This sermon was preached at First Parish Unitarian Universalist of Chelmsford....
Spiritually-Sound Impulses: Pulpit Exchanges & Congregational Polity
Yes, this one might be a little boring. Yes, the topic is not particularly....
The Strength to Withstand Not Knowing Why
I am praying and wishing and hoping for… what? It is so hard in times like these to know what it is to ask for, what it is to wish for, what it is to do. Of course, there is the wish that we have that it didn’t happen, that we could take it all....
Explaining a Segregated Playground: Dr. Howard Thurman's Love for His Daughters
Later this morning, I will be preaching at First Parish Unitarian Universalist....
"With Our Thoughts We Make the World"
Me: [I post one of about a thousand pro-immigrant rights/justice items on my....
Repentance and (no) Reluctance: A Confession for America
This semester at Hartford Seminary, I am taking a course entitled, “Suffering, Theodicy, and Repentance: Interreligious Readings of Job and Jonah,” taught by Yehezkel Landau. Interreligious, in this case, means that we are looking at these two....
So Many Kind Faces: UU Buddhist Fellowship Convocation
Can you see me there in the back with the striped sweater? I did not make a....
Save Me from my Introversion
This is so typical of me. I dress to impress. I am at a conference at which....
I Shot the Sherriff: On Killing the Buddha
I was born in 1967, which makes me a little too young to claim the oldie but goodie, “I Shot the Sherriff,” made popular by Bob Marley in 1973 and by Eric Clapton in 1974. However, my beloved brother is five years older than I am and my first....
A Swell of the Heart: Metta Sutta
This is what should be done By one who is skilled in goodness, And who knows....