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In my sermon this past Sunday I mentioned that I would tell you how (and why) Easter varies so much from year to year. Although my […]

This Sunday I will be speaking about some of the spring festivals around the world (ancient and modern). In preparing my message, however,  I realized I wouldn’t […]

Last Sunday my sermon was on “The Way for This Journey.” There is one story I didn’t have time to tell you in that sermon, so […]

This column has nothing specifically to do with current events, political or otherwise. But, for me, it feels like a parable of how I might look […]

Two days ago it was Ash Wednesday, the day that begins Lent (the period of 40 days before Easter). When I was young, you were supposed […]

(Note: Since I already took up a lot of space in my description of my “UU Catechism” above, I will write just a few notes for […]

I don’t drive very often to Illinois (especially since COVID hit), but if I’m going through the toll booths on I-94, I usually give the toll-booth […]

The late David Rankin (the former minister at the UU church in San Francisco) once gave a sermon on the poet Robert Frost. At the end […]

Last Sunday I preached my sermon on “Martin and Malcolm,” comparing the pacifist vision of Dr. King with the more militaristic view of Malcolm X concerning […]