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August 2013

August 01, 2013

Free Will, Fate, and Destiny: A Humanist Perspective

Human religions have always been built upon foundations of the best available science of the...

July 2013

July 04, 2013

Freedom . . . for Which?

I subscribe to the notion that separating out religion from other meaning-making systems is valid...

June 2013

June 27, 2013

Arguing Over the Light

All religions, all this singing,  one song. Rumi  1. A poet I met once, Leslie...

May 2013

May 02, 2013

Softballing with Spinoza

If a triangle could speak, it would say . . . that God is eminently...

April 2013

April 11, 2013

Bodhidharma Proposes to the Wall

Bodhidharma sat there, they say, nine years, but you know how they talk. Bodhidharma there...

November 2012

November 01, 2012

Salvation

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

September 2012

September 27, 2012

Prejudice is Part of Human Nature

We human beings have many times many different prejudices. I’m not trying to make a...

September 13, 2012

Violence Begets Violence

I’m sure you’ve heard the aphorism, that violence never solves anything. It is a good...

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 30, 2012

Worship as Emotive Experience

This past Sunday, I became emotional in the pulpit… again. Ok, truth to be told,...

July 2012

July 19, 2012

The Meaning of Faith

Faith is not about belief. Faith in fact has very little to do with what...

July 16, 2012

A Response to “Can Liberal Christianity Be Saved?”

In yesterday's New York Times, op-ed columnist, Ross Douthat, published "Can Liberal Christianity Be Saved?" ...

June 2012

June 07, 2012

A Personal Relationship with God

The aspect of my personal faith that seems to bring about the most confusion in...

May 2012

May 16, 2012

Changing Your Wiper Blades

Last week I bought new windshield wipers for my car and I was amazed at...