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If You Don’t Read This, I Will Regret It Later

When I was 18, I worked in the summers on the make-ready crew for a builder. I was the one who scraped all the paint and plaster off of walls, cleaned out the bathtubs where every worker had thrown tape, nails, spit cans, food wrappers, and things which I have […]

If You Don’t Read This, I Will Regret It Later2022-07-21T16:30:39-05:00

After Today, Rev. Thompson Goes Away

In this age of information at our fingertips, it seems nothing should ever surprise us. And yet it does. So this is my attempt to help more of you not be surprised. (And those of you who listened all the way to the end of the service last Sunday won’t […]

After Today, Rev. Thompson Goes Away2022-04-07T14:46:33-05:00

Trans Folk — I See You

Robert Holden is an author and motivational speaker whose work combines psychology and spirituality. He often opens his events by asking participants to learn and share with each other a two-part greeting that is spoken by Zulu people of South Africa. The greeting is an invocation of sorts spoken in […]

Trans Folk — I See You2022-03-31T18:35:00-05:00

The Presidential Debate, a Crisis of Faith, and Communion

I watched the Presidential debate on Tuesday night. Why did I watch? Because I think it’s my duty to be informed — to try to see what I’ve missed before. (To be honest, I didn’t watch it all. I couldn’t. I turned the TV off for my own sanity and […]

The Presidential Debate, a Crisis of Faith, and Communion2020-10-01T22:44:00-05:00

Hope in the New Normal

In his book Good to Great, Jim Collins explains a phenomenon referred to as the Stockdale Paradox. Admiral Jim Stockdale was the highest-ranking United States military officer in the “Hanoi Hilton” prisoner-of-war camp during the height of the Vietnam War. He was tortured over twenty times during his eight-year imprisonment. […]

Hope in the New Normal2020-08-20T15:30:15-05:00

Rising Above Racism – August 5

When I was in seminary I took a course on feminist theology. One question that came up early and often for my classmates and me was “Do you consider yourself a feminist?” The question placed me in a little bit of a quandary. On the one hand, it was clear […]

Rising Above Racism – August 52020-08-05T17:16:29-05:00

For the Love of God and Neighbors…

“I’m so weary of the ‘call out’ culture. We need a call forth culture instead. Calling forth the best in people. Calling forth compassion, gratitude, empathy. Calling forth justice. Calling forth beauty, goodness, wonder. Calling forth courage.”

~ Diana Butler Bass

It’s been a difficult few weeks for […]

For the Love of God and Neighbors…2020-07-16T19:46:53-05:00

Isms and The Church

Since this is my first article for June, which is celebrated as PRIDE month, I want to share the story of a gay black woman.

Staceyann Chin grew up, as the title of her memoir tells us, on The Other Side of Paradise. She grew up on the impoverished side of […]

Isms and The Church2020-06-05T10:41:45-05:00

On My Mind Today — Twin Flames

This Sunday we celebrate Pentecost, the “Birthday of the Church,” the recognition of the gift of the Holy Spirit. We use red to symbolize Pentecost because it reminds us of the tongues of fire that descended on the crowd in Jerusalem fifty days after Easter.

Those flames are on my mind […]

On My Mind Today — Twin Flames2020-05-29T09:58:45-05:00
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