The Journey

I have been doing a prayer bead practice, based on the one outlined by Erik Walker Wikstrom in Simply Pray . I enjoy it; it's a good w...

I'll admit it. I was a soap watcher. My grandmother watched Guiding Light, my mother watched Guiding Light, and after getting hooked o...

Okay, friends. I have my handful of podcasts by my favorite preachers* that I listen to religiously (yuk yuk). They go with me on my commu...

Reverend Erik Walker Wikstrom addresses some of the things I am struggling with on the subject of evil. Go read it; it's good. The topi...

What do an agnostic, a conservative Jew, and a UU seminarian have in common? Well ... a class. The first two are two old men who are attend...

I want a bigger tent. I want a tent where I can point out, as Rev. Christine did , that we are all at a spot on the agnostic spectrum withou...

Last week, I walked into the classroom for the first day of my Old Testament class. Professor wasn't there, but two older, male student...

The path of love is not easy to walk Littered with noise, cluttered objects, peevishness, annoyances To walk along a forest path, hushed...

I have been both a setter and a spiker. These are volleyball terms, but I'm talking UU evangelism here. In volleyball, a setter "...

This morning, I was supposed to be visiting my friend Smiley. But on Sunday, she slipped into a coma and died. She was an older lady and ha...

About a month ago, I received a postcard in the mail. Our city ballet is pre-selling tickets for The Nutcracker. The older two have seen it...

“Jesus and I agreed to see other people, but that don’t mean we don’t still talk from time to time.” – Lafayette, True Blood

Leaders of the nation's largest Lutheran church voted Friday to allow sexually active gays and lesbians in committed relationships to se...

Kids 1, 2, and 3 go back to school Monday. If all goes well, then kid 4 goes back to her two-day school on Tuesday. And Wednesday, I go to...

Well, I just completed my first not-someone-I-knew memorial service. Thanks to the generous sharing of materials, emails, phone calls and me...

I have been thinking about weddings, since The Husband and I are about to celebrate our 19th wedding anniversary. I believe in marriage. I ...

Apropos of nothing, a dear, albeit cantankerous, friend demanded to know why I say “Happy Sabbath” on my facebook page. I was a little start...

I'm doing a memorial service next week, not anyone I know. Humbly requesting your services, readings, helpful hints* and the like. Plea...

Goodbye, Rev. Tim . Your comments, your posts, your insight, will be greatly missed here at The Journey. Peace to your family.

A little over three years ago, I wrote on my thoughts about prayer . I can't say that my beliefs have changed exactly. I still have a h...