Learning from Yom Kippur
FIND forgiveness. There's an apt phrase. To find forgiveness, we must seek it out. We must be humble enough to…
PODCAST: Network of Religious Communities and Covid-19
Here’s a Podcast on the CoronaVirus Pandemic and the response of communities in Western NY that I did with the…
A Unitarian on Faith Formation
Since the Unitarians are a creedless faith, The Rev. Peter C. Boullata took up the charge of hoping that they…
When This Little Light of Mine Didn’t Shine…
So I love the blog Peacebang, who is everyone’s favorite Unitarian. She’s creative and hysterically funny. She must also know…
Denying Holocaust Heroes
A touching and sad story of combating the world’s worst hatred and of a failure to understand all that was…
Happy H-a-n-u-k-k-a-h
a h/t to Deacon Greg and a Happy Hanukkah to all of our Jewish brothers and sisters and especially to…
Away In a Manger, The Flying Spaghetti Monster
In Leesburg, VA, Christmas displays are causing discord. Members of the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster are scheduled to…
Thanksgivings Past and Present
I’m finishing up some work today and Ripley the dog came to visit my office at St. Joe’s. She nuzzled…
On Atonement
Yom Kippur begins tonight for our Jewish brothers and sisters, but perhaps those of us who are not Jews need…
Happy New Year: Rosh Hashanah
A joyous New Year to our Jewish friends–but most especially to my family members: Dan and Laura Eder and their…