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September 2016

September 29, 2016

Challenging Trump’s Islamophobia: Demagoguery & Democracy

The Huffington Post adds the following Editor’s note to every article they publish about Donald Trump: "Donald...

September 22, 2016

Whose Side Are You On? The Legacy of Anne Braden for Today

This summer at UU General Assembly, the author and activist Chris Crass (1973 - )...

September 13, 2016

Trump & Toxic Masculinity

Sunday marked the 15th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center...

September 08, 2016

“Hardwiring Happiness”: How to Have More Positive Experiences in Your Life

This summer Magin and I had the opportunity to attend an eight-day meditation retreat in North...

September 06, 2016

People, Planet, Profit: Money Is Not the Only Bottom Line

In addition to spending time with family and friends on Labor Day Weekend, I try...

September 01, 2016

“Becoming Wise”: The Practice of Generous Listening

“What do you want to be when you grow up?” I've responded to that question...

August 2016

August 30, 2016

Falling Down & Rising Strong

I've posted previously about Brené Brown’s book The Gifts of Imperfection: Let Go of Who You Think...

August 25, 2016

Modern Uncertainty: “Meeting the Universe Halfway”

A member of the congregation I serve emailed me recently on the topic about modern...

August 23, 2016

Gender Liberation

Last summer, when The United States Supreme Court legalized same-sex marriage, we celebrated a watershed...

June 2016

June 14, 2016

The Nightmare of Orlando Haunts, But the Dream of Stonewall Lives On

(The following is a transcript of the speech I delivered Tuesday in Frederick, Maryland at a Candlelight...

June 14, 2016

Why We Should Choose both Religion and Science

As a teenager, when I went to events with my theologically conservative youth group, there...

June 07, 2016

Best Podcasts for Election 2016

Slate's Political Gabfest - one of my favorite weekly podcasts for a few years now that becomes...

June 02, 2016

“God Bless America (and No Place Else?!)”: The Uses & Abuses of Civil Religion

Memorial Day has sometimes become merely a three-day holiday weekend, symbolically marking the beginning of...

May 2016

May 19, 2016

Beyond “McMindfulness”: How Not To Get Stuck in the Early Stages of Buddhist Meditation

One of my new favorite books is The Mind Illuminated: A Complete Meditation Guide Integrating...

May 10, 2016

Julia Ward Howe: Founding Mothers of Unitarian Universalism

I was excited to see that the renown feminist literary critic Elaine Showalter had published...

May 03, 2016

Struggling to “Speak the Truth in Love” in Election Season: Pluralistic Ethics & Political Polarization

Over the past few decades, many studies have shown a growing political polarization in our...

April 2016

April 29, 2016

Evil: Bad Apples or Bad Barrels?

Historically, one of the weaknesses of liberal religious traditions has been a naïve optimism. In...

April 19, 2016

“Dispatches from the Front Lines of Climate Justice”

A few years ago, a park ranger was leading an environmental awareness tour for a...

April 12, 2016

The Spirituality of Shakespeare

We do not know the exact date when William Shakespeare was born. Our first record...

April 05, 2016

Just Mercy: “Each of Us Is More Than the Worst Thing We’ve Ever Done”

Each year the Unitarian Universalist Association selects one book as a “Common Read” that all...

March 2016

March 29, 2016

Remembering, Changing, Inventing: How Stories About Jesus Were Told

One of my favorite college classes was “Jesus and the Gospels.” Ironically, one of my...

February 2016

February 23, 2016

Beyoncé, Black Panthers, & W.E.B. Du Bois: Developing “Double Consciousness”

W.E.B. Du Bois (1868 - 1963) was the first African American to earn a doctorate from...

February 17, 2016

Celebrating Darwin Day: “Perpetual Curiosity, Scientific Thinking, & Hunger for Truth”

Charles Darwin was born on February 12, 1809. In recent years, his birthday has become...

February 11, 2016

The Spirituality of Doubt

One famous definition of faith from the Christian tradition is Hebrews 11:1, “faith is the...

February 02, 2016

Rewatching “Groundhog Day” as a Spiritual Practice

The comedic icon Harold Ramis died a little less than two years ago at the...

January 2016

January 18, 2016

The Radical Martin Luther King, Jr.: Why We Need a Third Reconstruction in America

The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was only thirty-nine years old when he was...

January 14, 2016

How to Make & Keep Your New Year’s Resolutions: Tom Rath’s “Are You Fully Charged?”

Do you know the work of the social scientist and author Tom Rath? I first heard...

January 13, 2016

In the Face of Despair — Choosing Hope, Community, & Meaning: Reflections on Richard Rorty

One trillion, trillion, trillion years from now, the accelerating expansion of the universe will have...

January 01, 2016

Best of 2015: Books, Music, TV, & Podcasts

A compilation of my recent “Top 10″ and “Best of” posts for 2015: Top 10 Best...

December 2015

December 31, 2015

Top 10 Best Podcasts of 2015

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