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My Hobby 22 Aug 2013 | 10:43 pm
Do you know someone who has a passionate love of fishing? Or perhaps golf? Maybe amateur motorcycle racing? Or sailing? You know the kind of person I mean… the person who has a “hobby” that they ar...
Tamara Payne-Alex for UUA Moderator 19 Jun 2013 | 08:42 pm
Dearest Fellow Unitarian Universalists, Two weeks ago, I mailed in my off-site delegate ballot for the election of a new Moderator for the Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations. My vote...
Resources for Memorial Day and Veteran’s Day 19 Apr 2013 | 12:55 am
Every year, I receive requests from ministers and worship associate teams from across the United States, and sometimes across religious denominations, asking if I will help them to plan a Memorial Day...
War Changes Us All 11 Nov 2012 | 09:43 pm
(Part 1 of Sermon “Trauma and Transformation” with the Rev. Jan Christian at the Unitarian Universalist Church of Ventura on Sunday, November 11th, 2012) When I came home from Bosnia, a VA psychologis...
The Consequences of Omniscience and Omnipotence 26 Oct 2012 | 09:57 pm
When I was at the U.S. Army Chaplain’s School at Ft. Jackson, South Carolina, there was a day in class that we were responding to hypothetical counseling situations. One of the scenarios presented to...
Free Speech, Responsibility, and Religious Violence 14 Sep 2012 | 08:31 pm
Freedom is one of the most misunderstood concepts in the United States, and perhaps in the world. Be it Religious Freedom, or Freedom of Speech, or the Freedom of the Press, the Freedom of Associatio...
President Obama is Not a Liberal Socialist… I Am 7 Sep 2012 | 08:41 pm
I promised myself that I would not move into my “occasional political musings” this election season until after the conventions were over. Well, the speeches in Charlotte and Tampa are done, and now ...
The Transition of Ordination 27 Aug 2012 | 08:43 pm
It has now been over 2 years since I was ordained as a Unitarian Universalist Minister, and each of those years I have spent in more than full time ministry as a minister in our congregations, as well...
Observations About Humanity… From Driving a Smart Car 8 Aug 2012 | 10:53 pm
A few months ago, the van that I have driven for these last several years decided it was tired and was not going to go anywhere anymore, and so my wife and I began researching and shopping for a new-t...
Is This Really Where We Are? — A Psalm of Lament 28 Jun 2012 | 01:37 pm
Oh Lord, Is this really where we are? A man once said, “I believe, but help my unbelief”. I’m not sure I ever understood, until I myself had to cry out to you, Is this really where we are, oh Lord....
