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July 2013

July 18, 2013

My Covenant with All That Is

I pledge to follow The earth’s gentle curve As I go; I pledge to breathe...

July 11, 2013

But Where’s the Woo-Woo?

“Up! up! my Friend, and quit your books; / Or surely you'll grow double,” said...

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 25, 2013

Role Camera

It will only be five minutes. A favor. Celebrating women in the month of May...

May 09, 2013

A Former Member Asks the Minister for a Favor

She says her family shuns her. She says it has something to do with God....

May 04, 2013

Prayers for the Possible

In 1854, Rev. Theodore Parker prayed: “Help us to grow stronger and nobler by this...

May 01, 2013

For You Were a Stranger in Egypt

There are many biblical passages calling people to offer hospitality to the stranger. Here is...

April 2013

April 20, 2013

SHINE

love is the voice under all silences; the hope which has no opposite in fear;...

April 06, 2013

The People’s Work

In The Prophetic Imperative: Social Gospel in Theory and Practice, Rev. Richard Gilbert lays out...

March 2013

March 30, 2013

There Is No Failure But Not To Try

We do not have to wait until we are perfect to practice our faith. While...

March 14, 2013

Why I am a Unitarian Universalist

At college I found a small group of humanists who called themselves Unitarian Universalists. They...

March 13, 2013

Smoke Signals

The drama of the selection of the new pope has captivated the world, and why...

March 08, 2013

This Is What’s Happening

This is what's happening, now. It is the last day of our week-and-a-half West Coast...

March 02, 2013

High Resolve

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

January 2013

January 30, 2013

Pro-Life/Pro-Choice

Let’s start the conversation here. Everybody is pro-life. OK, everybody who is not Lord Voldemort...

January 25, 2013

Guns: Relationship Status: “It’s complicated.”

I first held a gun when I was eight years old. One of my uncles...

January 18, 2013

Like-Hearted People

"You need not think alike to love alike." This was the wisdom of Francis David, spiritual...

January 16, 2013

A Place in the Family

I pretty much only listen to radio in the car, which explains how I stumbled...

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 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

“Guns Don’t Kill People”

OK, so what if we accepted that “guns don’t kill people, people do”? Just for...

October 2012

October 25, 2012

What God Intends

Let’s be fair, here. I’m sure that Richard Mourdock did not in any way mean...

September 2012

September 11, 2012

All In This Together

Vietnamese Zen master Thich Nhat Hanh teaches about something he calls interbeing. "If you are...

September 04, 2012

Run for Your Life!

I have always been fairly athletic, and I enjoy playing a good game that gets...

August 2012

August 28, 2012

Hating Hateful Haters

Last week, advertisements began appearing at commuter train stations in the county where I live...

August 25, 2012

Legitimacy

The furor over Rep. Todd Akin’s astonishingly irresponsible and oft-quoted remarks this week has once...

August 21, 2012

The Mean Season

Like many of you, I am already bemoaning the tone and tenor of the Presidential...

August 11, 2012

In solidarity with our Sikh sisters and brothers

This past Sunday's horrific shooting at the Oak Creek Sikh Temple just outside Milwaukee is...

July 2012

July 31, 2012

Every Jot and Tittle

Yesterday was my birthday, so I thought I'd explain how I came about my name...

July 28, 2012

Context and interpretation

In matters of interpretation, it’s important for us to try to understand context. This is...