The Journey

I don’t write much about Little Wren, our Little Warrior, here anymore. Life has moved on, wonderfully, for all of us. Today, I will. ...

In September, I visited my favorite pond to discover it was, for the most part, gone . Dried up, from the drought. A field where fish used t...

Some people get robes for graduation. We do things a little different down here in Texas. "How many times are you going to say that?...

Friends have asked me my thoughts on Peter Morales’ whitepaper and after finding out that I’m going to Orlando to brainstorm about it with o...

"My grandmother used to tell me stories about how they would put straw under the eyelids of slaves so they couldn't fall asleep,...

But I want to. This is not false humility, it is truth.  I am not yet the person I want to be. But I feel that I can be. Jesus, John Len...

I believe in Santa Claus. I believe in people. Believe means different things, doesn’t it? And sometimes, we instantly know it. ...

I am graduating from seminary tomorrow, friends. Saturday morning. In August 2004, two things began. My seminary experience, and Little Wr...

There are certain things that transcend the sense of "the stranger." One is fishing. Anywhere I've ever gone,  meeting a fello...

To have a passion is a one thing. It can be a source of soul-satisfying vision, or it can be a crazy-making force. Sometimes, both at the ...

During a worship service a man began to be moved by the Spirit. Out loud he said “Amen!”    He tweeted to his friends "This service is...

More memories. We just passed the 40th anniversary of when David Vetter was born. Known in the press as David the Bubble Boy. He and I l...

Andy asks, "Do you remember the day you were able to really comprehend what the death penalty meant ?" I don't remember tha...

I haven't been to my pond since May, partially because of CPE, but mainly because it's been so beastly hot. Hottest August on record...

First, I read the short version of Lillian Daniel's essay about "Spiritual But Not Religious? Please Stop Boring Me," that is...

"Take me to the water ... to be baptized." I could not go to the waters I normally travel to each summer. For one thing, I was w...

I'm tired. I'm tired the way you are at the end of your CPE summer. Ministers, can I get an 'amen'? But RevTony's post...

So, let me tell you my fantasy. My fantasy is that we come up with a sustainable model for minister-planted Unitarian Universali...

It’s a half hour past midnight here. I went to bed at 10 pm and enjoyed two blissful hours of sleep before being awakened by the phone. Th...

I've been praying a lot lately. Holding the hands of young and old, strong, weak, even paralyzed. "Know your audience, know your pu...