A Minister's Musings

In my last post I noted that I wear a cross beneath my shirt every day.  However I also bemoaned the devolution of the cross from powerful...

In my post a couple of days ago I used this picture of a Celtic cross and received several very appreciative comments.  For the record, I ...

I have continued to think about Marcus Borg , who died on Wednesday.  I noted in my last post that his work deeply influenced me, and I ...

March 11, 1942 – January 21, 2015 The New Testament scholar and prophet of progressive Christianity, Marcus J. Borg, died yesterday at...

This past week I preached a sermon about heroes as a means of exploring issues of identity.  On Wednesday I posted a reflection on a co...

On Sunday I preached a sermon that used the classic superhero motif of identity/alter-identity as a way of exploring the issue of identit...

“A mask may reveal as much as it conceals.” ~ Unknown  This a version of this sermon was originally preached at the First Universali...

It’s been a while since I last offered a Christmas Eve homily.   I’ve always figured that the texts and the tunes will deliver their ...

One of the things that's difficult about having really substantive conversations about race -- one of the challenges of really facing an...

As the debate goes on about whether it's appropriate to chant "Black lives matter!" or whether that should be changed to sa...