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February 2015

February 11, 2015

Is Sex Necessary?

My colleagues in Unitarian Universalist ministry are blogging this month under the hashtag #SexUUality. Sex...

February 09, 2015

How Do We Interact on the Cyber-Commons?

I bet I’m not the only one whose Facebook page is lighting up right now...

February 05, 2015

Building Better Primates

I always enjoy reading columns by New York Times Op-Ed writer David Brooks. His opinions...

January 2015

January 20, 2015

Guest Blogger: Rev. Paul Beedle: Reflections: Selma

Today we welcome the Reverend Paul Beedle, parish minister for First Unitarian Universalist Church of...

January 15, 2015

Darn the Luck: Truth is Everywhere

Truth is power. I don’t think many people disagree with that statement. Truth is...

January 13, 2015

As the movement builds, let us remember

I learned in school that the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. had a dream....

December 2014

December 23, 2014

Healing in the darkness…

Beloveds, may peace and a time for some internal housecleaning be yours in this holiday...

December 16, 2014

Don’t Let the Light Go Out

The Feast of Hanukkah, commemorating the rededication of the Temple in particular and the resistance...

December 09, 2014

A Prayer for Wonder Restored

What does is mean to be a people of wonder? This was the evening’s invitational...

December 04, 2014

Breathe: A Poem

Breathe, said the wind. How can I breathe at a time like this,...

November 2014

November 26, 2014

Seeing is Believing

In the wake of Ferguson, in the wake of Trayvon Martin and Oscar Grant and...

November 25, 2014

“the war against dehumanization is ceaseless”

"They have treated the wound of my people carelessly, saying, “Peace, peace,” when there is...

November 18, 2014

Eight Virtues for Generous Living

Patheos generously sent me a copy of The Grace of Yes: Eight Virtues for Generous...

November 13, 2014

Just Yesterday I Got the Call

Just yesterday I got the call. “Reverend Maginn,” declares Chaplain Jason Dipinto who has faithfully...

November 11, 2014

Remembrance Day

In Flanders Fields by Lieutenant Colonel John McCrae (1915) In Flanders fields the poppies blow...

November 04, 2014

Election Day, November 4, 2014

Today is the day, friends. The day to VOTE. This is the day when we...

November 03, 2014

Be Still

My daughter is learning to nap. Again. Not on a shoulder or on a lap....

October 2014

October 27, 2014

Plenty and Then Some

This blog post, and the excerpts of a sermon on which this blog post is...

October 21, 2014

Please

Tonight we stood together around candles that marked the spot where his body was found...

October 14, 2014

Companions on the journey

“May beauty and passion and compassion be our companions. May we be fully alive. Amen.”...

October 13, 2014

Who Do You Listen To?

Who do you let in? These days we have lots of options for who and...

October 07, 2014

Moving at the speed of gratitude

This morning Sitting with the grief of more painful news I pick up my pen...

October 06, 2014

Surf

Whoever it was that said grief comes in waves knows what it is to stand...

September 2014

September 23, 2014

What To Do With Privilege After Ferguson

When I went to Ferguson I thought I had something to offer. I was wrong....

September 16, 2014

An invitation to the party (haiku)

Your experience Bound with collective vision Shapes our work today Courage, friends!

September 15, 2014

Recipe

Amidst the din of global news and professional things-to-do, one of my great joys and...

September 09, 2014

The Courage for Compassion

Even After All this time The sun never says to the earth, “You owe Me.”...

September 02, 2014

When in doubt, choose the side of Compassion

The Thursday following the fundamentalist disruption of worship service at First Unitarian Universalist Church of...

August 2014

August 26, 2014

Because it is the Faithful Thing To Do

{Editor's Note: Due to technical difficulties, this post, originally scheduled for August 19th, was delayed...

August 13, 2014

It’s Not Just Ferguson

When a toaster keeps producing burnt toast, we don’t blame the bread—we fix the toaster. ...