Weaving Stories of Beloved Community – Part I (sermon)

Let me begin with gratitude. Gratitude for this moment, for this breath.....


Sharing Stories: Candidating Week Ahead

So, clearly, the blog has not been a high priority. I've been just the tiniest....


Update on Search

Though I can't tell you where geographically just yet, I will say this about where I am emotionally in the search process to become some Unitarian Universalist congregation's minister. More details to come. (Probably next week)  Stay....


People Who Behave Magnificently: The Hope Question (Part II)

(Part I can be found here.) Recently, I was talking recently to someone who....


The Wait. The Weight. The Waiting.

In my household, the past several weeks have been dubbed, "The Wait." No,....


The Hope Question (Part I)

[caption id="attachment_4067" align="aligncenter" width="336"] Image by Darren Tunnicliff. Used with permission.[/caption] In the room full of mental health practitioners getting a classical primer on mindfulness and Buddhism from Andrew Olendzki, the....


Breaking Open to Fearless Passion

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The Limits of Our Senses (redux): An Easter Sermon (sermon)

First Parish Church of Groton Here is the audio link to the sermon. Our....


Practicing Resurrection – Easter Sunrise (sermon)

As Unitarian Universalists and liberal religionists, we are not a people who tend to read the Bible literally. We understand that there is a historical context that helps us make sense of what might have been necessary, perhaps even life-saving, several....


What’s So Good about Good Friday?

Today is what the Christian calendar calls Good Friday. [caption....