Shabbat Candles Tonight: To Not Abridge Our Faith

More than I ever have been before (which is not saying much), I am filling with....


Everyone Eventually Be Consoled (sermon)

Everyone Eventually Be Consoled Karen G. Johnston Candidate for Unitarian....


Rules for Breaking Rules

When my kids were little, because I am a control freak, and because they had a story of trauma and loss that required a therapeutic level of consistency, there were routines. Routines at bedtime.  Routines at bath time.  Routines for quiet time in the....


Any Reaction: Both are Transformed

Nearly two decades ago, when I first earned my MSW and ventured into the world....


Entering the Fray: Befriending and Beyonding Belief

I despise frays. It’s part of why I’m not your quintessential Unitarian....


Helplessly Letting Go (sermon – audio)

Helplessly Letting Go Here is the audio version of this morning's sermon.  I will post the text as soon as I....


Disposable Believe-ables: What UUs Have to Gain From Prayer

This semester I am enrolled in two classes, both of which will no doubt inform....


What To Do? Syria and Helplessness

I have been thinking about and reflecting upon and experiencing feelings of....


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 skills about asking for help, about asking for help when I would never be able to reciprocate fully, never be able to pay that person or that family back, but would have to....


Removing Foot from Earnest Young Puppy's Mouth

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