“We are all longing to go home to some place we have never been — a place half-envisioned and half-remembered, we only catch glimpses of from time to time.”           … Continue reading Homecoming

It was good to be back in the pulpit last Sunday, although my message needed to respond to violence in the world. I might have wished to re-enter with a … Continue reading Late Summer

“Do Something!” The chant from the crowd gathered in Dayton, OH began spontaneously, or so it seemed. The Governor of Ohio was speaking, offering thoughts and prayers for the victims … Continue reading Do Something

The energy in the sanctuary last Sunday was unmistakable. I felt it in the lobby where flowers we had all brought were being arranged in the baskets for our flower … Continue reading Yes Completely Yes

Last Sunday, while we recognized and thanked those congregants who volunteered as teachers of our children and youth this year, I looked out at the faces in the sanctuary. What … Continue reading It Takes a Village

The theme of “liberation” has been a rich one for me. From the pulpit it allowed me to speak about Islam and finding of freedom through obedience. It also opened … Continue reading Still Life

I resist “us and them” thinking in my own spirit and I urge you to resist it in yours. That is no small ask in a time when so much … Continue reading A Small Thing

I am writing from Chicago where I am attending the 175 Anniversary celebration for Meadville/Lombard Theological School, one of only two Unitarian Universalist seminaries preparing ministers to serve our faith. … Continue reading Presence, Not Absence

“Reproductive justice asserts that all people have the right to bodily autonomy, to have a child (or not have a child), to parent that child with dignity in safe and … Continue reading Black Mamas Matter

I made a mistake this morning. Just up, wondering whether our political system would lurch another step closer to some final melt-down, I turned cable news on. As I watched, … Continue reading Grounded in Love