ADF Druidry

Ár nDraíocht Féin: A Druid Fellowship (ADF), has elected a new Archdruid by popular vote: Rev. Jan Avende (they/them). Also elected to serve on ADF’s governing body, the ADF Mother Grove, are Rovena Windsor (Chief of the Council of Senior Druids), Matthias Dolgner-Trampnau (Non-Officer Director), Tami Olsen (re-elected Non-Officer Director) and Mike Bierschenk (ADF Secretary, elected to a full…

My voice is lifted in praise: You kindled a light in darkness, And drew the veil back That we could see you.

Your visibility today, Born anew from the shadows, Reminds us that who we are Is not imposed upon us.

May you always be visible, Always be seen for who you are, And live authentically yourself. I see you today, and praise you.

Praise to the Trans Folk today, as we celebrate International Transgender Day of Visibility.

-Rev. Michael J Dangler

Learn more about #ADFDruidry at ADF.org, or about our local Grove, Three Cranes Grove, ADF, at threecranes.org

It’s a constant cycle of work, re-work, and finding ways to open again and again. It’s deeply rewarding.

Animal Crossing Druid Rite

Hi everyone. I’m going to be trying something a little different in order to serve you, my folk, in these times of crisis. We’re physically separated, but in that, we can still seek connection with each other, and find solace in the messages the spirits have for us. To that end I’ll be posting every few days/week or so with some divination read through a different lens each time. My hope is that…

So, I guess I’m doing the #PrayerADay project in videos now.

Spirits of Piety

Spirits who awaken with dawn,

Lifting your voices in praise

At the kindling of hearth fires

Across the expanse of the land:

I call to you!

Remind me of bargains struck,

Of the dance of order

Beyond the realm of the tangible.

Call to my mind the intensity of light

That warms my soul as it brightens

Upon the rim of the world.

Turn, O Pious Spirits,

The wheel of heaven upright,

And bless me with health, wealth,

and the immortality of family.

He’ll be at this all month.

Listening to the news yesterday, and recognizing the language I heard from our leaders, I was moved to prayer. In my car, I wrote three simple lines that have become something I’d like to share.

Here’s a good discussion of the language around countries being “too full” for asylum seekers. We learned our lesson a century ago, and some want us to unlearn it:

https://www.npr.org/711169817

America, as we love it, can never be “full:” the idea of America is that all deserve freedom, all deserve a place, and there is no one who comes to our shores who does not deserve freedom.

Background image by Edward Moran: “Unveiling The Statue of Liberty Enlightening the World,” 1886

Image Text:

America Will Never Be Full

America will never be full

Until all who crash, teeming upon her shores,

Have homes and hopes and dreams to call their own.

America will never be full

Until each child and mother who seeks a better life

Is welcomed with open arms and hearts as friend.

America will never be full

Until all who flee oppression and war-torn lands

Find the safety to rekindle the fire of their ancestors.

America is built for the dreamers,

Seeking Liberty, seeking Justice,

Seeking the Light beside the Golden Door.