Rock On, Oregon! Marriage Equality and Betty Roberts

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Beginner's Mind and Dis-orientation to CPE: A New Beginning

Today was the second day of my first experience of Clinical Pastoral Education.....


Rituals of This Day: Blessing the Departing Minister

The deacons and minister stand at the front.  The deacons stand on either side, balanced.  They speak.The water in this vessel was first gathered in January, 2013, filled with the good wishes and hopes for the future by those gathered for worship here....


Rituals of This Day: Blessing for the Congregation

I stand before you, in the fullness of this church, in the presence of this....


Rituals of This Day: Dissolving the Co-Ministry

This ritual was developed to mark the end of a two-year co-ministry which took....


At Chaos' Hinge: Preaching Good-Bye from the Heart

This weekend is the hinge sitting between thresholds and transitions in my ministerial formation. It should have an epic name, but it does not. On Friday, I was included in the graduation ceremony at Hartford Seminary. I did not graduate, though I did....


Picking the Proper Tour Guide for Good-Byes and Hellos

It is the last week of serving “my” little church. Of course, it has never....


Not Your Mothers' Mother’s Day (sermon)

Delivered at the Unitarian Universalist Church of Pittsfield on May 11,....


New Same Grief

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8TeYHDrbu4E&feature=youtu.be Here is a poem I wrote several years ago that the good folks at the Church of the Larger Fellowship turned into a video, to be used as part of online worship as part of their 2014 Mama's....


Loving, Holding, Letting Go (sermon – audio)

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