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....
Reflections on the Day Nelson Mandela Died
My first introduction to the injustices in Southern Africa had nothing to do with Nelson Mandela. In 1984, I was an exchange student living with a host family in West Germany. They were devout Lutherans. One of the ways they understood how to....
Beyonding Belief: On Godtalk and Multitudes (sermon)
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 recent Smith College student who was awarded a prestigious Rhodes Scholarship. This AP article was published far and wide and ended up on the front page here because I live....
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....
Works & Hope: Why We Need Community
(This is part II of II. Part I is here.) In my New Testament class we just read the book of James, in which is written, “So faith by itself, if it has no works, is dead.” (2:17) For those interested (and if you are not, you can skip to the next....
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....