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....
Forget the Blessings (poetry)
for T.C. Forget pious blessing chatter. The nice-nice that assures polite....
Nobody, but Nobody, Can Make It Out Here Alone (sermon)
First Parish Church of Groton, Groton, MA Karen G. Johnston, Intern Minister October 12, 2014 (a link to the audio of this sermon is here) Let me begin with gratitude. For you, this body of people who makes a place for me and my calling to ministry.....
Metal May Well Revert (poetry)
I am posting this poem here, as my dear friend's mother died last night. I....