Keeping Our Hearts Alive: On the Contribution of One Veteran (homily)

November 8, 2015 First Parish Church of Groton audio version here Spirit of....


Tonglen: Enough. For Now.

I met Doris* as she lay in a bed on the pulmonary unit to which I had been....


Coming to the Pond: Surrender & Prayer (sermon)

Unitarian Society of Northampton & Florence August 9, 2015 (The Mary....


On Not Waiting to be the Hummingbird (sermon)

On Not Waiting to be the Hummingbird: The Life and Death of Lee....


F*ck Bucket Lists

So there's this thing.  A term of art that apparently everyone (who's anyone)....


Reading Life Into Failing Bodies: The Chaplaincy of Eros and Thanatos

A third of my summer chaplaincy internship was spent at a nursing home. It was....


Trooper Responsive: The Story Continues

(Earlier today, I sent this letter.  I comment about the response at the end....


Bidden or Unbidden: God in the House?

God keeps popping up at my house. Which is a little strange given that we are....


Forget the Blessings (poetry)

for T.C. Forget pious blessing chatter. The nice-nice that assures polite....


Don’t Fear the Reaper: Reactions When I Tell People What I Do

I was in line at my local food co-op, which just so happens to have the....