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December 2013

December 23, 2013

Slowing Down for the Holidays

The word“holiday,” it turns out, is a conflation of the words “holy” and “day.”You can...

December 08, 2013

Best of 2013: Books, Music, Film, and More

The following is a compilation of my recent “Top 10″ and “Best of” posts for...

December 08, 2013

Best Podcasts of 2013

The following are the podcasts I’ve enjoyed listening to the most consistently since this time...

December 08, 2013

Best Netflix DVDs Watched in 2013

This list is not my favorite new releases of the year; instead, it is the...

December 08, 2013

Top 10 “Netflix Instant” Streamed in 2013

This list is not my favorite new releases of the year; instead, it is the...

December 06, 2013

The Hunger Games, the Zombie Apocalypse, and the Meaning of Myths, Old and New

The Greek’s accepted their myths as true in the sense that they were not doubted,...

December 05, 2013

Top 10 Best Albums Listened to in 2013

This list is not my favorite new releases; instead, it is the best of the...

December 03, 2013

November 2013

November 22, 2013

Living the Questions

One of my professors used to say that his favorite time of the year was...

November 21, 2013

JFK, Sorenson, and Unitarian Universalism

I was reading an article recently on "The Tyranny of Excellence," which concludes with a...

November 13, 2013

Lost Christianities and Banned Books of the Bible

I would like to invite you to reflect on your relationship over time with what...

November 08, 2013

New Lectionary Resource for Progressive Christians

December 1, 2013 marks the beginning of a new three-year lectionary cycle in Christian congregations....

November 07, 2013

After Trauma & Loss: What (Not) To Say

This summer I took a unit of CPE ("Clinical Pastoral Education"), which is a continuing...

October 2013

October 30, 2013

Tweeting John Caputo’s “The Insistence of God: A Theology of Perhaps”

John Caputo is one of my favorite philosophers of religion. His writing is delightfully playful...

October 30, 2013

Pagan Reflections on the Season of Samhain: Speaking to the Spark within the Darkness

Yesterday, I posted on Scarred, Scared, and Sacred: Spiritual Practices for the Fall Triduum of...

October 29, 2013

Scarred, Scared, and Sacred: Spiritual Practices for the Fall Triduum of Halloween, Samhain, and All Souls Day

Can you feel the Wheel of the Year turning? Can you feel fall in the...

October 15, 2013

Cisgender and Transgender

Most people are more familiar with the term transgender than with the term cisgender. The...

October 12, 2013

Building the Beloved Community: Anti-racism and Multiculturalism in a Local Congregation

Blackmail, blacklist, black mark. Black Monday, black mood, black-hearted. Black plague, black mass, black market...

October 01, 2013

A Spirituality of Stability

The congregation where I serve as minister recently celebrated the 10th anniversary of our building...

September 2013

September 30, 2013

Interspirituality: Experiencing the Heart of the World’s Religions

I believe the future of religion is a spirituality that is interfaith at its core........

September 28, 2013

Occupy Spirituality

This post is a sponsored book review that is part of the Patheos Book Club....

September 28, 2013

The Geography of Memory

[The following is a both a sponsored book review that is part of the Patheos...

September 26, 2013

Water Communion and David Foster Wallace’s “This Is Water”

David Foster Wallace (1962 - 2008) is perhaps best know for his 1996 postmodern novel...

September 10, 2013

Building Your Own Theology

My last post on "Unitarian Universalism in 30 Seconds: Developing Your UU Elevator Speech" ended...

September 09, 2013

Unitarian Universalism in 30 Seconds: Developing Your UU Elevator Speech

What is Unitarian Universalism? What do UUs believe? Those are questions that most Unitarian Universalists...

August 2013

August 26, 2013

Why “Spiritual And Religious” Is More Radical Than “Spiritual But Not Religious”

Almost two years ago Lillian Daniel, the Senior Minister of First Congregational Church of Glen Ellyn,...

August 06, 2013

How to Respond to Hard Religious Questions from Your Kids

Note: This article is a guest post from Lora Powell-Haney, the Director of Religious Education...

July 2013

July 28, 2013

Embracing Pluralism, Building Bridges, and “Common Action for the Common Good”

“I am large, I contain multitudes.” (Walt Whitman) “Start a huge, foolish project, like Noah.”...

July 15, 2013

Conscience, Civil Disobedience, and Holy Obedience

In 1973, Gene Sharp, who is now in his 80s, published a trilogy of books...

July 11, 2013

“Who’s In Charge Here?”: The Dance between Shared Ministry and Authority

Unitarian Universalists are heirs to a proud tradition of heretics bucking unjust authority. As in...