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March 2014

March 30, 2014

What Healing Looks Like

I remember as a teenager, home alone one afternoon, listening over and over to David...

March 20, 2014

In Which Cackling Self Vanquishes Wild Grief, While Rational Self Could Not

Newsflash: Grief is completely irrational. Does this surprise me? Not rationally. I knew it, know...

March 19, 2014

Good-Bye, Fred Phelps

Fred Phelps, of Westboro Church “God Hates Fags” fame, is reportedly near death. Which may...

March 18, 2014

Do Justice

I am ever so grateful that I was assigned The Wolf Shall Dwell with the...

March 17, 2014

At Least One Way to Put It

When my sister was born, she made herself known. Screamed so loud, they moved her...

March 16, 2014

Think…Less?!

Last week, my partner and I spent five days and four nights in the hospital...

March 11, 2014

WATER SOLIDARITY

Environmental Justice struggles with a news cycle that may report a disaster, may revisit on...

March 10, 2014

Be Kind…

“Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle.” This quote, often misattributed...

March 03, 2014

Company at the Bedside

On a good night these days our Little Bean (aka, Little Night Owl) will unwind...

February 2014

February 25, 2014

It’s Carnival Time!

Al “Carnival Time” Johnson sings “it’s Carnival Time and everybody’s havin’ fun…” The twitter feed,...

February 18, 2014

Remember? #NeverLovedUs

“By not finding Dunn guilty of murder, the jury could not unanimously conclude that one...

February 13, 2014

Spiritual Practice for Skeptics

I tend to get it from both sides when I talk about spiritual practice: many...

February 11, 2014

Bee Wise

This winter has devastated my sub-tropical garden in New Orleans. I was out of town...

February 10, 2014

The Harvest Comes

On a blazingly sunny January morning, I marched into a sanctuary outside of Denver, Colorado...

February 03, 2014

There Are Many Right Ways

This week, our kid’s favorite book-to-have-read-to-her is Lift Every Voice and Sing. Illustrated by Bryan...

January 2014

January 31, 2014

Beginning must not be the end….

As we conclude this month focused on beginnings, I am struck by the renewed interest...

January 26, 2014

Worthy to be Entrusted

(Today, I preached at the ordination of a new minister in my denomination, Unitarian Universalism....

January 21, 2014

Epiphany (Continues)

[More king cakes than you can imagine and only two weeks into Epiphany, I am...

January 20, 2014

How Is It with Your Day?

I recently asked a friend, via e-mail, what her daily routine was like. It was...

January 17, 2014

Frosted Windows and Heavy Hammers

A few weeks ago, I decided that this is the year that I am going...

January 14, 2014

Saving the music, Saving our souls

Much talk is made of gentrification, but I want to take a moment and lift...

January 13, 2014

The Coin That Wowed Me

A very simple thing happened the other day. Someone bought me the 20 cent...

January 11, 2014

A Candle in the Window

As winter draws close around us here in the northern hemisphere, I find myself drawn...

January 07, 2014

Unconditional Love: An Epiphany

Over winter solstice, I watched my father tending to KG, his first grandchild, with unconditional...

January 06, 2014

Baby, It’s Cold Outside

It’s supposed to be extremely cold this week, across the country. Many people we know...

January 04, 2014

The Eager Chaplain

Early in ministry, there are skills to be learned. Preaching, counseling, the coffee-hour nod that...

January 02, 2014

Learning Otherwise in Receiving

There was a time I thought I was in hell. It was Texas. I had...

December 2013

December 30, 2013

What’s New This New Year?

“The sun came up and five years gone. Life goes on…” – Brandi Carlile The...

December 27, 2013

Being Responsible- A Story of Two Men

The daily paper on Christmas Eve carried this story: “Richard F. Morrow, 69, died when...

December 25, 2013

Complicity: A Christmas Story

One spring had me moonlighting on crisis response. I was far from an expert. Only...