Repentance and (no) Reluctance: A Confession for America

In honor of Veterans' Day, I repost this blog as it highlights the prophetic....


On Kindness After Tragedy: This Can Still Happen Anywhere

I know there is talk about how, after 9/11, there was a change in this....


Open Letter to a Kindred Spirit: Why I am UU

I recently met a woman who has a storied spiritual history.  That history includes many things of which I am unaware, but a few things I do know: she lived on an ashram and often her points of reference include Hindu metaphors and guides; she recently....


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

This is a story of lesbians in love.  It is also one facet of the jewel story....


Approaching Newtown: Strengthening Our Universalist Impulse

Soon our nation marks the one-year anniversary of the tragedy of the Newtown....


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I used to be thrilled with thirty or forty hits on my blog.  Yes, I would be bummed if it was six or seven, but I was easily satisfied at surpassing twenty and nearly orgiastic if I exceeded fifty.   But not since Wordpress.com freshpressed one....


Circumambulating in the Autumn: Our Spiritual Practices

Unless an elder or physically disabled, one must park below and walk up a....


Holy Tampon, Batman!

The holiest moment I have experienced at my home congregation involved a....


Occasional Prayer: CGUUS Benediction

I first encountered the concept via poetry – where I have encountered many theological concepts and utterances.  Despite spiritual and academic engagement with holy scriptures of several world religions, I continue to return to poetry as the....


Shabbat Candles Tonight: To Not Abridge Our Faith

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