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May 2013

May 06, 2013
When I was about fifteen years old, I accidentally ran into some of the classic...

April 2013

April 22, 2013
Wendell Berry is the author of more than fifty books of poetry, fiction, and essays,...
April 16, 2013
I celebrated many of Pope Francis' early acts of compassionate humility -- especially his subversion...
April 14, 2013
i thank You God for most this amazing day: for the leaping greenly spirits of...
April 10, 2013
A guest post from Magin LaSov Gregg:  One day in 2004, I was chatting away...
April 08, 2013
Today, in the year 2013, when we reflect on what it means to talk about...
April 06, 2013
The following are my notes from the annual Jesus Seminar on the Road in D.C.,...
April 01, 2013
There’s a man I’d like to tell you about — a man named Hermann Gunkel....

March 2013

March 21, 2013
This post's title (“What Is Our Conveyer Belt?”) is a reference to a chapter in...
March 11, 2013
Consider the following sampling of gun violence in the U.S., drawn only from the weekend...
March 04, 2013
Does the universe have a purpose? I am not sure. Anyone who expresses a more...
March 01, 2013
Inconsistency: Since 1978, less than 1% of Maryland’s 13,000+ murders resulted in a death sentence....

February 2013

February 19, 2013
This is what should be done by those who are skilled in goodness, and who...
February 13, 2013
Imagine you are Emma Faye Stewart, a thirty-year-old, single African-American mother of two who was...
February 13, 2013
One of the most interesting parts of my transition from being a pastor in a...

January 2013

January 29, 2013
The Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Frederick, Maryland, where I am the minister, recently hosted a...
January 28, 2013
Unitarian Universalists may not believe, with Henry Ford, that history is bunk, but many probably...
January 25, 2013
This post is a compilation of my five post series on Unitarian Universalist history in...
January 25, 2013
This post is the final entry in a five-part series on Unitarian Universalist history in...
January 07, 2013
Lodro Rinzler is twenty-nine years old. He is also a longtime Buddhist practitioner. As a...

December 2012

December 26, 2012
The following is a compilation of my recent "Top 10" and "Best of" posts for...
December 23, 2012
In my family mourning was not done publicly. Therefore, I, as a child, assumed it...
December 18, 2012
I'm grateful to all of you who find value in my work. (I'm astounded to...
December 18, 2012
The following are the podcasts I've enjoyed listening to the most consistently since this time...
December 18, 2012
This post is the fourth in a series of at least five posts on Unitarian...
December 16, 2012
“There are two ways for the heart to break: apart into many shards like a...
December 10, 2012
Can you feel the “Wheel of the Year” turning? In this season of each day...
December 10, 2012
This list is not my favorite new releases of the year; instead, it is the...
December 09, 2012
This list is not my favorite new releases of the year; instead, it is the...
December 04, 2012
This post is the third in a series of at least five posts on Unitarian...
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