My 2026 Easter sermon.
Easter, Love at the Center: That All Might Be Saved
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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...
A Growth Strategy for the Unitarian Universalist Association
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It is quite common for the Unitarian Universalist Association to get compared to the United Church of Christ. Both have common roots in the congregationalist tradition and both have a tendency towards cultural, political, and theological liberalism. So, it is with interest that I read Anthony Robinson’s piece “An Obituary for the United Church of Christ?” Robinson’s piece, based on research...
No God But God: Unitarian Universalism’s Islamic Roots
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A sermon reflecting on the Islamic origins of Unitarian Universalism.
The Axe Laid to the Root
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In this sermon I consider how the abolitionist legacy of Robert Wedderburn might inspire us to speak truth to power and dream freedom dreams.
Pilgrimage
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A homily on the nature of pilgrimage in these times
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.
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.
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.
New Ways of Being: The Religion of the Future
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This sermon celebrates the "No Kings" protests while inviting us to imagine the future of religion.