Chris Antal's blog: Back Online

For those folks who read my post about Rev. Chris Antal, UU military chaplain,....


The Holy Story of Our Lives (sermon)

This sermon was preached at First Parish Unitarian Universalist of Chelmsford....


Spiritually-Sound Impulses: Pulpit Exchanges & Congregational Polity

Yes, this one might be a little boring.  Yes, the topic is not particularly sexy.  You could still read it though... As part of my ministerial formation, I have thrown myself at far too many opportunities to preach from a variety of pulpits,....


The Strength to Withstand Not Knowing Why

I am praying and wishing and hoping for… what?  It is so hard in times like....


Explaining a Segregated Playground: Dr. Howard Thurman's Love for His Daughters

Later this morning, I will be preaching at First Parish Unitarian Universalist....


"With Our Thoughts We Make the World"

Me: [I post one of about a thousand pro-immigrant rights/justice items on my profile] FB Friend: Illegal is illegal // Call thieves Robin Hoods? // Murderers, life exchangers  //  Rapists, can't even say it...// Karen, why is it wrong to say what is....


Repentance and (no) Reluctance: A Confession for America

This semester at Hartford Seminary, I am taking a course entitled,....


So Many Kind Faces: UU Buddhist Fellowship Convocation

Can you see me there in the back with the striped sweater? I did not make a....


Save Me from my Introversion

This is so typical of me.  I dress to impress.  I am at a conference at which (I think) I know no one.  I look -- for me -- glamorous.  I am wearing ... wait for it ... heels!  My clothes match just right (not too much).  I got my hair cut wicked....


I Shot the Sherriff: On Killing the Buddha

I was born in 1967, which makes me a little too young to claim the oldie but....