On Grace: And So This Is How I Asked for Help

When I became the only parent of two children, aged 5 and 7, I learned more....


Removing Foot from Earnest Young Puppy's Mouth

A story from a sermon by a Unitarian Universalist minister – one who served....


Mitzvahs at the March

When I see facial expressions or the way she pushes her hair from her face much like the way her birth mother does, I can sometimes grieve the the process of not passing on traits that biologically-related parents do.  (I have written a poem, New Same....


Sign of the Times: Signs of the March

Here is my photo montage of the March on Washington, 2013.  It is wholly....


A Bridge, Not a Wedge: Why I am Going to the March on Washington Tomorrow

Our job is to use love, anger, and imagination to show where to go, and....


My Vanilla Partner: Bisexuality, Het Privilege & Fluidity

I still find it exotic.  And ironic.  My husband.  When the phrase leaves my tongue, it’s accompanied by a mix of pride and bemusement.  Me?  With a husband?  A male husband? When my ex and I broke up after a decade together, because I had....


Conflict Fluency, Matching, Shushing: Taking a Leap of Faith

Today is day two of a three-day training intensive called “Culture,....


Behind the Kitchen Door: Standing on the Side of Ethical Food Management Curricula

I have a daughter who is a rising senior in high school. It is August.  She....


Returning Stolen Goods: Supporting Sexual Assault Services, Restoring Faith in Humanity

Huffington Post, get over yourself! Here is a news report about burglars who stole computers and other valuable items, discovered they were from an organization that works to prevent sexual assault, then returned the stolen items, leaving a what HuffPo....


Soul Searching Ahead: Unitarian Universalist Conversations on Race

Over and over, the dangers of oversimplification rang forth.  Participants....