Monthly Archives: January 2009

  This is my sermon on what it means to “kythe,” a necessary skill one builds for active listening in covenant groups, or any situation where it’s more important to open up one’s heart in empathy than it is to … Continue reading →

Austin Boulevard in Chicago ran between my affluent, middle-class neighborhood and one of Chicago’s roughest enclaves. What does it take for us to “cross that street” of oppression and racism and to risk hearing another’s unfiltered stories?

Sometimes you find wisdom in the oddest places. In the latest Bond film, there is a moment after the villain’s been foiled, after the car crashes, after America’s (arguably) favorite British spy has survived yet another global threat, where he … Continue reading →

My first autumn in a Unitarian church was filled with wonder and awe. I loved the “high church” processional, the organ music, the robed choir and minister. Each service was polished and delivered with the love Creation deserves. And then … Continue reading →

Brian Ferguson, Ministerial Intern from Live Oak UU Church in Austin, Texas, shares his sermon: “War – what is it good for?” The subject of war seems to have been a continuous part of the human condition.  Some religions have taken … Continue reading →

December is the time of Advent. What is it that we wait for when we wait for the coming light?  What is in the waiting, and what mystery awaits us in the dark?  Or as the Rev. Laurel Hallman once asked, “Is it dark because it’s … Continue reading →