The Journey

We're home safe, undoubtedly because of the daily phone calls from my mother reminding us to use hand sanitizer, as she watched CNN nons...

A quick "Hello, having a great time," and an instruction to go give someone a hug just like this. That Tigger. He knows how to hu...

Well my bags are packed, I'm ready to go ... I like a good turn of phrase and I vastly prefer the Brits' going on holiday to our va...

Morales and Hallman Respond

The year LW was going through cancer the first time, my family planted a gardenia bush outside my front door for me for mother's day. I...

I had planned to have a once-every-five-years splurge of a pedicure a couple of days before we left on our trip, since I'll be Teva-ing ...

I am just all over the place about this upcoming Make-a-Wish trip, so 'scuse me whilst I dump all my feelings out on the floor and sort ...

I'm thinking about dignity today. Specifically, acting with dignity. Dignity: bearing, conduct, or speech indicative of self-respect ...

Rev. Crestwell's sermons are part of my regular podcast routine. Today, on the UUA Election discussion list, he posted the below endors...

A year ago today, we went in for a routine scan, and as we waited for LW to be done, I told The Husband, You know, I've finally gotten t...

I will begin by explaining, bluntly, that on one issue, I am completely dogmatic, utterly intolerant. With great effort, I can be polite on ...

This year, we did something different in our religious education program. Based on a term paper I wrote for my "Intro to Liberal Relig...

Even with the angst over my dear, departed hard drive, I did still manage to do a little sumpin' for April Fool's Day. Above, was di...

There is a beatification that happens with cancer parents. We are often thought to be sanctified, to be made holy, by our trip through what...

Don't you just love it when you are given a moment of clarity, something that just tells you that you are exactly where you are supposed...

This is Ham and Eggs lantana. It blooms during the Spring. The rest of the time, it's a big, bushy, weed of a plant. Not particularly...

Last year, I wrote about how we were moving Joys and Sorrows before the service, to be its own small ritual, "Morning Blessings."...

Here's that sermon we talked about earlier this week . Testify! Sound quality is a little rough.

Over at Yet Another Unitarian Universalist , Rev. Dan Harper asks : So as a minister, I have a question for you. When you are sad — I mean s...

Okay, something fun for Friday ... tell me, what's something valuable you've learned from an unusual source? Here's two of mine:...