths, or to the Dowsing for Divinity blog, to be in with a chance to win. Feel free to write poetry,…
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