Recent Stories
The call of self
Finding my path when the choices I made in my twenties didn't work out.
The daffodil rescue mission
People say, ‘Bloom where you’re planted,’ but things happen.
Universal love
'And what church did you say you attend?'
Do you feel loved?
On alternating days, a resolution to stop beating myself up.
One thing I am sure of
A chaplain's counsel to a grieving brother.
Rekindling the flame
Tickets to the Keith Urban concert weren't just a gift. They were a miracle.
The floating life
Going with the flow sounds nice, until the river tries to kill you.
Confessions of a prodigal volunteer
Life after burning out at church.
Once and for all
Watching a loved one fade into dementia.
The death of li'l Anthrax
A more vicious little creature you could hardly imagine.
Fireworks at the wedding
Fireworks and church may not seem to go together, but in my family they do.
How Jesus claimed me
One Unitarian Universalist's religious journey.
Great art and the gods
Five-year-olds in a fine art museum.
From fear to eternity
Learning to walk backward down a cliff.
Religious reality in a virtual world
Second Life, the much-hyped online virtual reality world, is home to a growing Unitarian Universalist congregation.
Finding a talisman
A gift brings healing and unexpected loss.
Mayhem and the manger
Why didn't you warn me about Christmas pageants?
Can Unitarian Universalists talk about failure?
Original Sin isn't a good idea. Expecting perfection isn't, either.
Miracle flowers
The persistence of beauty in New Orleans.
From Islam to Unitarian Universalism
One woman's religious odyssey.
Military chaplain's tribute for Memorial Day
A Unitarian Universalist military chaplain can’t fight but honors those who do.
Of hummingbirds and immigrants
'Hummingbirds migrate north and south just like we do.'
What's spiritual about parenting young children?
A passage from Bless This Child.
Three ways husbands express love
A new book surveys men in heterosexual marriages.
One event, two perspectives
A racially-charged encounter reveals worlds of difference.
Taming the resolution bully
My resolutions are not cheerful things.
Repression of the sublime
To realize your potential you must recognize your gifts.
Hope in an unmarked envelope
A request for liberal religious contraband.
Meditations on our cosmic significance
Who hasn't felt tiny and insignificant?
Spiritual lessons from running
Ten spiritual lessons that running has taught me.
Midlife spirituality for women
Drawing closer to the sacred at middle age.
Why I go to General Assembly
Denominational diversity in all its splendor.
Was Thomas Jefferson really a Unitarian?
What makes someone 'one of us'?
Ric Masten, dancing through life
A poet responds to cancer the way he knows best.
Jesus and the modern seeker
It may take an act of great will to see past the relics of tradition to something new.
The middle of everywhere
How Lincoln, Nebraska, came to be the picture of America's multicultural future.
In praise of the imperfect life
Spring enlivens us, yet from our human vantage not all resurrections are equally welcome.
9-11 postcard from Brooklyn
One minister describes a day of shock and mourning.
Unfinished houses
Life as a work in progress.
Bearing witness to human diversity
A visit to Auschwitz.
Memoir of King's eulogy for James Reeb
A witness's diary captures the torment and magic of James Reeb’s eulogy.
Witness to Reeb's death looks back
A witness to Selma's tragedies revisits the path of tears and learns to dry his own.
What do sons really need from their dads?
What losing a father teaches men about fatherhood.
Living at the edge
By living in the present moment, we can find ourselves at the gateway to eternity.
