I have been an interested bystander watching the trend of Pagans joining Unitarian congregations. One group, it seemed to me, had nice buildings but less “juice.” One group was just the opposite.<\/p>\n
But I knew there were tensions. Jason Pitzl-Waters rounds up some of them.<\/a> <\/p>\n Go read his post, and I will go back to grading student papers.<\/p>\n Tags: Paganism<\/a>, Unitarians<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I have been an interested bystander watching the trend of Pagans joining Unitarian congregations. One group, it seemed to me, had nice buildings but less “juice.” One group was just the opposite. But I knew there were tensions. Jason Pitzl-Waters rounds up some of them. 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