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August 2017

August 03, 2017

#Epicurus and Atomic Moderation

Working out the implications of what it means that “mind” is a function of the...

July 2017

July 06, 2017

Until the Cows Come Home

(being a personal summary of the Zen story of the Ten Bulls*) As the youngest,...

June 2017

June 22, 2017

The Lesson of Sunday School Cards

My dad was out of work a lot when I was a kid, so we...

April 2017

April 04, 2017

In the Name of Love

There has been a lot to process in the Unitarian Universalist world over the past...

March 2017

March 14, 2017

Shine on! Faithful living in a breakable world

I spend a lot my time and life energy organizing with the New Orleans community...

February 2017

February 16, 2017

Working for Posterity

Sir Boyle Roche was an eighteenth century Irish politician known even today because of his...

December 2016

December 22, 2016

Happy Holidays From the Cruel Optimisms

Isn’t it just a tad too ironic that one of the US national icons is...

December 06, 2016

Risking together

It has been over two decades now, but I still remember being assigned A Feminist...

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...

October 2016

October 27, 2016

Mulligan Stew, Truth, and Worldviews

In the early twentieth century the activist Rosa Luxemburg wrote, “The most revolutionary act is...

October 18, 2016

Public Service Reminder

“How we spend our days is, of course, how we spend our lives.” - Annie...

September 2016

September 29, 2016

The War of Positions and Communities of Resistance

Antonio Gramsci was an early twentieth-century neo-Marxist who died in the 1930s as a result...

September 27, 2016

How Can You Say You Love Me?

The Rabbi Jeffrey Summit [of Tufts Hillel] tells a Hasidic story of the rabbi who...

August 2016

August 18, 2016

The Mindfulness of Stoicism, Part Three

Last week I continued a discussion of the seven Stoic methods of inner-discipline (what’s popularly...

July 2016

July 28, 2016

Cosmopolitanism in a Time of Petty Nationalism

To be Humanist is to say, with the philosopher Diogenes of Sinope, “My city is...

July 21, 2016

When Hope Seems Silly

The life that no longer trusts another human being and no longer forms ties to...

July 12, 2016

Black Lives Matter more than White Fear

Black Lives Matter. Black Lives Matter. In Louisiana In Minnesota In Texas Black Lives Matter....

June 2016

June 28, 2016

You should start a meme, they said…

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...

May 2016

May 19, 2016

#Religion: Let’s Talk About the Relationship

Recently I saw a bumper sticker: “It’s not a religion / It’s a relationship.” The...

May 18, 2016

Explicitly Black UU Healing Spaces: Spiritual Compassion Practice at GA 2016

[A note of gratitude and a heart full of appreciation to the Rev. Carlton Elliot...

May 12, 2016

Getting a Mission On

If I’ve learned anything from serving and visiting several congregations, it is that survival is...

March 2016

March 22, 2016

Holy Work in this Holy Week

As the Christian world grieves and celebrates the Passion of Christ during this Holy Week,...

March 15, 2016

The Grace of Learning

In life, there are many things we can learn from other people. And there are...

February 2016

February 16, 2016

The heartwork of coming alive

“Under all the harsh noise of the world coming in on us, this is how...

January 2016

January 21, 2016

Relax: #Humanism Is Not Mack the Knife

Small Humanist groups are popping up and organizing around the US, some as independent groups,...

January 14, 2016

Some Accumulated Wisdom for Seminarians

One of the best aspects of being a senior minister is working with ministers-in-training. I...

December 2015

December 24, 2015

Some Slack for the Tense on the Holidays

I know, I know—some people just love the holiday season—“the hap-, hap-, happiest time of...

December 17, 2015

Why Would Anyone Want to be a Minister?

My mother says I was born serious. Could be. For example, I remember that when...