Three Cranes Grove, ADF

Today we tallied up the submissions for the next edition of The Fire on Our Hearth and were pleasantly surprised to see that we’re likely to add a good amount to the book...

As our Grove prepares to put out another edition of The Fire on Our Hearth (or, as it is affectionately known, “FooH“), it’s clear that this Grove has come a long way in just the past year since we originally released it...

“This is [the Druid Moon] where we see if Michael sees his shadow (once he emerges), in which case there will be 6 more weeks of hot dog buns; or whether he doesn’t, in which case we move immediately to lumpy gravy…“    -Shawneen Never let it be said that we don’t have a real sense of...

[Due to an internet outage at the Grove Priest's house, the past two entries appeared late...

[Due to an internet outage at the Grove Priest's house, this entry is appearing late.] This is a new kind of week, and it will end with a new kind of president...

[Due to an internet outage at the Grove Priest's house, this entry is appearing late.] I am ever amazed by what we have built here in Central Ohio. Most often, I am entirely lacking in words. . . which is really just fine with me: I am so overwhelmed by our actions that words seem moot...

To those who celebrate the secular new year, a happy one to you, indeed! While last week, I was out in Kansas with family (thus no update), this week we’re back and ready to get back to work...

No update this week: our Grove Priest is traveling and bouncing around the country looking for his biological family.     -Rev. Michael J Dan

This week, the Grove spent some time going back over our Yule ritual, discussing what went right and what went wrong, and what worked and didn’t work. It’s hard sometimes to be honest, even with ourselves, over things going a bit wrong...

This evening, our Grove came together to celebrate Yule. This ritual was different than many others we have done, as the potluck was in the middle of the ritual, rather than after the ritual as we usually do it. As a result, this was probably our longest ritual on record, lasting a full two hours...

This week, the Grove had several different events: on Monday, we had World AIDS Day, where we held a small remembrance dinner for those whose lives have been affected by AIDS and HIV; on Wednesday we had a Druid Moon ritual where we went on a journey to meet with Frigga; Thursday we had our usual...

Of course, around this time of year we gather close with our families, remembering old traditions and celebrating new ones, it’s a good time to slow down and remember what we’re thankful for...

Some may have noticed that this blog was hacked recently, which explains the absence of the past few regularly scheduled entries. Hopefully, we will recover them and be able to provide them again...

As we approach Samhain (the night of October 31, of course, is the traditional beginning of Samhain, as the Celts are said to have begun their days on the evening prior rather than at dawn), it is proper to think on our Ancestors, those who came before us and who show us the way...

In a tradition we began in 2004, our Grove keeps a box on the altar at all our rituals. Within this box are mementos of our Ancestors: the ones we remember, the ones we may not know as well as we’d like, and the ones that above all, we love...

This weekend, much of the Grove is away at the Earth Warrior’s Festival in southwestern Ohio, and preliminary reports say that the festival has gone very well. I, however, am taking a week off...

Today, our Grove has passed a wondrous milestone: six full years of offering service to the folk through regular public ritual, community action, and outreach as a solid Pagan presence here in Columbus. And, as has become usual for our Grove, the week was full of many different events...

Prior to working on this update, I received a note in my e-mail from one of our members: the fire-walking at our Friday night Ædrinios (”end of the heat”) moon ritual hadn’t burned her too badly. Wait, fire-walking? Indeed, Three Cranes Grove, ADF, did some fire-walking in our last ritual...

This week as we recovered from Summerland last weekend, we convened in the Main Library for another Walk in the Woods with Seamus and Shawneen. This week’s special guests were Mugwort, Garlic, Bramble, and Wheat...

This week, Hurricane Ike came through Ohio. It may sound strange to some that a hurricane would hit a land locked, midwest state, but according to the National Weather Service, Ike was still a “real” hurricane (Category 1) when it hit...

Tonight, we are back from the Summerland Gathering, an exhausted but happy Grove indeed. This year, Whispering Lake Grove, ADF, spent their time in the kitchen cooking, and we supported their efforts as we helped The 6th Night Grove, ADF, sponsor the festival itself...

Since flying back from Desert Magic with an eye to increasing the offerings we have available to our members and the general community, we’ve now held three study sessions for students in ADF’s basic training program, the Dedicant Path...

This week, we celebrated the Druid Moon of Elembivios, “the many-sided-moon.” This moon was the one-year anniversary of our work with the 6th Night moons, and (because it fell on a Thursday) also a business meeting...

We have mentioned before just how important it really is to us that we do regular community service...

This past week, our visit to the local Diviantion Meetup went very well: there were many people there, and Shawneen and I discussed both runes and ogham, as well as the general way we look at divination within Druidic ritual...

Today, we held our Lughnassadh ritual at Battelle-Darby MetroPark. This ritual also tested our skills as a Grove, as the person slated to lead the rite was unable to attend, forcing us to pull the ritual together quickly as a Grove...

This week, one of our members, Nick, passed his Dedicant Path documentation. The Dedicant Path is ADF’s initial study program, focusing on learning how to live a Druidic life. This way of life is focused on virtue and piety, along with dedication to the Kindreds...

This week saw a celebration of one goddess who many of us remember from our childhoods: Liberty. Often conflated with Freedom, Equality, Justice, and Columbia or Brittania (as well as other national deities), here in the States we celebrate her holy day, July 4th by blowing stuff up...

Last week, there was a discussion about “bad omens,” which had an end result of being a wake-up call. This weekend, our Grove spent our time from Friday at 8:30 AM until Sunday at 10 PM staffing a booth and doing ritual for the public at ComFest...

For the first time in a year and a half, our omens today showed us that our offerings were not accepted...

This past week, Three Cranes held our first Dedicant Path Study Group in several years...

Three Cranes does not own land, but we have been given the opportunity to help be good stewards on some land, and to use the land often for ritual...

As last Sunday, Three Cranes Grove, ADF, was at the ADF Annual Meeting, no update occurred. This week, we’re back to let everyone know how it went...

As the Grove was at Wellspring on this day, no post is available. See next week’s pos

It may be obvious that no entry was created for last Sunday (though there’s a placeholder now pointing to this entry on that date). That is because last week, several of our Grove members went to the Desert Magic Festival in Arizona. So today, a double-issue of this blog is in order...

Please see next week’s post for a Desert Magic review!     -Rev. Michael J D

Three Cranes Grove, ADF, has always focused strongly on the image of a gardener, largely unknown in terms of form and identity, who tends this Grove, encouraging new growth, culling damaging weeds, and introducing new and exciting things that seem to fit just right after a time of wondering how the...