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February 2013

February 26, 2013

Paying Attention Again

“We must learn to reawaken and keep ourselves awake. . . .Only that day dawns...

January 2013

January 02, 2013

Happy New Year!

The New Year is, of course, traditionally the time for making resolutions. Consequently, January 2nd...

December 2012

December 30, 2012

What a Day for a Daydream!

It turns out I’m not as good at daydreaming as I used to be. When...

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...

November 2012

November 02, 2012

Voting as Spiritual Practice, as a Neighborly Act…

Every day you have less reason not to give yourself away. ~ Wendell Berry ~...

October 2012

October 21, 2012

Fireworks

Truth be told, I don’t feel like writing a blog this morning. I just feel...

October 07, 2012

Thoughts on Death and Lasagna

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

October 05, 2012

That’s What Bearing Witness Is…

Let go of what you know and honor what exists Son, that's what bearing witness...

September 2012

September 29, 2012

Be Here Later, or Be There Now?

I finally cleaned the back yard the other day, a task I had spent several...

September 12, 2012

Come In and Sing!

The National Cathedral in Reykjavík is a modest edifice, as far as cathedrals go, and...

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...

September 02, 2012

Friends: The Spice of Life

If most of our life consists of basic repetitive tasks that are simple and predictable—some...

August 2012

August 28, 2012

Hating Hateful Haters

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

August 21, 2012

The Mean Season

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

August 05, 2012

August: The Year’s Midlife Crisis

I think August is the midlife...

July 2012

July 31, 2012

Spending Your Values

There’s been a lot of controversy lately about chicken sandwiches. Specifically the fact that the...

July 17, 2012

More, More, More!

As a New Yorker, I should be accustomed to the fact that the annual Fourth...

July 10, 2012

It Could Have Been Otherwise

We spent the Fourth of July like many others do. We got together with family...

July 07, 2012

Going to the Movies

“What we are today comes from our thoughts of yesterday, and our present thoughts build...

June 2012

June 26, 2012

The New Face of Courage

Courage comes in many forms and it wears many faces. We often think of those...

June 23, 2012

A Moving Experience

My ministry in Philadelphia has led me to have two homes: a house in Central...

June 20, 2012

Summer Solstice

It’s always felt a little strange to me that summer begins at the solstice, the...

June 19, 2012

Saying Goodbye

A few years ago, a member of my congregation with a background in science asked...

June 16, 2012

Improv to Improve

I recently participated in a church board of trustees’ retreat in which a congregant, Travis...

June 12, 2012

What Really Matters

I recently conducted a memorial service for a young woman who had taken her own...

June 09, 2012

Paying Attention

“We must learn to reawaken and keep ourselves awake. . . .Only that day dawns...

June 08, 2012

Human Kindness

Imagine this: The day is hot and the line at the gas station is long....

June 07, 2012

A Personal Relationship with God

The aspect of my personal faith that seems to bring about the most confusion in...

June 05, 2012

A Case For Religion

A growing number of people in the United States define themselves as “spiritual but not...