Tainted: Not the Grand Transition We Would Hope

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Choosing Open Eyes (sermon)

This sermon was delivered on February 22, 2015 at First Parish Church of....


What is the Hokey Pokey All About?

When I was a social worker/home visitor and got paid for playing with toddlers,....


Abundance Scooped from Abundance: Reflections on Myanmar

homily delivered today at First Parish Church of Groton There is a line from....


A Nation Being Rebuilt: My Fortnight in Myanmar (poem)

To find the lost, To heal the broken, To feed the hungry, To release the....


Burma Reds (poem)

Bricks from the 9th century onward, the shape of pagodas and....


Climbing Bagan

For three days, we are in the Bagan region, which is like walking amid a ten....


Post-Colonial Dinner Theater: An Attempt to Restore Erased Dignity

It was supposed to be a pinnacle evening. I must say, a pinnacle among....


Visiting Pann Pyo Let: An Abundance of Abundance

I am beyond exhausted and yet feel the desire and the duty to blog. Our days....


New Year, New Hope, and the Hokey Pokey

The last Sunday of the old year I spent at my internship congregation. I led....