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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
[caption id="attachment_3467" align="alignright" width="400"] (labeled for non-commercial reuse)[/caption] audio version here Dearest God, Sweet Divine Spark, we call out now, in hope that all Creation will hear. This planet, Oh God, is....
Winning His Battle with Brain Cancer: A Good Man Has Died
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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 Groton, MA. audio version here Somewhere in Asia – Japan or Malaysia or some other country – there is a picture on a Buddhist monk’s smart phone. It is of the dining hall....
Memento Mori (poem – video)
If all you do with this post is spend 4:15 minutes watching this clip, that is....
Making Love in Public: Blogging on #SexUUality
Unitarian Universalists have a long history of courage in tackling issues....
Middle of the Night Miracles
Our bodies are deeply miraculous. And, of course, deeply bound by a natural order that science reveals to us more and more. Both at the same time. The other night, I woke myself from a nightmare. As I did, I found myself frozen with....
What is the Hokey Pokey All About?
When I was a social worker/home visitor and got paid for playing with toddlers,....