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January 2014

January 21, 2014

Epiphany (Continues)

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

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...

January 07, 2014

Unconditional Love: An Epiphany

Over winter solstice, I watched my father tending to KG, his first grandchild, with unconditional...

December 2013

December 26, 2013

Empty Suitcase

The cat snuggles down into my empty suitcase, out to fill for a trip. She...

December 24, 2013

Joy to the World!

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

December 23, 2013

Is This Christmas, Mama?

Every time we say “Christmas,” our little one points at the Christmas tree. The period...

December 20, 2013

Beauty of the Season? Really?

I did not plan to write this post. In fact, I had intended to write...

December 17, 2013

For the Beauty of the Earth…

I was walking in City Park with a community organizer this week when suddenly we...

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 09, 2013

December

I grew up on the western edge of the Eastern Standard time zone. That means...

December 06, 2013

The Pragmatic Believer

This time of year also fills me with a number of conflicting emotions. As someone...

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....

October 2013

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...

May 2013

May 08, 2013

For Mother’s Day

What will you be doing for Mother’s Day? I confess it’s never been a big...

March 2013

March 02, 2013

High Resolve

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

February 2013

February 13, 2013

Kinds of Love

Happy Valentine’s Day. If, you know, that’s your thing. If you happen to be one...

January 2013

January 04, 2013

Joyful Epiphany

Sunday, January 6th, marks the celebration of Epiphany – a.k.a. Twelfth Night, Three Kings Day, la...

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 24, 2012

For So the Children Come

For each child that’s born A morning star rises and sings to the universe who...

December 14, 2012

YOU GOT PEOPLE

You Got People This Public Service Announcement brought to you by a Unitarian Universalist minister...

October 2012

October 08, 2012

In 1492…

In fourteen hundred ninety-two Columbus sailed the ocean blue... So began the ditty that most...

July 2012

July 17, 2012

More, More, More!

As a New Yorker, I should be accustomed to the fact that the annual Fourth...

July 03, 2012

Looking Back to Look Forward

Last week, the Unitarian Universalist Association became only the second national religious body to repudiate...

June 2012

June 20, 2012

Summer Solstice

It’s always felt a little strange to me that summer begins at the solstice, the...

June 02, 2012

Flower Communion

This year marks the ninetieth anniversary of the founding of what is known today as...

May 2012

May 22, 2012

Paying Tribute

In her best-selling Hunger Games trilogy, Suzanne Collins imagines a world of the future—a dystopian...