A Call to Increase the Number of Wise Persons on Christmas Eve

Tonight, as part of the adult Christmas Eve service, I will be reading Rev.....


Honoring My Teachers

In traditional Buddhism, even Western Buddhism, there is typically attention to....


Trauma-Informed Meditation Protocol

During my upcoming trip to Burma, I will be leading daily meditation sessions for my study group.  Most of these fellow travelers have only a minimal familiarity with meditation.  We will be spending three days in a Meditation Centre, so our meditation....


Winter Walk

Desiccated bronze orphans, aligned along branches, rustling....


The Shared World: Lessons In Joy and (Dis)Comfort (sermon)

First Parish Church of Groton Karen G. Johnston, Ministerial Intern (audio....


Trooper Responsive: The Story Continues

(Earlier today, I sent this letter.  I comment about the response at the end of this post.) Colonel Timothy Alben Superintendent of the Massachusetts State Police  Dear Sir: It is not an easy time to be a police officer in this....


Arriving at the Rally on Police Brutality in the Back of a Police Cruiser

 Or, A Story of Ms. Panache and Her Four Angels Her floppy hat was made....


The Great (Racial Justice) Turning (Part II)

(Part I can be found here.) (2/26/2020: edited for clarity, as well as to....


Eric and Jesus Can't Breathe: Another Non-Indictment (Part I)

Seeringly poignant, this point. We can advocate for bodycams on police, sign every petition, the national ones, the local ones. We can write to the governor, to our state reps and senators. We can call our local police stations.  We can lend our....


Tribute to Stephen Philbrick on the Occasion of Twenty Years in Ministry

this is the original version of the abbreviated tribute I gave this....