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…
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…
Spiritual Practices for White Discomfort
Spiritual Practices for White Discomfort I think my favorite is “When judgment comes up, try turning to curiosity…” Yeah, happens all day long in chaplaincy. All day long… Great article. Want to add it here.
Today
Holy one, I pray to you On this day when I walk these halls Give me your ears that hear Your eyes that see Soften my heart and gift my voice The words you would speak to your people Grant me gentle ears that I might hear your stories Whispered…
Spiritual Care Research Part 1: Impact on Patients and Healthcare
It is time that I put the presentations and documents put together during my second CPE residency out and available online. These materials are published with the gracious permission of Episcopal Community Services in Salt Lake City, Utah, who paid for my residency during which I engaged in this research. This first…