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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 13, 2013

His Day Is Done

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

December 10, 2013

The Goal of World Community with Peace, Liberty, and Justice for All

December 10, 2013 “Whereas recognition of the inherent dignity and of the equal and inalienable...

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

Living History: How JFK’s assassination woke me up

I was sitting in a small desk, and Mrs. Graham was at the front of...

November 19, 2013

Songs that Save Us

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

November 14, 2013

How Sisyphus Got It Right

I have participated in National Novel Writing Month three times now. I have never reached...

October 2013

October 31, 2013

Run Away! Run Away! Fear and the Problem of Progressivism

Let’s face it, progressives just don’t do fear well. Conservatives go to town with death...

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...

October 05, 2013

Together

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

September 2013

September 28, 2013

Rejoice?

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

September 26, 2013

Seeing, from the Cheap Seats

There are gifts that come of breathing, that come of blood driving through veins, ...

August 2013

August 29, 2013

Dancing The Real

You danced once, there, in those rocks. It meant something. It all did—you, your...

August 17, 2013

Culture Shift

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

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 19, 2013

How Many Summers Left?

I do not love hot weather. I do not love intense humidity and stepping out...

June 2013

June 29, 2013

Storms and Solidarity

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

May 2013

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 24, 2013

Where Danger Lurks

For the last week and a half the news has been pretty much all Boston...

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...

March 2013

March 09, 2013

…born and re-born again

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

December 2012

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 15, 2012

The Day After Newtown: Finding Our Way

And so we wake up the morning after, and it wasn’t a dream. The children...

October 2012

October 07, 2012

Thoughts on Death and Lasagna

Last night, as I lay dozing on the couch, I awakened with a start at...