The text of my homily for the 2026 flower communion of the First Unitarian Universalist Church of Houston.
Flower Communion 2026
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Music Sunday: Punk Rock
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The text for First Unitarian Universalist's 2026 spring music Sunday. The service focused on punk rock.
The Photographer As Dissident (Libuše Jarcovjáková in Forbes)
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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...
Living Our Mission
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The sermon to launch the 2026-2027 stewardship campaign for the First Unitarian Universalist Church of Houston.
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.
Creating Compassionate Community
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My sermon to launch First Unitarian Universalist's 2025-2026 stewardship campaign asks us to consider the importance of building common goods.