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

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


Let's not Just Make Noise, Let's Make a Difference: On the Night of No Indictment of Darren Wilson

I am supposed to be moved to write something, or say something, or craft some....


Doom & the Berlin Wall

I will tell anyone who will listen: I am a doom-sayer. I regularly predict the....


Mirror, Mirror: Cultural Misappropriation Bites Me in the Ass (Part II)

I know, Halloween is past, its candy on discount in the center aisle of the CVS....


Prayer Inspired by Shantideva Prayer

This pastoral prayer is adapted from prayers of Shantideva, an 8th century....


A Blessing at the Start of a Ministerial Internship

For my new Teaching Parish Committee   We are artists, not....


Notice Who Matters: The Sermon (Part 2 of 2)

August 17, 2014 Unitarian Society of Northampton & Florence  By Langston....


Prayer for Learning Self Defense Skills in a Hospital Setting

I wrote this prayer to frame a class on Non-Violent Physical Crisis....


Blessing for a Newborn Baby

In every birth, blessed is the wonder. In every creation, blessed is the new....


On Death: Four Noble Truths and a Metta Prayer

Another death. Two, actually. One is the death of a UU ministerial colleague,....