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March 2014

March 03, 2014

Company at the Bedside

On a good night these days our Little Bean (aka, Little Night Owl) will unwind...

February 2014

February 18, 2014

Remember? #NeverLovedUs

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

February 07, 2014

Brave Love

I have fallen a bit behind. I had high hopes this year of completing the...

January 2014

January 31, 2014

What Bowling Taught Me About Patience

A couple of week's ago, on a cold Chicago afternoon, after being cooped up for...

January 31, 2014

Beginning must not be the end….

As we conclude this month focused on beginnings, I am struck by the renewed interest...

January 20, 2014

How Is It with Your Day?

I recently asked a friend, via e-mail, what her daily routine was like. It was...

January 13, 2014

The Coin That Wowed Me

A very simple thing happened the other day. Someone bought me the 20 cent...

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 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...

November 2013

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 28, 2013

In The Waiting Time

I really do not like waiting. I will put something back on a shelf rather...

October 05, 2013

Together

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

October 04, 2013

America…Where Do We Begin?

I can’t sleep. Again. Tonight I’m thinking about how, in the city where I live,...

September 2013

September 28, 2013

Rejoice?

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

September 06, 2013

And Now, Introducing…Food

This post could also be titled "What Will Our Daughter Learn From Us About Eating,...

August 2013

August 30, 2013

September = Back to….

It's September, pretty much, and all-the-sudden. I feel the lure of "back-to-school" as surely as...

August 21, 2013

Heroes

Perhaps you have heard about Antoinette Tuff, who this week single-handedly prevented a massacre at...

August 17, 2013

Culture Shift

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

August 16, 2013

Welcome To This Broken World, Sweetheart (2013)

Amid the commotion of our family's ordinary daily lives, I do pay some attention 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 15, 2013

Stand Your Ground

George Zimmerman was acquitted of murdering Trayvon Martin. Apparently he was allowed to “stand his...

July 12, 2013

O Parenting: You Humble Me

Our Little Bean is starting to stand, ever-so-momentarily, on her own. Meanwhile, our lives careen...

June 2013

June 07, 2013

Into the Summer Daze

We want summer to be leisurely. We want it to be restful. We want it...

May 2013

May 24, 2013

On Keeping Up

I have a half dozen ideas for things I'd like to write about swirling about...

May 11, 2013

Creating Life

Standing in the doorway between the ticket table and the concert last night, the music...

May 10, 2013

Who Decides What Is “Value-Added?”

For whatever reasons having to do with time but also interest, I am the one...

May 08, 2013

For Mother’s Day

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

April 2013

April 26, 2013

Not Avoiding Forests, Though They Have All Those Trees

I sometimes (daily?) get overwhelmed by the minutiae of life. I often feel amazed at...