In just over a month, I depart for Burma. Or Myanmar. Same....
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....
The Gender Spectrum: A Workshop, A Blogpost, A Poem
"Sexuality is who you go to bed with. Gender identity is who you to bed as." So sayeth the authors of The GENDER Book at a workshop I attended last night. [caption id="attachment_3214" align="aligncenter" width="300" class=" "] two of the three....
In Honor of Transgender Day of Remembrance: Reclaiming Genesis
November 20 is Transgender Day of Remembrance. This blog post, some of my....
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 as Christmas goodies line the shelves. All Saints/All Souls Day worship is behind us. Dia de los Muertos is laid to rest until next year. In class, we have been discussing....
Mirror, Mirror: Learning Humility (Part I)
Not that long ago, I was sitting in an early morning committee meeting, one of....
Bidden or Unbidden: God in the House?
God keeps popping up at my house. Which is a little strange given that we are....
A Game of Chess: The New Jim Crow Over & Over (Part II)
As I have written about in Part I, I am currently “reading” (listening as I drive) to Michelle Alexander’s amazing book, The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness. This book was chosen several years ago as the Unitarian....
Furtive Movements: The New Jim Crow Over & Over (part I)
Maybe you were like me when the George Zimmerman trial was going on, shocked....