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November 2016

November 17, 2016

Kick the Dog, Pet the Dog—Off-Loading Anxiety

There’s two things we can do with suffering: we can kick the dog; or we...

June 2016

June 07, 2016

On Outrage and Douchebags

Social media is great for so many things—staying in touch with distant friends and family,...

June 02, 2016

Advice to a Graduate

My daughter is about to graduate from high school in a few days, which leaves...

November 2015

November 26, 2015

Grace for the Rest of Us

Grace. Some say it before meals. Some have it for a name. Grace-ful people have...

September 2015

September 30, 2015

Redemption

Late last night a member of my congregation was killed. She was someone who cared...

June 2015

June 12, 2015

Anne Lamott and the Pee-Pee Tweet

OK, honey, you know we love you, right? We love your novels and your essays...

October 2014

October 01, 2014

Good Enough: 10 Tips for Sucking Less

Recently Christine Organ (a blogger for this UU Collective) published a lovely post on “good...

September 2014

September 30, 2014

A Summer Memory

for Maggie and Lewis As the dimming fall welcomes me back, a summer memory...

July 2014

July 10, 2014

Eleanor Rigby’s Selfie

We learned from the Beatles that Eleanor Rigby “keeps her face in a jar by...

May 2014

May 08, 2014

Salvation Hits the Couch

Buddhism had been known in the United States since the mid-Nineteenth Century, but really came...

April 2014

April 24, 2014

However They Have Writ the Style of Gods: Wounds and Healing

Here is the beautiful truth—saints and sinners are the same from the start. Hsu Yun,...

March 2014

March 20, 2014

Fallen Angels, Rising Apes, and the Knowledge of the Serpent

I. In addition to the Unitarian Universalist Seven Principles, the congregation that I serve as...

January 2014

January 16, 2014

A Gift, A Letter, and a Drowning Man: The Legacy of “Letter from Birmingham Jail”

There’s an old Zen story that does like this: Once there was a great...

December 2013

December 13, 2013

His Day Is Done

Since hearing the news last Thursday of the passing of Nelson Mandela, our beloved Madiba,...

November 2013

November 08, 2013

Healing of Memories

At this time of year, we have many opportunities to join together with family and...

October 2013

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...

September 2013

September 08, 2013

Season of Forgiveness

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