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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...

December 2015

December 24, 2015

A Christmas Conversation

“What do you want for Christmas?” I asked my soul. No response. “No, really, it’s...

August 2015

August 25, 2015

As we re-member, a love note to NOLA and to life

This is a love note to my people, to friends and family and strangers who...

August 18, 2015

In times of grief and struggle, remember, friends

March 2015

March 31, 2015

a love poem for a holy week

Happiness is this moment alive in the sunshine knowing I am Loved.

February 2015

February 11, 2015

Is Sex Necessary?

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

September 2014

September 08, 2014

Blessings from Heaven

This past weekend I had the chance to do one of my favorite things. Presiding...

February 2014

February 12, 2014

Valentine’s Day

I could be wrong, but I rather suspect that Valentine’s Day is the most widely...

February 07, 2014

Brave Love

I have fallen a bit behind. I had high hopes this year of completing the...

January 2014

January 26, 2014

Worthy to be Entrusted

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

September 2013

September 08, 2013

Season of Forgiveness

Reflecting on his experience as a prosecutor at the Nuremberg Trials, the International Military Tribunal...

September 01, 2013

A Month of Weddings

Yesterday closed out August, the first month of marriage equality in Minnesota. Fittingly, I saw...

August 2013

August 24, 2013

Today

Today I am going to try and live into the simplicity and struggle of this...

August 21, 2013

Heroes

Perhaps you have heard about Antoinette Tuff, who this week single-handedly prevented a massacre at...

August 07, 2013

Forty Seven Weddings and a Funeral

It’s been almost a week now, but I’m still internalizing the seismic change taking place...

March 2013

March 27, 2013

Before the Court

As I write, the Supreme Court is just finishing up oral arguments on the Defense...

March 09, 2013

…born and re-born again

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

February 2013

February 13, 2013

Kinds of Love

Happy Valentine’s Day. If, you know, that’s your thing. If you happen to be one...

December 2012

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...

November 2012

November 30, 2012

On Abundance

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

November 01, 2012

Salvation

I am a Unitarian Universalist who believes deeply that salvation is an inherent aspect of...

October 2012

October 22, 2012

We Do Not Fear People Whose Stories We Know…

Back before the Twin Towers fell and the Pentagon was attacked by plane, before there...

October 10, 2012

The Connection of Church and State

I am a big fan of the separation of church and state. I do not...

September 2012

September 04, 2012

Run for Your Life!

I have always been fairly athletic, and I enjoy playing a good game that gets...

August 2012

August 28, 2012

Hating Hateful Haters

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

July 2012

July 12, 2012

Being Good for Nothing

I suppose I shouldn’t have said anything. But letting these things slide is, shall we...

June 2012

June 24, 2012

Fear and Love at Tent City

There is a protest at Tent City tonight, the place where Sherriff Joe...