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September 2013

September 08, 2013

Season of Forgiveness

Reflecting on his experience as a prosecutor at the Nuremberg Trials, the International Military Tribunal...

August 2013

August 29, 2013

Dancing The Real

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

August 24, 2013

Today

Today I am going to try and live into the simplicity and struggle of this...

August 10, 2013

UU Verbs

I had the honor of spending this week with a dozen youth who chose 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 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...

July 10, 2013

Almost Heaven

I just got back from a week at a dance and music camp in the...

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 19, 2013

Compassion and Connection

His Holiness the Dalai Lama has graced New Orleans with his presence this weekend. Prayer...

May 11, 2013

Creating Life

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

May 04, 2013

Prayers for the Possible

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

May 02, 2013

“You’re Keeping That?”

While nursing lately, I've been watching the sun move across the dusty piano. "I've got...

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...

April 20, 2013

SHINE

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

April 18, 2013

National Poem In Your Pocket Day #pocketpoem

It’s Poem In Your Pocket Day, and like a springtime bird still dazed by the...

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 29, 2013

Yes, Sweetie, Your Mama’s An Atheist…Minister. It Happens. Now, About This Sunday…

Last September, we moved to the "Little Rome" section of Northeast Washington, D.C. I expected...

March 24, 2013

Longing for the Weeds

Hard to believe we’re turning towards April in Minnesota, where I live. Out my window,...

March 21, 2013

Ordinary Time

Though March is not the season of Ordinary Time according to the Roman Catholic calendar,...

March 19, 2013

Beauty Today

Tomorrow is the first day of Spring in the Northern Hemisphere. Here in Central Pennsylvania,...

March 15, 2013

What’s (Not) To Worry About?

Well, it's not the end of the world, by a long stretch. In fact, it's...

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 12, 2013

Relationship First

"If words come out of the heart, they will enter the heart, but if they...

March 09, 2013

…born and re-born again

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

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 05, 2013

Waiting for Snow in Carlisle

Today, I carpooled to a daylong meeting with several colleagues. As we rode back toward...

March 03, 2013

Being and Doing, Work and Spiritual Practice

Last week I attended an interesting conference called Wisdom 2.0, about the convergence of technology...

March 02, 2013

High Resolve

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