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May 2017

May 30, 2017

The Bodhisattva of Hee Haw

Growing up, my sister and I were briefly minor celebrities to insomniacs across Appalachia. What...

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...

March 07, 2017

RESIST and REJOICE!

I want to take this moment to rejoice with you that we are not alone,...

January 2017

January 31, 2017

Blessing the Organizers

Beloveds, thank you for showing up. We sing: organize, organize, organize We bear witness to...

January 16, 2017

America’s deadly theological crisis

My special holiday guest blogger is Rev. Jim Foti, assistant minister at the congregation I...

December 2016

December 06, 2016

Risking together

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

November 2016

November 15, 2016

Be about that loving and justice-making

Dear friends, I wrote the post below on the 10 year commemoration of Hurricane Katrina...

November 09, 2016

After the Election

Dear Ones, I expect, like me, you feel as if you had gotten the news...

October 2016

October 25, 2016

how we spend our lives…

Back before we became adult adults, my younger sister and I would call each other...

October 18, 2016

Public Service Reminder

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

September 2016

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...

September 22, 2016

Hand Me A Pickaxe, Please! I Need Hope!

I’ve been thinking lately about despair and hope, especially for people like me who live...

September 21, 2016

Send Me

Last night I watched the powerful Ken Burns documentary Defying the Nazis: The Sharp’s War...

September 20, 2016

Trauma Stewardship?

Dear Friends, Happy Autumn! On day one of my summer break a dear friend recommended...

July 2016

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 16, 2016

Orlando: God herself Is Inconsolable

When I was coming out as a young lesbian, back in the late 70s and...

June 13, 2016

Profile of a Murderer

Don’t get me wrong. I am not generally a fan of profiling. I find it...

May 2016

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...

April 2016

April 14, 2016

Y’all Means All: Veto a Bad Bill

Dear Governor Haslam, This week, the State Legislature sent you a bill to legalize discrimination...

April 12, 2016

A spiritual responsibility for a moral tomorrow

In case the not so subtle nuances and coded language around race and class that are...

April 05, 2016

Letter to the Editor

Louisiana is the most incarcerated place in the world. Let's truly sit with that for...

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...

March 08, 2016

Guarding the Family Treasure

This week, I'm spending three days in Georgetown, DC, as part of the post-graduate program...

February 2016

February 27, 2016

Leading from the Airship

This week's New Yorker had an article about the resurgence of airships. Sure, we've seen blimps...

February 26, 2016

Omnipotence Paradox: What’s the Real Question?

In Divinity School, it became clear early on that I'm much more a pastor than...

February 25, 2016

Self-Differentiation in 3 Puzzle Pieces

Systems thinking is not like memorizing the periodic table. It's like learning how to play violin....

February 16, 2016

The heartwork of coming alive

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