In August we turn toward planning and preparation for the work of the coming church year. What will we need… Read more Wellness of the Mind
Category: Sermons
As a minister for thirty years, I wrote nearly a thousand sermons. These are the most recent. Sermons from August, 2022 on were written for the Unitarian Universalist Church of Studio City. I’m especially proud of the sermons I wrote during my last year (September 2024 through June 2025) when I tried to close my ministry with some final thoughts about fundamental spiritual issues.
The Fermi Paradox
Physicist Enrico Fermi noticed that given the vastness of space, and the huge amount of time available, the odds are… Read more The Fermi Paradox
Starr King Mountain
I just flew in from Yosemite, and boy are my arms tired! Actually I didn’t fly to Yosemite, I drove. … Read more Starr King Mountain
And Now We Vote
In the United States, the power of the President is constrained by a large number of countervailing powers. A President… Read more And Now We Vote
Slow News
Anxiously following the “Breaking news” satisfies our need to know, but we would get better information if we waited for… Read more Slow News
Three Days and Forty Years
Jesus in the grave. Moses in the wilderness. The journey from an old way of being to finding ourselves established… Read more Three Days and Forty Years
Slow Down, Be Anxious
Change brings anxiety; it can’t be helped. And anxiety brings an urge to resolve the discomfort as quickly as possible. … Read more Slow Down, Be Anxious
On Not Knowing
In times of stress we find a comfort in information. What happened? Who’s to blame? What could we do differently? … Read more On Not Knowing
The Third Way
When Rev. Mitra Rahmena resigned last September, and until you call your next Settled Minister, probably in the summer of… Read more The Third Way
The Economics of Abundance
Back when I was in seminary, at the Claremont School of Theology, I took a theology class, which is what… Read more The Economics of Abundance