{"id":2236,"date":"2016-12-23T14:16:03","date_gmt":"2016-12-23T19:16:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gleewood.org\/seeking\/?page_id=2236"},"modified":"2020-07-04T16:35:33","modified_gmt":"2020-07-04T21:35:33","slug":"questions","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/gleewood.org\/seeking\/questions\/","title":{"rendered":"Questions"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>This page collects articles about common (and less common but still useful) questions I&#8217;ve heard over the years. If you have other questions you&#8217;d like to hear about, feel free to contact me and suggest them!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"120\" src=\"https:\/\/gleewood.org\/seeking\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/questions-header.png\" alt=\"Questions: witch's hat on a grey background\" class=\"wp-image-3962\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gleewood.org\/seeking\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/questions-header.png 900w, https:\/\/gleewood.org\/seeking\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/questions-header-300x40.png 300w, https:\/\/gleewood.org\/seeking\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/questions-header-768x102.png 768w, https:\/\/gleewood.org\/seeking\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/questions-header-150x20.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Larger world:<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/gleewood.org\/seeking\/questions\/being-a-respectful-visitor-in-other-peoples-religious-spaces\/\">Visiting other people&#8217;s religious spaces<\/a> <\/strong>: advice for attending services and looking at buildings.<\/li><li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/gleewood.org\/seeking\/questions\/sharing-with-others\/\">Should I tell people I&#8217;m Pagan? When?<\/a> <\/strong>\u00a0: the question of the broom closet.<\/li><li><a href=\"http:\/\/gleewood.org\/seeking\/questions\/holidays-history-and-calendars\/\"><strong>Holidays, calendars, and whether holidays were stolen<\/strong><\/a> : a look at the actual history of common holidays.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Group and path questions:<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>You may want to check out the <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/gleewood.org\/seeking\/connecting\/#Group_work\">section About Gro<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/gleewood.org\/seeking\/connecting\/#About_groups\">u<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/gleewood.org\/seeking\/connecting\/#Group_work\">ps<\/a><\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/gleewood.org\/seeking\/connecting\/#Group_work\"><strong> <\/strong><\/a>on the Connecting page for more common questions.<\/li><li><a href=\"http:\/\/gleewood.org\/seeking\/questions\/charging-for-training\/\"><strong>Charging for training (and other things)<\/strong><\/a> : when it might be reasonable, and when not.<\/li><li><a href=\"http:\/\/gleewood.org\/seeking\/questions\/im-interested-and-so-is\/\"><strong>When you and someone close to you are interested in the same group<\/strong><\/a> : things to consider.<\/li><li><a href=\"http:\/\/gleewood.org\/seeking\/connecting\/whats-with-the-skyclad-thing\/\"><strong>What&#8217;s with being skyclad?<\/strong><\/a> An explanation and some thoughts. <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/gleewood.org\/seeking\/questions\/the-question-of-bodies\/\">Related thoughts on bodies<\/a>.<\/strong><\/li><li><a href=\"http:\/\/gleewood.org\/seeking\/questions\/why-arent-groups-open\/\"><strong>Why aren&#8217;t groups open to everyone?<\/strong><\/a> A lot of practical reasons.<\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This page collects articles about common (and less common but still useful) questions I&#8217;ve heard over the years. If you have other questions you&#8217;d like to hear about, feel free to contact me and suggest them! Larger world: Visiting other people&#8217;s religious spaces : advice for attending services and looking\u2026 <a class=\"continue-reading-link\" href=\"https:\/\/gleewood.org\/seeking\/questions\/\">Continue reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3971,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2236","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/P11EQH-A4","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":499,"url":"https:\/\/gleewood.org\/seeking\/beginning\/things-in-common\/","url_meta":{"origin":2236,"position":0},"title":"Things Pagans (Often) Have In Common","author":"jenett","date":"October 14, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"As I've said, Pagan paths don't always have a lot in common. 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