Dear America, How Ya Been? is a sermon delivered at South Valley Unitarian Universalist Society December 2018 about my love for the dream of liberty, welcome and respect of individuality that I find at the heart of America and having the hard political conversations to cross the divides we have…
Once there was a dream called America…
July 4…Independence Day…for me today is a day when I remember the dream of America, take stock of where we are in realizing that dream, mourn our shortcomings and hope that in the years to come, we will do more to realize the dream. Once there was a dream…
Encountering Change: A Chaplain’s Perspective
How do we encounter the Other? Can we adapt and bridge in this time of challenging political division and change? What happens when a Chaplain encounters something different, strange or challenging? Watch this sermon online at the South Valley Unitarian Universalist YouTube Download a PDF of Encountering Change: A Chaplain’s…
Reflection from 1936
We UU’s, as a faith, have something to offer national politics and governance. For those who like social reflection out there…and find it fascinating when the past is relevant today…I was just re-reading the 1936 Commission on Appraisal Report “Unitarians Face a New Age” and Chapter 13, on page 307-308…
“Invest like a girl” – Seriously?
So, how does THIS make you feel? The investment points are actually helpful…but how does it make you feel? What does it say about what remains our predominant understanding of our world? HEARD OFF THE STREET: WARREN BUFFETT INVESTS LIKE A GIRL – SHOULD YOU? What’s “a girl” to do?…
Global Capitalism and Ethics
I recently started a course entitled “Global Capitalism and Ethics” at my seminary at Iliff School of Theology. We are posting blog posts to reflect upon the lectures. I will be posting my reflections here, allowing comments. It will force me to try and make my thoughts more general, less…