I am spending some time in Germany, England, and Scotland. In Germany I am....
Running Deep: Arriving at Deportation Airport in Germany
Of the many signs indicating that this was Frankfurt Flughafen (airport), the....
Vengeance is a Lazy Form of Grief
Today at Village Church, we were blessed to have a guest speaker share a story from his work in Restorative Practices. Ted Wachtel is the President/Founder of the International Institute for Restorative Practices Graduate School. Village Church,....
In the Company of Home Wreckers: Bidding for Our Survival
Tim DeChristopher. If you don’t know his name, it’s time you did. Tim....
Thoughts on Trayvon Martin (April 12, 2012)
I originally wrote this in April, 2012, as a meditation for a class in seminary on the essential writings of Dr. Howard Thurman. With the trial of George Zimmerman for the death of Trayvon Martin just about to start, I thought I would post it....
Ditto God as Poetry
"Are you ever going to talk about God?" I am currently and temporarily serving....
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 for the Unitarian Universalist Ministry READING #1 “Causes and effects assume history marches forward, but history is not an army. It is a crab scuttling sideways, a drip....
Open Letter to Rachel Maddow (redux)
I am posting this in recognition of an event happening here in Northampton on....