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....


Removing Foot from Earnest Young Puppy's Mouth

A story from a sermon by a Unitarian Universalist minister – one who served....


A Bridge, Not a Wedge: Why I am Going to the March on Washington Tomorrow

Our job is to use love, anger, and imagination to show where to go, and....


My Vanilla Partner: Bisexuality, Het Privilege & Fluidity

I still find it exotic.  And ironic.  My husband.  When the phrase leaves my....


Soul Searching Ahead: Unitarian Universalist Conversations on Race

Over and over, the dangers of oversimplification rang forth.  Participants....


Buddhist Voices in Unitarian Universalism: A Book Review

Over the New Year, I attended my first ten-day silent retreat at Insight....


Elevator Speech (1st Attempt)

Ours is a faith strengthened by engagement and contrast, rather than fidelity....


Working Towards Elevator Speech

I am spending some time in Germany, England, and Scotland.  In Germany I am....