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January 2014

January 02, 2014

Sometimes It Takes A Lie

Sometimes it takes a lie to keep a religion. "It's merely a game," they told...

December 2013

December 24, 2013

Joy to the World!

As the Community Minister for the Greater New Orleans Unitarian Universalists, I spend a lot...

December 12, 2013

Another Reason for the Season

There's a certain Slant of light, Winter Afternoons – That oppresses, like the Heft Of Cathedral...

December 05, 2013

Nelson Mandela

The great Nelson Mandela has died. Peacefully, after a long illness, surrounded by the love...

December 03, 2013

Deep South

Planned Parenthood of Louisiana hosted a screening of deepsouth last night in honor of World...

November 2013

November 28, 2013

Tornados, Typhoons, and Straw Dogs: Giving Thanks With Some Thinking

Thanksgiving American style. The day declared a national holiday for the purpose of giving thanks....

November 19, 2013

Songs that Save Us

Emma’s Revolution came to New Orleans and offered a workshop focused on singing and songwriting...

November 12, 2013

Anything I can do, We can do better…

“We think that honesty and living in truth are better ways to live than propaganda...

November 02, 2013

The Lights of Diwali, and Also the Dark

Everyone has to make a living somehow. Some weekends, my job has me blessing unions...

October 2013

October 29, 2013

Messy & Beloved? Yes.

Beloved Community is ever on my mind lately, both who we are and who we...

October 19, 2013

A Garden Prayer

That shrimp plant so determined to be seen poking through the ginger and the fig...

October 17, 2013

Here an Ist, There an Ist, Everywhere an Ist-Ist

The other day I got a subscription offer from a magazine called Free Inquiry, a...

October 12, 2013

Who does your heart break for?

Last month I had the joy of participating in the first Life on Fire un-conference...

October 05, 2013

Together

Beloveds, I believe that we are all in this together – and together, we can...

October 03, 2013

Swimming in the Christian Waters (or: Beware, You May be a Humanist)

Let’s say you find yourself living in, oh, let’s say the United States. It’s a...

September 2013

September 28, 2013

Rejoice?

First, gather friends and family. Together, build a structure with at least three sides. Roof...

September 12, 2013

Who’s In and Who’s Out of Institutions (and the immigrants between)

The British social anthropologist Mary Douglas had this to say about institutions: Inside a...

September 08, 2013

Season of Forgiveness

Reflecting on his experience as a prosecutor at the Nuremberg Trials, the International Military Tribunal...

August 2013

August 17, 2013

Culture Shift

There is an old and often told story of a child walking along a beach,...

August 10, 2013

UU Verbs

I had the honor of spending this week with a dozen youth who chose to...

July 2013

July 29, 2013

Keep the Faith!

In his story of a man with a sneering wife, Sufi master Rumi begins: A...

July 20, 2013

Embodied Justice, Embodied Speech

Beloveds, let us have a common vocabulary. In the midst of the conversation on race...

July 15, 2013

Stand Your Ground

George Zimmerman was acquitted of murdering Trayvon Martin. Apparently he was allowed to “stand his...

July 07, 2013

Weeding Out Racism

I’m a gardener in the upper Midwest, so in July I spend a lot of...

June 2013

June 29, 2013

Storms and Solidarity

All day Thursday I wore my Standing on the Side of Love t-shirt, through meetings...

June 10, 2013

A People of Promise

We are all in this together, beloveds. All of creation is ultimately and intimately relational....

May 2013

May 19, 2013

Compassion and Connection

His Holiness the Dalai Lama has graced New Orleans with his presence this weekend. Prayer...

May 11, 2013

Creating Life

Standing in the doorway between the ticket table and the concert last night, the music...

March 2013

March 30, 2013

There Is No Failure But Not To Try

We do not have to wait until we are perfect to practice our faith. While...

March 14, 2013

Why I am a Unitarian Universalist

At college I found a small group of humanists who called themselves Unitarian Universalists. They...