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January 2015

January 29, 2015

The Bigness of our Littleness: Humanism and Individualism

Late in his life the philosopher Richard Rorty—well known to be an atheist—was asked...

January 13, 2015

As the movement builds, let us remember

I learned in school that the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. had a dream....

December 2014

December 11, 2014

White Privilege: Kumbaya Won’t Cut It

How Sad A sad fact: Many things that are good for society or the earth itself...

November 2014

November 04, 2014

Election Day, November 4, 2014

Today is the day, friends. The day to VOTE. This is the day when we...

October 2014

October 14, 2014

Companions on the journey

“May beauty and passion and compassion be our companions. May we be fully alive. Amen.”...

October 09, 2014

Razor Blades and Ebola: Processing Fear

Recently we have had a front row seat to observe low-level panic and smoldering fear....

September 2014

September 18, 2014

A Touch of Nature Makes the Whole World Kin: So What’s Our Excuse? (A Humanist “Theology” of Radical Welcome)

Mystical and Scientific The author of the Gospel of Matthew reports Jesus saying, “If you...

September 09, 2014

The Courage for Compassion

Even After All this time The sun never says to the earth, “You owe Me.”...

August 2014

August 26, 2014

Because it is the Faithful Thing To Do

{Editor's Note: Due to technical difficulties, this post, originally scheduled for August 19th, was delayed...

July 2014

July 08, 2014

Keep the Faith

This morning I tended to my garden and that of an elder neighbor....

April 2014

April 22, 2014

Earth Day Notes from New Orleans

Last week the Center hosted two groups of youth, one primarily people of color, one...

April 15, 2014

Earth: Our Deep Home Place

The Greater New Orleans Unitarian Universalist cluster gathered in an oak -filled park on Sunday...

April 01, 2014

Women with a Vision – and a Voice!

Lately I’ve been struggling with the language of the non-profit world: “giving people a...

March 2014

March 11, 2014

WATER SOLIDARITY

Environmental Justice struggles with a news cycle that may report a disaster, may revisit on...

February 2014

February 18, 2014

Remember? #NeverLovedUs

“By not finding Dunn guilty of murder, the jury could not unanimously conclude that one...

January 2014

January 30, 2014

A Scream and a Theory: Natural Selection and the Higher Moral Order

Scientific theories do not occur in a vacuum. Like poems or paintings, theories reflect the...

January 29, 2014

A Whole Heart: Remembering Pete Seeger

For the last couple of days my Facebook feed has been full of tributes to...

January 23, 2014

Flying Over the Squares (for small farmers)

The little towns in their squares light up, as do the scattered lights of farmyards...

January 21, 2014

Epiphany (Continues)

[More king cakes than you can imagine and only two weeks into Epiphany, I am...

January 14, 2014

Saving the music, Saving our souls

Much talk is made of gentrification, but I want to take a moment and lift...

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 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 11, 2013

What — and who — is Remote?

“Remote” is different now. I spent the weekend driving from Washington D.C. to Blacksburg, Virginia,...

October 2013

October 29, 2013

Messy & Beloved? Yes.

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

October 24, 2013

To Becoming Silent

by Pablo Neruda (translation by David Breeden) Now, let's all count to twelve, then keep...

October 19, 2013

A Garden Prayer

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

October 15, 2013

Reflections on death from the garden

This time of year, as we approach Halloween, The Day of the Dead, and All...