Sign of the Times: Signs of the March

Here is my photo montage of the March on Washington, 2013.  It is wholly....


A Bridge, Not a Wedge: Why I am Going to the March on Washington Tomorrow

Our job is to use love, anger, and imagination to show where to go, and....


My Vanilla Partner: Bisexuality, Het Privilege & Fluidity

I still find it exotic.  And ironic.  My husband.  When the phrase leaves my tongue, it’s accompanied by a mix of pride and bemusement.  Me?  With a husband?  A male husband? When my ex and I broke up after a decade together, because I had....


Conflict Fluency, Matching, Shushing: Taking a Leap of Faith

Today is day two of a three-day training intensive called “Culture,....


Behind the Kitchen Door: Standing on the Side of Ethical Food Management Curricula

I have a daughter who is a rising senior in high school. It is August.  She....


Returning Stolen Goods: Supporting Sexual Assault Services, Restoring Faith in Humanity

Huffington Post, get over yourself! Here is a news report about burglars who stole computers and other valuable items, discovered they were from an organization that works to prevent sexual assault, then returned the stolen items, leaving a what HuffPo....


Soul Searching Ahead: Unitarian Universalist Conversations on Race

Over and over, the dangers of oversimplification rang forth.  Participants....


Joyful NYC Scenes

Whenever I am asked to consider a trip to New York City, I encounter a strong....


Beyond Beyonce: Cuba & Me

In today’s NYT there is an article about the people-to-people trips now legal for more Americans traveling to Cuba.  Since the recent controversial trip by Beyonce and Jay-Z on one of these officially-sanctioned trips, there has been more attention in....


Not Crying on Sundays: On Job and Your Heart (sermon)

Reading: Excerpt from Introduction to Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman “This....