This heresy, that all are saved and reconciled, gives us the second half of our name. But what does it mean for us today to hold this? How might it shape our work for justice, and also our personal lives? How might it make … read more.

To finish out, I am beginning a three-sermon series on the prime heresies of Unitarian Universalism. We embrace these heresies as core to who we are and what we hold true. We begin with Pelagianism, the idea that each person reflects God’s nature, as … read more.

In Walt Whitman’s Song of the Open Road, he invites us to come along, “afoot and light-hearted” into the unknown. As we each embrace change, what does it mean to be “light-hearted” and adventurous about the journey ahead? What might we learn from, for … read more.

Juneteenth celebrates an advance of freedom, but not its completion. Their remains work to do – and now, in this precarious moment, we are called to the work of freedom once again. We’ll reflect, too, on Fathers day.

We will reflect on what it means to belong to a free church. What does it say about us that our congregations are grounded in covenant, not creed? And that we govern ourselves, without bishops or outside authority – though we are in relationship with … read more.

What does it mean to have a free mind? To think for oneself? To exercise conscience and reason? How do we do that in a world when our minds are often colonized by capitalistic culture, by narrow-band media, and buffeted by distractions? How can we … read more.

“Emergent Church” and “Deconstructed Church” are terms used by folks searching for more authentic spirituality and leaving more fundamentalist and corporate religious pathways. What are these things? What might they mean for us? We’ll explore these questions in thought and practice.

We dream a new world – and the end of the old one. Yet these dreams and fantasies can sometimes be dangerous, or defeating. How do we hold imagination and reality at once? What do we make of ends and beginnings? We’ll also honor … read more.

What if this is the greatest time of your life? What if, instead of nostalgia or anticipation, we found joy in this very moment? Reflections on living in the moment and living with joy (and the dangers, too, of “naïve positivity”).