Before I became a minister, I never, ever, even once went through the receiving line to greet the minister after a worship service. I assumed that everyone else waiting in line had something meaningful to say about the service, something deep. I had no idea what to say. I came …
Why should you come to church more often? Because you want to. I hear this from my congregants all the time. That it’s hard to come on Sunday mornings–people want to sleep in, they have lots to do–but when they do, they’re glad. “I need to come more often,” I …
I had an electrician at my house Monday morning for a repair. He knows what I do for a living, and he asked me if I was ready for Christmas Eve service. “It’s only Monday,” I replied. “I still have a couple of days to get ready.” People always imagine …
The following sermon was shared at the December 7, 2014 worship service at Chalice Unitarian Universalist Congregation. In Tulsa, Oklahoma in 1921, an angry mob of white people numbering in the thousands burned down the Greenwood District, the African American part of town. More than one thousand homes and businesses …
Beloved community, The week before Thanksgiving was certainly tumultuous. First, President Obama announced he would use his executive powers to protect up to 5 million undocumented immigrants from being deported. Many of us who have been hoping for immigration reform were glad for some action to finally be taken, imperfect …
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