Euthanasia takes us into another round of the great debate between sanctity of life vs. quality of life. Carry it deeply enough and it may illuminate what life means to you – a most worthy journey to begin a Sunday morning.

In 1965, James Reeb had gone to Selma, Alabama with other Unitarian Universalist ministers in response to the call of Martin Luther King, Jr. to support racial justice. There Reeb was murdered by white supremacists. March 11 marks the 57th anniversary of his death. On March 6 we will commemorate the life and witness of … Continue reading No Greater Love

It has been said that judging people is like reading a book. Only if people are books, they’re mysteries. We’re all multi-layered, psychologically tangled, emotionally intricate beings. Knowing all this, our tendency to quickly judge others becomes a spiritual issue in our lives.

This Sunday we celebrate Black History month. The sermon title comes from a fable in African American folklore. The fable’s lesson: racism is racial prejudice plus power.

Valentine’s Day is Monday, February 14. I propose that we send Valentine cards to the most difficult people in our lives. Those people we rather avoid at all costs. They have something to teach us about how to love.

Loa Tzu didn’t preach. He didn’t organize or promote. He wrote a few pages on request, rode off on a water buffalo, and was never seen again. Welcome to the Taoist religion, born in China 600 years before Jesus.

“Life is trouble. Only death is no trouble,” proclaims Zorba the Greek in a well-known novel. What about our capacity to heal? I believe in our capacity: not because of theological wisdom, but because I’ve seen it happen.

To provide our lives with fundamental value and meaning is human nature. The trouble begins when what is fundamental slips into literalism. True literalists approach words as if they are to be believed rather than to be understood. It is a danger to be aware of.

A few years ago, this from the National Geographic: “We live in an age when all manner of scientific knowledge – from the safety of fluoride and vaccines to the reality of climate change – faces organized and often furious opposition.” How can this be one could ask?