A homily on the nature of pilgrimage in these times
Pilgrimage
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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.
A Fondness for Reading
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A celebration of Jane Austen's 250th birthday!
Reclaiming Paradise: the Power of the Powerless
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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.
Paradise Lost: Religious Dissent in Times of Defeat
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The November installment of the series "A Dissenting Tradition" focuses on how we might continue to dissent when the politics of cruelty are ascendent.
Dissent as a Family Value
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In this next sermon on the tradition of religious dissent, I consider how dissent can be a family value.
Paradise, Now or in the Next World
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The third sermon on the dissenting tradition focuses on dissenting from the politics of cruelty.
Protest as Practice
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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 Dissenting Tradition
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A sermon to launch the start of the program year at the First Unitarian Universalist Church of Houston.