The Hope of Raspberry Brambles

It’s risky, writing about hope without being in touch with at least some....


Earth Day 2015

In the early 1980s, we all lived under the pale of mutual nuclear destruction.....


F*ck Bucket Lists

So there's this thing.  A term of art that apparently everyone (who's anyone)....


Tiny Resurrections: Easter Sunrise 2015 (sermon)

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Falling in Love: My Encounter with a Homeless Man

I am not often on the subway but the other day I was on the Red Line from Park....


Prayer on the 50th Anniversary of Selma

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Choosing Open Eyes (sermon)

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


Just Another Friday Evening: Shwedagon Pagoda

It must be the place to go on a Friday night. Old people. Young people. ....


New Year, New Hope, and the Hokey Pokey

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


Arriving at the Rally on Police Brutality in the Back of a Police Cruiser

 Or, A Story of Ms. Panache and Her Four Angels Her floppy hat was made....