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....


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 truth that lies at the heart of creation.  Rabindranth Tagore A few months ago, I sat in a room with 35 other people.  Men, women.  Older people, middle-aged adults, young....


Colbert reacts to the Pope's declaration…

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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....


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 lives?  Can you take the drones out of the hands of the CIA? Can you stop the signature strikes that are killing people on the basis of suspicious activities? Will you apologize to....


Meditations on Grave Digging

I am not known to shy away from death (not yet, at least).   Lest you forget....


What is Worth Saving? (sermon)

Village Church, Cummington, MA May 19, 2013 Karen G. Johnston Candidate for the....


Suicide by The Big Cop: Jonah and His Death Wish

I have no interest in blaming victims and will take every measure not to do so.Martyrs in early Christianity were real and we have the Roman Empire to blame.  Real people, men and women, were murdered because of their resistance to the empire and....


Holy Envy: A Window in Interfaith Dialogue (sermon)

May 12, 2013 West Cummington Church, West Cummington, MA Karen G.....