A snap from the Interfaith Coalition prayers for the new legislators (and a gentle call to not forget the poor…) at Rhode Island’s state house on the 6th of January. If you look close that’s me at the upper far right (not my usual location) of the picture. If I’m not mistaken right in front of me in the picture is UU minister Mary Margaret Earl. Read more

If you do not believe the religious teachings of the majorities in our country, today is your day. May I suggest if you are among the religious majorities of our country, this is also your day. And, it wouldn’t hurt to stop and say a brief thank you to the shade of Thomas Jefferson. By his instruction Jefferson’s tombstone omits reference to his presidency, but mentions instead how he founded the University of Virginia as well as his authorship of... Read more

Happy Birthday, Martin. And thank you… Read more

Thank you, Carol! Read more

Ricardo Montalban(1920 – 2009) Cyd Charisse at no extra charge… Read more

One of the intriguing things about my new call to the First Unitarian Church of Providence is the tradition of communion services. To those who ask about it, a common response here is we’ve always had communion services, why do you ask? And they have, for pushing hard on three hundred years… Truthfully, communion ’tis an endlessly interesting subject to me. Way back when, when I was getting my undergraduate degree, in my late-thirties and rushing, rushing after what I... Read more

I see that on this day in 1898 the world lost Charles Dodgson, better known to most of us as Lewis Carroll. An old friend and mentor once observed in my presence how language is like silly putty, it is meant to be played with. And Carroll, better than almost anyone, showed us how… oh Frabjous day! Read more

On this day in 1610, Galileo Galilei discovered and named Ganymede, the largest of Jupiter’s moons… Pretty cool… Read more

works for me… Read more

This morning I sent this to each member of the UUA Board of Trustees. This version incorporates a few minor grammatical corrections I wish I’d caught before sending the original off. Anyway, if you feel inclined to share your own thoughts about this matter with the Board, you may get their names and addresses by visiting here. They can of course also be contacted collectively through the single address: board (at) uua.org. Dear ones, This brief letter is my fervent... Read more