Dreams for My Home Congregation

(Over the next two months, many members of my home congregation have been asked....


Beyonding Belief: On Godtalk and Multitudes (sermon)

Universalist Church of West Hartford December 1, 2013 Last September, there was....


On Money, Prayer, and SWEDOW: Responding to the Typhoon and Other Disasters

(This is part I of II.  Here is part II.) Love and compassion, guide us. Help....


On Kindness After Tragedy: This Can Still Happen Anywhere

I know there is talk about how, after 9/11, there was a change in this....


Approaching Newtown: Strengthening Our Universalist Impulse

Soon our nation marks the one-year anniversary of the tragedy of the Newtown....


Shabbat Candles Tonight: To Not Abridge Our Faith

More than I ever have been before (which is not saying much), I am filling with....


Everyone Eventually Be Consoled (sermon)

Everyone Eventually Be Consoled Karen G. Johnston Candidate for Unitarian....


Rules for Breaking Rules

When my kids were little, because I am a control freak, and because they had a....


Entering the Fray: Befriending and Beyonding Belief

I despise frays. It’s part of why I’m not your quintessential Unitarian....


Disposable Believe-ables: What UUs Have to Gain From Prayer

This semester I am enrolled in two classes, both of which will no doubt inform....