At the start of the new UU church year – typically the Sunday after Labor Day....
On Keeping (Ig)Noble Silence
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Tonglen: Enough. For Now.
I met Doris* as she lay in a bed on the pulmonary unit to which I had been assigned as a hospital chaplain intern. At the moment when we met, she her breathing was “good enough” – not well enough to be home, but none of the machines attached to her....
My Yum of Communion: Sorry If It's Your Yuck
This morning – my last free Sunday morning before I am happily spoken for by....
Blessing of the Backpacks — A Mini Primer
Such a brilliant idea: a Blessing of the Backpacks. I first encountered it in....
Coming to the Pond: Surrender & Prayer (sermon)
Unitarian Society of Northampton & Florence August 9, 2015 (The Mary Oliver poem referenced in this sermon can be found here.) When I joined my first Unitarian Universalist congregation, this very one, nearly twenty ago, there was not much....
Prayer on the First Anniversary of Michael Brown’s Death
May the words of our mouths and the meditations of all of our hearts contribute....
Prayer for Children Reclaiming Structures Meant for Climbing
This is a summer scene along the Harborway in Halifax, Nova Scotia. It both....
From Halifax to Havana and Back Again
[caption id="attachment_3747" align="alignleft" width="225"] July 26 was a national holiday in Cuba. Photo by Karen G. Johnston[/caption] Four years ago, to the day, my newlywed (like, two days previously) partner and I arrived in Havana, Cuba for our....
Showing Up for Racial Justice: One White Person's Wading into the Waters… (Part II)
Part II: C’mon In, the Water’s … You Tell Me I wonder if you might....