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...
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.
A sermon honoring the legacy of the great Unitarian, abolitionist, and Senator Charles Sumner and the recent martyr to human rights, Renee Nicole Good.
A celebration of Jane Austen's 250th birthday!
In this sermon on the dissenting tradition I reflect upon lessons from Václav Havel's text The Power of the Powerless and the importance of the free pulpit.
The November installment of the series "A Dissenting Tradition" focuses on how we might continue to dissent when the politics of cruelty are ascendent.
The third sermon on the dissenting tradition focuses on dissenting from the politics of cruelty.
A report on a talk I gave for the European Center for Populism Studies is now online.
as preached on September 14, 2025 at the First Unitarian Universalist Church of Houston If you pass by First Unitarian Universalist on weekday mornings then you are probably familiar with a sight. For the past five years, two members of our congregation have been keeping regular vigil near the corner of Fannin and Southmore. One of them bears sign that reads, “Stop the Zionist Genocide, Micah 2:1...
A sermon to launch the start of the program year at the First Unitarian Universalist Church of Houston.