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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 10, 2013

Almost Heaven

I just got back from a week at a dance and music camp in the...

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 25, 2013

Role Camera

It will only be five minutes. A favor. Celebrating women in the month of May...

May 19, 2013

Compassion and Connection

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

May 09, 2013

A Former Member Asks the Minister for a Favor

She says her family shuns her. She says it has something to do with God....

May 04, 2013

Prayers for the Possible

In 1854, Rev. Theodore Parker prayed: “Help us to grow stronger and nobler by this...

April 2013

April 20, 2013

SHINE

love is the voice under all silences; the hope which has no opposite in fear;...

April 13, 2013

TODAY!

Today I have to make sure that there is a port-a-potty for the tri-congregation Earth...

April 06, 2013

The People’s Work

In The Prophetic Imperative: Social Gospel in Theory and Practice, Rev. Richard Gilbert lays out...

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 29, 2013

Yes, Sweetie, Your Mama’s An Atheist…Minister. It Happens. Now, About This Sunday…

Last September, we moved to the "Little Rome" section of Northeast Washington, D.C. I expected...

March 23, 2013

Suprised by Joy: the Gift of Forgiveness

“Forgiveness can begin the moment we accept that the past cannot be changed.” These words,...

March 14, 2013

Why I am a Unitarian Universalist

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

March 12, 2013

Relationship First

"If words come out of the heart, they will enter the heart, but if they...

March 09, 2013

…born and re-born again

“Love, yes, love your calling, for this holy and generous love will impart strength to...

March 03, 2013

Being and Doing, Work and Spiritual Practice

Last week I attended an interesting conference called Wisdom 2.0, about the convergence of technology...

March 02, 2013

High Resolve

“Keep fresh before me the moments of my High Resolve, that in fair weather or...

February 2013

February 08, 2013

Collective Joy!

It is Carnival time in New Orleans! From now until Ash Wednesday, there will be...

January 2013

January 25, 2013

Guns: Relationship Status: “It’s complicated.”

I first held a gun when I was eight years old. One of my uncles...

January 18, 2013

Like-Hearted People

"You need not think alike to love alike." This was the wisdom of Francis David, spiritual...

January 16, 2013

A Place in the Family

I pretty much only listen to radio in the car, which explains how I stumbled...

January 11, 2013

We Are All In This Together

“If middle-class Americans do not feel threatened by the slow encroachment of the police state...

December 2012

December 30, 2012

What a Day for a Daydream!

It turns out I’m not as good at daydreaming as I used to be. When...

December 28, 2012

Love & Grief: Two Sides of the Same Coin

One night as the on-call hospital chaplain, I witnessed the end of three marriages, each...

December 19, 2012

What Makes Us Safe

It is only natural that in the wake of the horrific shootings at Sandy Hook...