Reflections from an experienced chaplain going through the loss of his own father. My father died April 2018. In October I traveled back to Colebrook, CN to help my family celebrate his life in the church across the street from the house where he grew up. When I returned from…
Dear America, How Ya Been?
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…
The Risk of Caring
The Risk of Caring is a sermon delivered in March of 2017 at the Unitarian Universalist Church of Ogden where I was invited to preach as a guest speaker. This sermon shares stories from chaplaincy and talks about the holy ground we walk upon when caring for others. I do…
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…
“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…
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…
Window Blinds or Blind Windows
A sermon on the Johari Window as a resource for understanding ourselves and our relationships.
The First Source
A sermon at South Valley Unitarian Universalist Society on the 20th of July, 2014 about our First Source, Ralph Waldo Emerson, and the “special” cupcakes. The First Source
Finding God Amid the Noise
Here is a sermon I did at South Valley Unitarian Universalist on the 13th of July 2014 about Richard Gaillardetzs’ reflections on how technology influences our spirituality and connectedness. Enjoy! Finding God Amid The Noise