We all have a sacred text
We all have beliefs. Anyone who says they don’t have a sacred text, no collection of wisdom and ideals they hold dear is either lying or unaware. Saying you don’t just means you aren’t being upfront about what guides your life. That thought is brought to you because of an interesting blog post by my … Read more
The virtue of impatience
I’ll admit it; I am not a patient person. Many times I’ve been told that patience is something I need to work on. I’m compulsively on-time (very, very compulsively) and I think everyone else should be, too. I sometimes get frustrated at the glacial pace of some things in my life. It’s true. But here’s … Read more
What is ordination?
There was a fantastic (and ongoing) discussion on an email list for aspiring UU ministers recently about issues of ordination. What does it mean to be ordained and to be a minister? Now, as such things often go, this discussion didn’t start out about ordination per se. Rather, there was a question about the appropriateness … Read more
Sermon: Preparing to fail
This sermon was delivered at the First Parish in Needham, Mass., on Oct. 9. You ever feel like a failure? I do. Every time I can’t get the blinds to go up, or I forget about something my wife asked me to do, or … well, you get the idea. These are little failures, sure, … Read more
