“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.”
          -Starhawk

Homecoming. Coming Home. The language is powerful. It suggests that each of us, as unique individuals, has … read more.

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 more personal and pastoral tone. These days, it seems there is always
violence that needs to be acknowledged … read more.

“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 of the latest mass killing.  Gilroy, El Paso, Dayton…in one week. 250 mass killings this … read more.

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 communion. I felt it in the spontaneous response to our graduating seniors and the celebration … read more.

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
I saw were smiles. Smiles on the faces of younger members of our community as
they recognized their … read more.

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 again the conversation
about the importance of practice and the possibility of discovering “self” in
community. Perhaps “self in … read more.

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 that we affirm is under attack: Children dying in cages on our border, reproductive justice … read more.

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.

This is the first formal introduction of a new President for Meadville, Dr. Elias Ortega-Aponte. During … read more.

“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 sustainable communities, and to determine their
own reproductive and birthing experiences.”

                                      –
Black Mamas Matter Alliance

This is not a … read more.

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, I found myself sucked into that world of posturing and lies, that world in which … read more.