Many religions include a spiritual practice around eating a communal meal (The Eucharist, the Passover Seder) or not eating (fasting… Read more Let Us Break Bread Together

Making music is a powerful form of spiritual practice for many.  In church, Unitarian Universalists sing hymns, sing in the… Read more Come Sing a Song With Me

The most familiar form of spiritual practice for most Unitarian Universalists is our Sunday gathering:  our communal practice of joining… Read more Come Sunday

Several years ago, after I had already been a minister for several years, I had a woman in my congregation… Read more Practice, Practice, Practice

I’ve been having some fun this summer preaching about topics that don’t usually get talked about in polite society, or… Read more Taxes

I’ve been preaching this summer about some of those big, fundamental, categories of our lives that we usually don’t talk… Read more Death

The summer months are technically the final months of the previous church year.  We haven’t begun the new year yet,… Read more Sex

Religious forces are behind many of the most serious conflicts and debates of our time.  What is it about religion… Read more Religion

A month ago, for the fourth of July holiday, my husband Jim and I attended a party at a friend’s… Read more Politics

At the end of each day of creation, according to Genesis, God looked at what God had made and pronounced… Read more It Is Good