Another Patheos Blog sharing a story about mysticism, revelation, one of our Six Sources in Unitarian Universalism…and cupcakes. http://www.patheos.com/blogs/naturespath/2017/06/cupcakes-first-source/
Blogging on Patheos
Every once in a while I get to share a blog reflection in the Nature’s Path, the UU Paganism blog on Patheos at http://www.patheos.com/blogs/naturespath The recent post is the beginning of reflection for a sermon about weathering earthquakes and renewal that I will be delivering this coming Sunday at South Valley…
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…
Presence
It happened one morning That tell-tale BEEEP Of the not-beating heart Flat line stretched horror Into that awful moment Creeping in the early Morning corners of creation. A time later she reflected There was a moment When you came Nobody heard what you said Nobody saw what you did But…
Dear America, Can we talk?
Following is a sermon delivered at South Valley Unitarian Universalist Society on October 9, 2016. The video is available (Starts at about 10:00) You can download a PDF of this sermon here Dear America, Can we talk? Dear America, Hi. It has been too long since I last wrote America.…
“Fiercely Protect our Diversity”
I was sitting in flower communion (a UU ceremony started in 1923 by Rev. Norbert Capek in Prague) listening to Rev. Patty Willis talk about the diversity of the flowers, and how they are made more beautiful by their differences. It is the bright, luminous, array of colors of flowers that make…
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…
Which God?
Which God do you mean when you say “God?” I realize some of you reading this may think “well, THE GOD, of course” still, do you know which one you mean? What does the God you envision look like? Feel like? Smell like? Watch the video on YouTube Download the…
The Kung Fu of Covenant
This November I got to deliver a sermon about covenant in Unitarian Universalism at Utah Valley Unitarian Universalist Fellowship. I used a Kung Fu story in the sermon and realized it would be fun to call it “The Kung Fu of Covenant” Download the PDF Watch the…
Sshhh Quiet Bird
The trees the brook the rocks Smell in the breeze gentle song Creation sung into dawning Drifting then to softer tones dusk Beloved. My beloved. Ahh my beloved. Singing lullaby on wind, the brook, the rocks Whispered in the breeze leaves rustling Laughed across grass, earth, stone Tickled through skin…