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June 2017

June 14, 2017

Chögyam Trungpa & Pragmatic, Modern Meditation

I have posted previously about my interest in pragmatic approaches to meditation. Such approaches seek...

June 08, 2017

The Religion of the Rose

Looking back, the philosopher John Caputo (1940 - ) writes that some of his earliest,...

June 07, 2017

Religion & Truth

As an undergraduate, I was a double-major in philosophy and religion. In some ways those...

May 2017

May 22, 2017

The Spirituality of Twin Peaks

On April 8, 1990, I was twelve years old. For whatever confluence of events, I...

May 18, 2017

The Legacy of Mary Moody Emerson

This post is a continuation of my previous post on Mary Moody Emerson: Ralph Waldo’s...

May 16, 2017

Mary Moody Emerson: Ralph Waldo’s “First & Best Teacher”

Mary Moody Emerson (1774-1863) was Ralph Waldo Emerson’s aunt, whom he called his “earliest and...

May 11, 2017

How to Move from Secondhand Theology to Firsthand Spiritual Experience

(This post is a continuation from my post yesterday on Countercultural Spirituality, Then & Now.)...

May 10, 2017

Countercultural Spirituality, Then & Now

Over the past few years, I have written three posts inspired by the scholarship of Jeffrey Kripal:...

May 03, 2017

Spiritual Practices of Curiosity & Commitment #UUWhiteSupremacyTeachIn

Two years ago, I was trained as a facilitator for a Unitarian Universalist Minister’s Association...

April 2017

April 29, 2017

The Earth Challenge & the Spiritual Practice of Earth Breathing

(This post continue my reflection from yesterday on #ClimateMarch: Balancing People, Planet, & Profit.) In...

April 28, 2017

Balancing “People, Planet, & Profit” #ClimateMarch

In my last post, as part of reflecting on the Easter story from a twenty-first...

April 21, 2017

How the Christian Gospels Became Increasingly Pro-Roman & Anti-Jewish

(This post is a continuation of yesterday's post on Is the Bible “History Remembered” or “Prophecy...

April 20, 2017

Is the Bible “History Remembered” or “Prophecy Historicized?”

From the theologically conservative Christianity of my childhood, I learned to read the Bible literally—as...

April 13, 2017

What Happens If We Withdraw Our Consent to Be Governed?

This post is a continuation of my post from yesterday on "What Protests Do (&...

April 12, 2017

What Protests Do (& Don’t) Accomplish

On Saturday, January 21, five 56-passenger buses—carrying 280 people—departed the parking lot of the congregation...

April 06, 2017

A Spiritual Practice for Responding to Relentless Bad News

Like Alice in Wonderland, it feels as if we have passed through the looking-glass. Or...

April 05, 2017

Is There a Hidden Political Allegory in The Wizard of Oz?

Frank Baum's classic children's novel The Wonderful Wizard of Oz was published in 1900. He wrote thirteen...

March 2017

March 30, 2017

Why Eugenics Is Wrong and Why It Still Matters Today

(This post is a follow-up to my post from yesterday on "Eugenics, Then & Now:...

March 29, 2017

Eugenics, Then & Now: Immigration, Health Care, & Illiberal Progressives

Last week, we explored the life and legacy of one of our famous Unitarian ancestors,...

March 26, 2017

What Legacy Are We Leaving? Reflections on Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.

(This post is a continuation of my previous post on The Legacy of Oliver Wendell Holmes,...

March 25, 2017

The Legacy of Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. — for Today

My tradition of Unitarian Universalism has a habit of making lists of famous UUs. As...

March 22, 2017

#Trypod: What Is Your Favorite Podcast? Or, Why You Should Start Listening to Podcasts

This month, many podcast producers are partnering together to encourage new listeners to try podcasting...

March 10, 2017

From “The Market as God” to “People, Planet, & Profit”

(This post is a follow-up to my previous post on “The Market as God”: What Happens...

March 09, 2017

“The Market as God”: What Happens with a Theologian Starts Reading the Business Section?

Almost a decade ago, the Harvard theologian Harvey Cox published an article titled “The Market...

March 02, 2017

From “Buddhist Secularity” to “Secular Buddhism”

(The following is part two of a post from yesterday on "What Comes After Buddhism?"...

March 01, 2017

What Comes After Buddhism?

My tradition of Unitarian Universalism is known for seeking wisdom from all the world's religions,...

February 2017

February 24, 2017

Why Harriet Tubman Still Matters Today

In my previous post on "Why It Matters that Harriet Tubman Will Be on the...

February 23, 2017

Why It Matters that Harriet Tubman Will Be on the $20 Bill

The year 2020 will be the one-hundredth anniversary of the Nineteenth Amendment, which gave women...

February 16, 2017

What If Darwin Rewrote the Declaration of Independence?

I posted yesterday on "What Does It Mean that We Are Sapiens? Reflections on Darwin...

February 15, 2017

What Does It Mean that We Are Sapiens? Reflections on Darwin Day

This past Sunday was Charles Darwin’s birthday. He was born a little more than two...