The Journey

Little Warrior climbs into my lap. She wraps her arms around my neck, pressing her cheek to mine, and squeezes hard. She pulls back and lo...

The little one that I told you about, the one who on Tuesday prompted so much rejoicing as an x-ray revealed the tumors had shrunk ... today...

I am checking this site a bazillion times a day, hoping they post this year's Berry Street lecture. Everything I've read has me ju...

Books, movies, art -- the #1 spot, the favorite, of each of these changes fairly often. But for music, my favorite stays steady. I'm s...

On the Election-L list through the UUA, a conversation began yesterday, prompted by Mike Durall , about a different way to select a UUA Pres...

When I was 17, graduating from high school, I was bemused at those who filled in their “senior form” for the yearbook that they wanted to be...

As well as being a UU Parent, I'm also a UU kid. Actually, a Unitarian kid. I don't believe my parents have ever referred to thems...

Passed on from Rev. Sean: For those who tweet: Change twitter profile to location: TEHRAN, time zone: GMT+3.30. Iran govt hunting 4 bloggers...

Speaking of gender expectations ... Today at church, one of the teens was in a room with a bunch of younger children, dropping F and S bombs...

Or so Facebook tells me, in a variety of online quizzes. Well, specifically, that I'm gay, black and non-girly. This isn't a diatri...

7 years ago tonight, I was rocking in a rocking chair. Ceaselessly. Rock, rock, rock. I had a big ole belly and my obstetrician said that i...

Nia Vardalos has been making the talk show rounds, promoting her new movie My Life in Ruins. Only problem -- apparently, it's a stinker...

I am, I will admit, a bit of a curmudgeon about the world "miracle." A normal baby birth? It's not a miracle, it's a bio...

Summertime. Last night, we went to the Drive-In picture show for a double feature -- Up and Star Trek . Perfect combination, if you ask me...

What are the books that you pay repeat visits to? Last night, I was perusing our upstairs "library," trying to decide what novel I...

After hearing Peter Morales in the debate at the Women’s convocation and talking to him afterwards about being a seminary student in a non-U...

I read The Shack . A couple of people had recommended it to me. I saw that it was on the bestseller list and read some Amazon.com reviews w...

Okay, Fausto is correct, of course. My favorite description of God is "limitless, undying love" -- I respond to love with love. ...

In his sermon yesterday, Rabbi Shaman told of a woman at another UU church who had stood up and announced the oft-heard "I'm a UU a...

You haven't been very emotionally honest on your blog , says AVI. (Annoying Voice Inside) I attempt to ignore her. I'm busy. And ...