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January 2017

January 11, 2017
Friday will mark the four hundred forty-ninth anniversary of the Edict of Torda. John Sigismund...
January 03, 2017
Anders Ericsson is a professor of psychology at Florida State University, who has spent decades...

December 2016

December 31, 2016
A compilation of my recent “Top 10″ and “Best of” posts for 2016: Top 10 Best...
December 30, 2016
The following are the podcasts I’ve enjoyed listening to the most consistently since this time...
December 29, 2016
This list is not necessarily my favorite new releases of the year. Instead, it is...
December 28, 2016
The last few times Christmas Day fell on a Sunday were 1994, 2005, and 2011....
December 28, 2016
This list is not always my favorite new releases; instead, it is the best of...
December 27, 2016
The following are the top ten best books I’ve read since this time last year...
December 27, 2016
The last time the first night of Chanukah overlapped with Christmas Eve was nearly 40...
December 20, 2016
Tomorrow is Winter Solstice, the shortest day and longest night of the year in the...
December 13, 2016
As a Unitarian Universalist minister, part of what I say at the beginning of each...
December 08, 2016
I initially planned this post about happiness as a potentially helpful topic in these days of...

November 2016

November 22, 2016
At the congregation I serve as minister, I recently finished teaching a seven-session course on...
November 17, 2016
What do we do when the President-elect of the United States is a bully and...
November 07, 2016
Hillary Clinton announced her candidacy for President of the United States on April 12, 2015....
November 01, 2016
Last night was Halloween, a time to dress up as ghosts, ghouls, goblins, and things that...

October 2016

October 27, 2016
Part of what it means to be human is to be aware of our mortality:...
October 25, 2016
Les Misérables premiered on Broadway in 1987, after earlier versions in France and London. I...
October 18, 2016
1. Demagogue - "a political leader who seeks support by appealing to popular desires and...
October 11, 2016
In the 1976 film, Network, there’s a famous scene in which a  network anchor looks into...
October 04, 2016
I recently finished reading a provocative new book by Nathan Walker titled Cultivating Empathy: The...

September 2016

September 29, 2016
The Huffington Post adds the following Editor’s note to every article they publish about Donald Trump: "Donald...
September 22, 2016
This summer at UU General Assembly, the author and activist Chris Crass (1973 - )...
September 13, 2016
Sunday marked the 15th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center...
September 08, 2016
This summer Magin and I had the opportunity to attend an eight-day meditation retreat in North...
September 06, 2016
In addition to spending time with family and friends on Labor Day Weekend, I try...
September 01, 2016
“What do you want to be when you grow up?” I've responded to that question...

August 2016

August 30, 2016
I've posted previously about Brené Brown’s book The Gifts of Imperfection: Let Go of Who You Think...
August 25, 2016
A member of the congregation I serve emailed me recently on the topic about modern...
August 23, 2016
Last summer, when The United States Supreme Court legalized same-sex marriage, we celebrated a watershed...
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