Reflections

OTHER POSTS

2019

Aug 24. "A 'Faith' for Everyone"
Apr 10. Charge to the Minister

2018

Oct 10. "Cruelty: The Worst Thing We Do" (at VoicesOfLiberalFaith.org)
Sep 10. "Voting and Belongingness"
Sep 9. "That "Letting Go" Sigh"
Sep 5. "Dear SBNR"
Sep 3. "Good Women, Bad Women"
Aug 13. ""Hey Boss, You Don't Want Your Employees to Meditate""
Jun 12. "'Oh, the Places You'll Go' Addendum"
May 17. "Five Features of Congregational Life" (at cucmatters.org)
May 17. "Cultural Appropriation: Hard Cases"
May 6. "Trees and Truth" (at cucmatters.org)
Apr 15. "The Vice of Toxic Masculinity"
Mar 2. "So They Won't Change Me"

2017

Nov 20. Truths About Thanksgiving. Related VIDEO.
Oct 19. "Environmental Racism" (at cucmatters.org)
Oct 12. "Not All Offense-Taking is Equal" (at cucmatters.org)
Oct 5. "Puerto Rico, Las Vegas, and Our Crazier World" (at cucmatters.org)
Sep 29. "What If I Don't Have a Gender Identity?"
Sep 28. "Cultural Appropriation" (at cucmatters.org)
Aug 24. "A Celestial Sense of Place"
Aug 17. "Confederate Monuments and Me"
Jun 16. "Disgust and Moral Judgment"
May 8-24. "The Seven Deadlies"; "Gluttony"; "Sloth"; "Greed/Avarice"; "Anger/Wrath"; "Envy"; "Lust"; "Pride"
May 6. "Free Speech on Campus"
Apr 29. "On Joy"
Apr 21. "The Retreat from Freedom and Democracy"
Apr 16. "Divine Sources of Heart Hardening"
Mar 21. "Neither Blame Nor Sympathy"
Mar 10. "True Dialog"
Feb 27. "What Is Mercy?"
Feb 23. "Politics and No-Self"
Feb 18. "Protecting Faith While Preventing Discrimination"
Jan 5. "What Is Mystery?"

2016

Nov 25. "Thanksgiving Reflection"
Sep 20. "Sh*t Your Brain Tells You"
Aug 21. "Women's Rule"
Aug 18. "Black Lives Matter, Palestinians, and M4BL"
Jun 10. "Muhammad Ali and Thomas Merton"

2015

Dec 14. "Resolving the Paradox of Tolerance"
Dec 10. "UUs and Black Lives Matter Banners"
Oct 22. "A Few Mom Reflections"
Jun 25. "GA Notes: Berry Street Essay"
Jun 16. "'Transracial' Is Not a Thing"
May 7. "Drawing Muhammad, Burning CVS: What Is Ours to Do"
Apr 10. "Free Religion and Free Speech"
Apr 3. "Inherent Worth"
Mar 13. "Engaging Jennifer"

2014

2014 Dec 21. "(Christmas is) Our Holiday"
2014 Nov 25. "Ferguson"
2014 Nov 24. "Biblical Politics"
2014 Nov 21. "The Ground of Hope" (Newsletter Column 2014 Dec)
2014 Oct 5. "Plunder Guarding and Forever-Living" (Newsletter Column 2014 Oct)
2014 Oct 3. "Then We Will Know How to Live"
2014 Oct 2. "UU and Buddhist . . . and Prophetic"
2014 Sep 2. "Faith: The Size and Strength Tests" (Newsletter Column 2014 Sep)
2014 Aug 29. "Reflection On Faith"
2014 Jul 3. "The Fourth and the Thirteenth"
2014 Jun 14: "Goo"
2014 Jun 12: "Atheists, Agnostics, and Unitarian Universalism"
2014 Jun 10: "Choicepoint: Meditation or Ecoterrorism?"
2014 May 30:. "Spiritual But Not Religious"
2014 May 29. "Deciding" (Newsletter Column 2015 Jun)
2014 May 28. "Mercy" (Newsletter Column 2014 May)
2014 May 1. "Dan and Me"
2014 Apr 9. "Freedom: The Half-Won Blessing" (Newsletter Column 2014 Apr)
2014 Apr 5. "Introduction to NVC"
2014 Mar 10. "Redemption" (Newsletter Column 2014 Mar)
2014 Feb 28. "Religious Authority" (Newsletter Column 2014 Feb)
2014 Jan 17. "Does 'Appeal to Nature' Justify Eating Meat?"

2013

2013 Dec 26. "Retold Christmas: The Innkeeper's Tale"
2013 Dec 24. "Thank You, Earth" (Newsletter Column 2014 Jan)
2013 Dec 8. "Newsletter Column 2013 Dec"
2013 Nov 12. "Armistice Day"
2013 Oct 28. "Newsletter Column 2013 Nov"
2013 Oct 23. "Newsletter Column 2013 Oct"
2013 Oct 19. "The TV Interview" (On TV)
2013 Sep 25. "Am I an Atheist?"