"Many men go fishing all of their lives without knowing that it is not the fish they are after" – Thoreau

Here is the latest blog post from my college friend, Mark Green, whose brave....


The Complaint Department is Open (for a Limited Time): Lessons from Job of the Bible (sermon)

preached today at Unitarian Universalist Church of Pittsfield, MA Reading One:....


Sex versus Sexuality Ed: Healing the World

As I have written about before, OWL is the Our Whole Lives curricula regarding healthy sexuality. It was developed by the Unitarian Universalist Association and the folks at the United Church of Christ. A long time ago I was trained in teaching sixth....


Happy First Birthday, Blog!

Tomorrow marks one year of this blog’s existence.  Since I will be on....


Open Adoption: Wounds or Scars? Blogging or Poetry?

Being an adoptive parent has been a huge part of my identity and source of my....


Communion of the Senses

  Village Church, Cummington, MA March 16, 2014 INVITATION The power of communion comes from within the Christian tradition and comes from beyond the Christian tradition.  The power of communion is deeply Christian, where the roots of this church....


On Being Dense and On Being Born Again (sermon)

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Room for Misunderstanding: Proxemics and the Platinum Rule

Last week, I facilitated a day-long workshop for a delightful group of....


Some Reflections on the Small of Paradox and Paradox of Small (sermon)

delivered at the Unitarian Universalist Church of Pittsfield, MA today Small—capitol S-- embodies inherent spiritual paradox.  It exudes a spiritual mandate to hold insignificant and vast in the same breath, minute and cosmic in the same....


New Name, No Name, All Names: On Dukkha and any Afterlife

…, and I will give a white stone, and on the white stone is written a new....