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January 2014

January 31, 2014

“Help, Thanks, Wow,” Part 3 of 3

This post is the third and final part in a series of three posts inspired...

January 30, 2014

“Help, Thanks, Wow,” Part 2 of 3

This post is the second in a series of three posts inspired by Anne Lamott's...

January 29, 2014

“Help, Thanks, Wow,” Part 1 of 3

This post is the first in a series of three posts inspired by Anne Lamott's...

January 16, 2014

If You Eat at Restaurants, a Look “Behind the Kitchen Door”

Sara Jayaraman’s book Behind the Kitchen Door (Cornell University Press, 2013) is this year’s Unitarian Universalist...

January 02, 2014

The Promise and Perils of More Yoga in the New Year

My primary new year's resolution for 2014 is "do more yoga." Periodically over the last...

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 Netflix DVDs Watched in 2013

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

November 2013

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....

October 2013

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........

June 2013

June 18, 2013

The Sacred Masculine

Most of us, irrespective of our biological sex, have some masculine aspects of ourselves, as...

June 10, 2013

Summer Reading Recommendations

A significant portion of my reading time this summer will be consumed with working toward...

June 03, 2013

We Are All Weird: What You Can Do To Stop Bullying

My kids are thirteen and ten, and I'm never sure I'm getting any of this...

April 2013

April 06, 2013

Highlights from Jesus Seminar on the Road

The following are my notes from the annual Jesus Seminar on the Road in D.C.,...

February 2013

February 13, 2013

The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in an Age of Colorblindness

Imagine you are Emma Faye Stewart, a thirty-year-old, single African-American mother of two who was...

December 2012

December 10, 2012

Best Netflix DVDs Watched in 2012

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

December 02, 2012

Chrismukah, IllUUmination and Chalica: Navigating the Holidays

Our age is retrospective. It builds the sepulchres of the fathers. It writes biographies, histories,...

November 2012

November 27, 2012

Top 10 Best Albums Listened to in 2012

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

November 26, 2012

You May Be Rich and Not Know It: A Jeffersonian Spirituality for Today

On this weekend after Thanksgiving, one of the many things I am grateful for is...

November 26, 2012

October 2012

October 17, 2012

Mitt Romney, Mormonism, and Book of Mormon: The Musical

Beliefs are an important part of religion, but they are by no means its only...

September 2012

September 02, 2012

En La Lucha: (Dis)covery, (Im)migration, and Social Justice

As a religious people who affirm human compassion, advocate for human rights, and seek justice,...

July 2012

July 14, 2012

25 of My Favorite Quotations…in no particular order

“The religious quest is not about discovering ‘the truth’ or ‘the meaning of life,’ but...

July 03, 2012

How To Project Your Laptop Screen on Your TV

One of the easiest ways to stream content from the Internet on your television, such...

March 2012

March 12, 2012

Sermon Series Retrospective: “Holy Adventure”

For Lent 2011, we studied Bruce Epperly's book Holy Adventure: 41 Days of Audacious Living. The...