Books for Burma (or is it Myanmar?)

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....