In this sermon I attempt to address, amongst other things, the horrible situation in Iran.
All Bound Up Together
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The Truth Spoken in Love
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A sermon reflecting on the nature of the covenant of the First Unitarian Universalist Church of Houston.
Top Blog Posts of 2025
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A list of the ten most read blog posts in 2025.
Books Read in 2025
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Belated reflections on what I read in 2025.
The Axe Laid to the Root
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In this sermon I consider how the abolitionist legacy of Robert Wedderburn might inspire us to speak truth to power and dream freedom dreams.
Pilgrimage
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A homily on the nature of pilgrimage in these times
A Prayer for a Service Celebrating the Life and Legaprcy of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
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presented at the chapel service of Harris Manchester College, January 21, 2026 There are many kinds of prayer. The petitionary requests of the divine intercession. Some times such words are offered imploringly, desperately, longing for the impossible. We beg of God—or however we conceptualize that which is greater than all yet resides within each—with words similar to those of Jesus, “Oh, my...
The Complete Education: Martin Luther, Jr. and the Content of Character
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In my sermon in honor of Dr. King I reflect upon the evil that besets our city and our country and call for us to live lives guided by love.
Charles Sumner: The True Greatness of the Nation
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A sermon honoring the legacy of the great Unitarian, abolitionist, and Senator Charles Sumner and the recent martyr to human rights, Renee Nicole Good.
Support Groundbreaking Work on Populism
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In April Wayne State University Press will be publishing my book The Political Theologies of Populism: the Garveyites, the Klan, and the Wobblies, 1915-1930. Like a number of academic publishers, they require authors to pay for the rights of the illustrations. They also require authors to pay for indexing. The combined cost for both is approximately $3,000. I don’t have access to subvention funds...