My Nochebuena homily for 2025. Esta Navidad, cada Navidad, hay solamente un cuento. Es el cuento de un bebé y un milagro. Esta Navidad la historia es sobre un bebé que nace en un centro de detención de I.C.E. No, la historia es sobre un bebé que nace bajo las ruinas de Gaza. No, la historia es sobre un bebé que nace en un campo de re-fu-gia-dos en Sudán. No, la historia es sobre un bebé que nace...
A sermon reflecting on the two year anniversary of the conflict in Gaza.
An all too brief tribute to my friend Tupak Huehuecoyotl.
The text of the prayer I offered at the Harris County Commissioners Court, as prepared.
A sermon reflecting on the proposed changes to Article II of the Bylaws of the Unitarian Universalist Association.
We, the Unitarian Universalist Ministers of the greater Houston area, decry the decision of the Supreme Court of the United States to overturn Roe V. Wade. The first two principles of our faith state that we believe in “the inherent worth and dignity of every person,” and “justice, equity, and compassion in human relations.” To respect someone’s worth and dignity and afford them justice, equity...
as preached at the First Unitarian Universalist Church of Houston, August 22, 2021 This is the second year in a row that our annual ingathering service has taken place under difficult, uncertain, circumstances. Last year, our service took place entirely online. This year, some of us have gathered in-person and others of us are participating via our livestream. This year, like last year, as the...
as preached at the First Unitarian Universalist Church of Houston, August 8, 2021 “[O]ne God, no one left behind.” This morning’s sermon is on that often awkward topic: Unitarian Universalist evangelism–the sharing of the good news. We Unitarian Universalists have good news. We should be sharing it. “[O]ne God, no one left behind.” Most Unitarian Universalists I know, including many of you...
As many of you know, last week First Houston partnered with the Unitarian Universalist Association to distribute 14,000 liters of water. Working with volunteers from our congregation and Project Row Houses, we provided water to more than five hundred households in need. These include people located in the Cuney Homes and Project Row Houses and those connected with the S.H.A.P.E. Community Center...
Since the start of the pandemic, the First Unitarian Universalist Church of Houston has been posting a weekly ministers’ forum online. In this week’s episode I talk with Dan McKanan, the Ralph Waldo Emerson Unitarian Universalist Association Senior Lecturer at Harvard Divinity School, about the parallel histories of Harvard Divinity School and the Unitarian Universalist Association.