Universalist Church of West Hartford December 1, 2013 Last September, there was....
Erasing Firsts Reinforces White Privilege
Earlier this week, my local paper printed an Associated Press article about a....
Guided by the Goddess: On Judy Chicago, Prayer, & Divinity
For the past eleven weeks, I have spent every Monday evening in the company of engorged, embodied breasts. A huge stitched painting, all lilacs melting into periwinkle, figures that melt into landscape and most definitely: breasts front and center,....
Prayer for a Congregation Going into Search
Today's sermon focused on my little church's big vote to give a formal charge....
Works & Hope: Why We Need Community
(This is part II of II. Part I is here.) In my New Testament class we just....
On Money, Prayer, and SWEDOW: Responding to the Typhoon and Other Disasters
(This is part I of II. Here is part II.) Love and compassion, guide us. Help us to be spiritually present in the recovery, even when oceans are between us. Fill our prayers with solace and hope. Help us support partner relationships with....
Repentance and (no) Reluctance: A Confession for America
In honor of Veterans' Day, I repost this blog as it highlights the prophetic....
On Kindness After Tragedy: This Can Still Happen Anywhere
I know there is talk about how, after 9/11, there was a change in this....
Open Letter to a Kindred Spirit: Why I am UU
I recently met a woman who has a storied spiritual history. That history includes many things of which I am unaware, but a few things I do know: she lived on an ashram and often her points of reference include Hindu metaphors and guides; she recently....
True Story: Married not Once, but Twice, to a Dying Woman
This is a story of lesbians in love. It is also one facet of the jewel story....