I have three new preaching dates. I will be preaching on January 6 at the First Church in Salem, MA, on February 3, at the First Unitarian Universalist Church of Nashua, NH and, on February 8, at the Harvard Unitarian Universalist Ministry for Students at Harvard Divinity School.
The latest installment of “Workers Power” the column I edit for the Industrial Worker is now on-line. It is called “Don’t be a Jerk About Bad Ideas.”
I am currently working a paper on Staughton Lynd as parabolic theologian. A parabolic theologian is one who, rather than working systematically, uses stories, metaphors, autobiographical and biographical sketches and, well, parables to teach. Over the next few days I am going to post a few of my favorite of Lynd’s parables. This is one I call the “Parable of the Lunch Line.” It...
I am in currently finishing up a paper on Abby H. Price, a mid-19th Universalist socialist, anti-slavery and women’s rights activist who was part of the utopian community Hopedale. While digging through the Practical Christian, Hopedale’s newspaper, I found this gem by Price awhile back. I feel inspired to share it this afternoon: The masculine and feminine characteristics were beautifully...
Yesterday I preached my sermon “Unknown Visions of Love” at the Universalist Church of West Hartford, Connecticut. My experience there has me thinking about the nature of preaching. The sermon is one that I have given on three other occasions. A version of it won this year’s Universalist Heritage Sermon Award. The sermon’s previous reception is such that I am confident...
I am preaching at the Universalist Church of West Hartford tomorrow (Nov. 25) at 9:00 a.m. and 11:00 a.m. My sermon will be a version of my award winning text “Unknown Visions of Love.” If you’re in the area you should come by!
as preached at Goddard Chapel, Tufts University, Protestant Student Worship, November 18, 2012 Several years ago, when I lived in Southern California, I went to visit my great aunt Dorothy. Along the way I managed to get lost in Rancho Palos Verdes, a small town perched in the verdant mountains on the edge of the ocean. I zigged when I should have zagged and found myself driving along the coast...
preached at the First Parish of Sudbury, Unitarian Universalist on November 4, 2012 At the heart of my sermon this morning is a theological concept called the Doctrine of Discovery. As this is a term I imagine that many of you are unfamiliar with I want to begin by explaining it. If you can hang with me for a couple of moments I promise we will move quickly away from the didactic. The General...
The November 2012 Workers Power column is now on-line. It is entitled “In November We Remember.” I actually wrote it myself for a change.
I am preaching at First Parish Sudbury early next month. Below is a blurb I sent for their newsletter. I feel weird about the self-promotion bits of the biographical sketch but self-promotion is part of the itinerant preacher’s job description. And it is true that I’ve won awards for my preaching, scholarship and activism… This Land is Your Land? At it’s 2012 General...