Category Archives: Hope

Doom & Bloom: Reflections on Climate Grief

Posted on August 12, 2019 by KGJ

The Unitarian Society, East Brunswick, NJ August 11, 2019 Perhaps you know in your body.  Perhaps you know in your head.  Perhaps you know in what Buddhists call your heartmind, that deep place of coherence beyond the binary, beyond the … Continue reading →

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What We Lost Fifty Years Ago: Dr. King (sermon)

Posted on March 26, 2018 by KGJ

(A heads up: last Sunday, when I was not here, I was actually attending the 9am service at First Baptist of Lincoln Gardens, in Somerset.  If you are not familiar with First Baptist, it is a Black Baptist church with … Continue reading →

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Four Essential Things

Posted on January 20, 2018 by KGJ

The Unitarian Society East Brunswick, NJ January 7, 2018 READING: God Gave Me a Word by Amy Petrie Shaw A grandmother — who was not only the end of all arguments in his large extended family, but often the start … Continue reading →

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Safety, Wholeness, Yearning (sermon)

Posted on November 20, 2017 by KGJ

November 19, 2017 The Unitarian Society, East Brunswick, NJ   A refrain that has been in my mind, over and over. Safety.  And wholeness.  And a deep yearning for it. I have finally noticed it this past week, but really … Continue reading →

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#metoo prayer ritual

Posted on November 5, 2017 by KGJ

The Unitarian Society, East Brunswick, NJ Remembering to breathe and to breathe deeply and then once more, to take the breath in and let the breath out, we pause, poised as we are, at a point of risking, at a … Continue reading →

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And the Welcome Will Be Wide: It’s Not About the Bathrooms (sermon)

Posted on June 11, 2017 by KGJ

The Unitarian Society, East Brunswick, New Jersey And the table will be wide. And the welcome will be wide. And the arms will open wide to gather us in. We are fortunate that here in New Jersey: more protections for the rights … Continue reading →

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A Compass, Not a Map (sermon)

Posted on March 19, 2017 by KGJ

The Unitarian Society, East Brunswick, NJ March 19, 2017     A compass, rather than a map. Last week I told you that I have been reading Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer. Its subtitle is “Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, … Continue reading →

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Gratitude Flag Garden along the Mill River

Posted on February 9, 2017 by KGJ

Not long before I left Western Massachusetts last summer, I walked along the Mill River in an area I hadn’t visited for several years. Well, maybe even more than several, truth be told.   I was so lucky because I … Continue reading →

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Rapid Response Call – January 27, 2017

Posted on January 28, 2017 by KGJ

Today, along with 999 other faith leaders (there would have been more, but the conference call capacity tapped out even before the call began), I spent an hour on listening to the leaders of the Groundswell movement, the Moral Resistance … Continue reading →

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Walking City Sidewalks as Acts of Democracy

Posted on December 10, 2016 by KGJ

Not all that long ago I was reading (= listening while driving) to Parker Palmer’s Healing the Heart of Democracy. In it he offered up a solution to the loss of mutual connection that undermines the democratic essence of our … Continue reading →

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