On this Veterans Day, honoring with mere words those who honor us with their service seems insufficient. Since military service members themselves are under attack by our own government, our responses need more of us. And as we embrace more creative and engaged ways to … read more.
Disabled bodies are not problems to solve. Not projects. Not prayer requests. Drawing on Amy Kenny’s My Body Is Not a Prayer Request, we’ll explore how ableism quietly shapes even our most welcoming communities, and what it might mean to stop fixing and start belonging. … read more.
Being a people who complain less makes more space for us to love the world more. It opens more heart capacity and flexibility, and a final promise: as we learn to judge others less harshly, we may even learn to judge ourselves with more friendly … read more.
In 1961 two streams merged into what is now Unitarian Universalism. Before then, unitarianism and universalism were theologies, ways of viewing the world, not organized religions. This week celebrates 256 years of Universalism in North America, with its boundary shattering message: “All are loved.”
Theologian Matthew Fox calls the kind of hospitality that leaves us vulnerable and even uncomfortable “cosmic hospitality,” building on the term “radical hospitality” made popular by Father Daniel Homan. It’s found in the Christian parable of the Good Samaritan, in Buddhist lovingkindness meditations, and, when … read more.
A few years ago I was asked to speak at one of our UU Summer Conferences on the topic of “How Unitarian Universalism has changed my life.” Revisiting this reflection, I realized that much has stayed the same since then, and much has changed. It’s … read more.
Over the years, the Toy Story franchise has moved us from light themes of friendship to the dangers of fascism and the power of pluralism. It’s all there if you’re paying attention! The latest installment opened last month, so you have plenty of time to … read more.
The board of the peace magazine The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists changes the hands of its famous “Doomsday Clock” only for existential threats. As an editor of the magazine, I watched the hands tick unimaginibly from fourteen to seven minutes to midnight. Today we … read more.
Father’s Day isn’t just a day to take our Dads out to brunch and give them a new tie or power tool, but an opportunity to give them the compassion, which in turns lets us see their humanity. It is from this place that we … read more.
“Simplify, simplify,” said Henry David Thoreau in Walden. “Our life is frittered away in detail, simplify, simplify.” What would church look like if we aligned our programs to a clear vision, and then focused everything on accomplishing our mission? I suspect it would look … read more.
