Begin Again in Love (sermon)

March 15, 2015 First Parish Church of Groton Karen G. Johnston Candidate for....


Prayer on the 50th Anniversary of Selma

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The Great (Racial Justice) Turning (Part II)

(Part I can be found here.) (2/26/2020: edited for clarity, as well as to....


Returning to Langston: Poems of Our Times

When I preached on the Sunday a week after Mike Brown was murdered in Ferguson,....


In Honor of Transgender Day of Remembrance: Reclaiming Genesis

November 20 is Transgender Day of Remembrance.  This blog post, some of my....


Mirror, Mirror: Cultural Misappropriation Bites Me in the Ass (Part II)

I know, Halloween is past, its candy on discount in the center aisle of the CVS....


Mirror, Mirror: Learning Humility (Part I)

Not that long ago, I was sitting in an early morning committee meeting, one of....


Bidden or Unbidden: God in the House?

God keeps popping up at my house. Which is a little strange given that we are....


A Game of Chess: The New Jim Crow Over & Over (Part II)

As I have written about in Part I, I am currently “reading” (listening as I....


Prayer Inspired by Shantideva Prayer

This pastoral prayer is adapted from prayers of Shantideva, an 8th century....