Awake & Witness

The Unitarian Universalist Ministry of Karen G. Johnston
Civil Rights Trail

Paying Homage in Selma: Unitarian Universalist Civil Rights Martyrs

Speechless (or wordless) doesn’t work particularly well for poets or....

Civil Rights Trail

They Are All Honored Here: Nothing Is Lost

Better poets and theologians have made their offerings. Who am I to....

Book of Revelation

Beyond Apocalypse: Cultivating Eco-Resilience

Unitarian Universalist Church of Birmingham April 10, 2022 Reverend....

Lost Souls Pilgrimage

Visiting Morganza

(this post is the second of a two-part report on my visit to Morganza; the....

Lost Souls Pilgrimage

A Trip to Avery Island

When I was a kid, I had such a hankering for salt that I would steal my....

Civil Rights Trail

Angels In Our Midst

How might we surrender to our place in the vast cosmos, the strange mix....

Lost Souls Pilgrimage

Map Overlay

(this is the first of a two-part report on my visit to Morganza; the....

Lost Souls Pilgrimage

Its Own Time

Serving as a congregational minister, most of the time I must prepare a....

grief

Visiting the Whitney Plantation, part two

All over the plantation, there are artifacts and there is art. the....

Lost Souls Pilgrimage

Visiting the Whitney Plantation (part one)

Leaving New Orleans this morning, I spent several hours today at the....