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The Assless Chapel #14: Awards Edition
THE CHAPLAIN'S WEEKLY SCREED This week’s screed is all about giving everyone awards for their contributions to the camp. I was hoping to...
Sep 26, 20223 min read
The Assless Chapel Newsletter #13: Decompression Edition
THE CHAPLAIN'S WEEKLY SCREED Decompression. Re-entry to the default world. I know it’s been hard for some of us. I got Covid during...
Sep 19, 20223 min read


The Assless Chapel Newsletter #12: Participation Edition
THE CHAPLAIN'S WEEKLY SCREED I saved this last of the Ten Principles for this week’s newsletter. Participation, for me, would be the...
Aug 16, 20224 min read


The Assless Chapel Newsletter #11: Immediacy Edition
THE CHAPLAIN'S WEEKLY SCREED Plutarch wrote that, “The mind is not a vessel to be filled but a fire to be kindled.” The idea being that,...
Aug 8, 20223 min read


The Assless Chapel Newsletter #10: Leave No Trace Edition
THE CHAPLAIN'S WEEKLY SCREED I don’t have much to say about Leave No Trace. I think we all get it. But… I should do my job as Theme...
Jul 26, 20224 min read


The Assless Chapel Newsletter #9: Playa Heat Edition
THE CHAPLAIN'S WEEKLY SCREED My friend Curtis recently told me the story of when he first met me. My friend Danny and I had met a guy...
Jul 16, 202211 min read


The Assless Chapel Newsletter #8: Civic Responsibility Edition
THE CHAPLAIN'S WEEKLY SCREED Perhaps the most uninteresting of the Ten Principles, Burning Man describes Civic Responsibility as assuming...
Jul 12, 20224 min read


The Assless Chapel Newsletter #7: Communal Effort Edition
THE CHAPLAIN'S WEEKLY SCREED I want to thank everyone in the group for stepping up and making sure we’ve got all tasks covered. This is...
Jul 5, 20223 min read


The Assless Chapel Newsletter #6: Elbow Grease Edition
THE CHAPLAIN'S WEEKLY SCREED Well, we’re off to the races. All of us who are going have confirmed tickets and it’s time to throw...
Jun 21, 20223 min read


The Assless Chapel Newsletter #5: Radical Self-Expression Edition
THE CHAPLAIN'S WEEKLY SCREED How to describe Burning Man? Festival – nope. A city – yeah, but not just a city. An event – sure, but not...
Jun 7, 20227 min read


The Assless Chapel Newsletter #4: Radical Self-Reliance Edition
THE CHAPLAIN'S WEEKLY SCREED When I was still attending Burning Man regularly, Radical Self-reliance was one of the 10 Principles with...
May 31, 20225 min read


The Assless Chapel Newsletter #3: Gifting and Decommodification Edition
THE CHAPLAIN'S WEEKLY SCREED In 1996, I read a post on an internet bulletin board about something called “Burning Man”. It mentioned...
May 18, 20225 min read
The Assless Chapel Newsletter #2: Radical Inclusion Edition
THE CHAPLAIN'S WEEKLY SCREED The Man burns in 115 days for the 36th time in 37 years (I think.) My first burn was 2005, the 20th burn. ...
May 11, 20226 min read
The Assless Chapel Newsletter #1: Let's Get Excited for the Playa Edition
The Man burns in 122 days! From now until then, I will endeavor to send a weekly Assless Chapel newsletter every Wednesday. We’ve got a...
May 3, 20228 min read
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