A Tale of Two Francises

Due to the snowstorm around here, Sunday worship services at Village Church in....


Is Jesus White? Well, That Depends…

Just last night on Fox News the host of the show, “The Kelly Files,” Megyn....


True Story: Married not Once, but Twice, to a Dying Woman

True Story: Married not Once, but Twice, to a Dying Woman. For those of you who read my post about Casper and Jill, I want to let you know that on Monday, Casper died.  Here is the moving post that Jill wrote:....


Reflections on the Day Nelson Mandela Died

My first introduction to the injustices in Southern Africa had nothing to do....


Prayer this Day

Prayer on World AIDS Day Here is the prayer I gave this morning, December 1st,....


Beyonding Belief: On Godtalk and Multitudes (sermon)

Universalist Church of West Hartford December 1, 2013 Last September, there was a tempest in a teapot.  A tiny corner of the blogosphere, one saturated by Unitarian Universalists, lit up for a few spare seconds.  How many here are aware of this minor....


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....


Prayer for a Congregation Going into Search

Today's sermon focused on my little church's big vote to give a formal charge to form an official committee to search for their next minister.  It was a rather mediocre sermon, attempting to root this important work in congregational polity/Cambridge....


Works & Hope: Why We Need Community

(This is part II of II.  Part I is here.) In my New Testament class we just....