A FOOLISH CONSISTENCY IS THE HOBGOBLIN OF LITTLE MINDS… ~ RALPH WALDO EMERSON
as preached at the First Unitarian Universalist Church of Houston, May 3, 2026 Reflection: Ancient and Modern Out beyond ideas of wrongdoing and rightdoing, there is a field. I’ll meet you there. When the soul lies down in that grass, the world is too full to talk about. Ideas, language, even the phrase each other doesn’t make any sense. (Barks 36) The words come from the Sufi poet Jalāl al-Dīn...
The text for First Unitarian Universalist's 2026 spring music Sunday. The service focused on punk rock.
A sermon reflecting on Diana Matar's exhibition "My America."
My 2026 Easter sermon.
Libuše Jarcovjáková was recently named as one of 7 over 70 in the Czech language version of Forbes. Since it’s in a language I don’t read, everything I know about it consists of a small blurb from her publisher. “I want to photograph. I want to go places, travel, observe, and perceive. It’s enough simply to perceive — and to feel something,” says the woman included in Forbes’ selection...
It is quite common for the Unitarian Universalist Association to get compared to the United Church of Christ. Both have common roots in the congregationalist tradition and both have a tendency towards cultural, political, and theological liberalism. So, it is with interest that I read Anthony Robinson’s piece “An Obituary for the United Church of Christ?” Robinson’s piece, based on research...
The sermon to launch the 2026-2027 stewardship campaign for the First Unitarian Universalist Church of Houston.
A sermon reflecting on the Islamic origins of Unitarian Universalism.
In this sermon I attempt to address, amongst other things, the horrible situation in Iran.
A sermon reflecting on the nature of the covenant of the First Unitarian Universalist Church of Houston.