I am hardly a Luddite. Yes, I raised my children without cable and without....
Begin Again in Love (sermon)
March 15, 2015 First Parish Church of Groton Karen G. Johnston Candidate for....
Out of the Mouths of Babes
[caption id="attachment_3484" align="alignright" width="300"] This photograph is from the Carol M. Highsmith Archive at the Library of Congress.[/caption] It was a Sunday of worship when those gathered were paying homage to the efforts and sacrifices....
For Someone in Deep Pain Who Does Not Yet Pray (prayer)
Let me begin by setting aside my skepticism, my sarcasm, my doubt, my....
Prayer on the 50th Anniversary of Selma
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Winning His Battle with Brain Cancer: A Good Man Has Died
[caption id="attachment_3459" align="aligncenter" width="300"] Mark Green[/caption] Yesterday, my friend Mark Green died. We knew each other in college. In our first year, we narrowly avoided a one-night stand without loss of dignity or....
Reading Life Into Failing Bodies: The Chaplaincy of Eros and Thanatos
A third of my summer chaplaincy internship was spent at a nursing home. It was....
Choosing Open Eyes (sermon)
This sermon was delivered on February 22, 2015 at First Parish Church of....
Memento Mori (poem – video)
If all you do with this post is spend 4:15 minutes watching this clip, that is enough. But there is a bit of (con)text below... [youtube=http://youtu.be/4eAgUx508hg] Memento Mori is a Latin term. It has multiple translations, all approaching a....
Making Love in Public: Blogging on #SexUUality
Unitarian Universalists have a long history of courage in tackling issues....