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March 2013

March 21, 2013

Apophatic Project

How to say she would run the horse beneath the low branches of the Thorny...

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 11, 2013

Abolitionist Ministry

There is growing attention within Unitarian Universalism to the calls for justice coming from behind...

March 10, 2013

Thank you, Rhoda Morgenstern!

Rhoda Morgenstern changed my life. As a chubby, opinionated, smart and mouthy teenager in Akron...

March 09, 2013

…born and re-born again

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

March 07, 2013

Doubt, the Scurry

Thinking of it is your first mistake. A scurry caught in the corner of a...

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...

February 2013

February 28, 2013

Subtile Body

“There is more reason in your body than in your best wisdom.” Frederich Nietzsche Hard...

February 21, 2013

Seeds

The cattails I brought you have burst long ago & sent their fluff seeding wherever...

February 15, 2013

When there is too much to do…

Some things go undone... See y'all next week!

February 15, 2013

Hats & Maps

1. (in the thick) Once an argument could cut like a two-edged sword. But that’s...

February 08, 2013

Collective Joy!

It is Carnival time in New Orleans! From now until Ash Wednesday, there will be...

February 02, 2013

Recipe for Grief

I didn’t have grieving on my agenda this morning. Does this happen to you? Isn’t...

January 2013

January 27, 2013

Faith to Live, Faith to Die

I spent yesterday with an almost 90 year old woman I’ve loved for decades, just...

January 25, 2013

Guns: Relationship Status: “It’s complicated.”

I first held a gun when I was eight years old. One of my uncles...

January 20, 2013

Standing on the Shoulders of Giants

As we approach the 40th anniversary of the Roe v. Wade Supreme Court decision, I...

January 18, 2013

Like-Hearted People

"You need not think alike to love alike." This was the wisdom of Francis David, spiritual...

January 11, 2013

We Are All In This Together

“If middle-class Americans do not feel threatened by the slow encroachment of the police state...

January 06, 2013

A Heretic Mulls Over Epiphany

Today is The Epiphany, when Christians celebrate as the day when Jesus was revealed to...

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...

December 24, 2012

For So the Children Come

For each child that’s born A morning star rises and sings to the universe who...

December 15, 2012

Invocation in a time of sorrow

Tomorrow morning in the congregation I serve, we will open our worship for all ages...

December 15, 2012

The Day After Newtown: Finding Our Way

And so we wake up the morning after, and it wasn’t a dream. The children...

December 14, 2012

YOU GOT PEOPLE

You Got People This Public Service Announcement brought to you by a Unitarian Universalist minister...

December 12, 2012

Ready for Christmas

‘Tis the season. The standard greeting these days seems to be, “So, are you ready...

December 09, 2012

Impatiently Waiting to Patiently Wait

It’s December 8 already; one third of the way through the Advent calendar that I...

December 06, 2012

The Christmas List

We’ve reached the season of the Christmas list. Children far and near are making careful...

November 2012

November 30, 2012

On Abundance

"We are the people of abundance, people who have known suffering and will know suffering....