Today marks six months since the tragedy of the Newtown shootings. In....
Thoughts on Trayvon Martin (April 12, 2012)
I originally wrote this in April, 2012, as a meditation for a class in....
Ditto God as Poetry
"Are you ever going to talk about God?" I am currently and temporarily serving a church that is officially affiliated as United Church of Christ. It has a Christian history, though its present and anticipated future is more theologically....
City Called Wait: Where Not Everything Is Lost
Not all that long ago, I flew to the West Coast to visit my mother. ....
Hope with Feet: Stepping Into the Great Turning (sermon)
Village Church, Cummington, MA ~ June 2, 2013 Karen G. Johnston, Candidate....
Open Letter to Rachel Maddow (redux)
I am posting this in recognition of an event happening here in Northampton on Sunday, called Maddow Cum Laude. (It's worth clicking the link because the graphic for the event is way cool!) Rachel Maddow will be giving her one and only graduation speech....
On Not Knowing the Language: Interfaith Work on Immigration Justice
Love is the only reality and it is not a mere sentiment. It is the ultimate....
Awake People Be Awake: The Risks of UU Exceptionalism and Spiritual Manifest Destiny
You may not know it, or even agree with it, but you may very well be a Christian. Anonymously. It does not matter if you identify as Pagan or Jewish, Muslim or atheist – if you do good works in the world, you are, according to a respected 20th....
Paying Attention to the Voice of that Woman: President Obama and a Spiritual Act of Witness
"Can you tell the Muslim people that their lives are as precious as our....