The November installment of the series "A Dissenting Tradition" focuses on how we might continue to dissent when the politics of cruelty are ascendent.
Paradise Lost: Religious Dissent in Times of Defeat
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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.
Eulogy for Remington Alessi
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A eulogy for Remington Alessi, the Texas chainsaw lawyer.
Christian Nationalism and Liberalizing Religion in Texas
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A report on a talk I gave for the European Center for Populism Studies is now online.
The Political Theologies of Populism
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Pre-order my new book The Political Theologies of Populism!
Is there no Holy Land?
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A sermon reflecting on the two year anniversary of the conflict in Gaza.
My Installation as Senior Minister
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My installation as the Senior Minister of First Houston has taken place!
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.