Monthly Archives: October 2014

Sermon: “Ghosts”

Posted on October 27, 2014 by bobjanisdillon

Thanks to Dorothea Dix Unitarian Universalist Community for hosting me. Here’s the text of the sermon: It was after the waves of pirates and princesses, after the ninjas wearing bathrobes and plastic swords, after the cute little pumpkin being pushed … Continue reading →

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Your Monday Blessing: Halloween edition

Posted on October 27, 2014 by bobjanisdillon

There may come a time in life’s journey when thine own self rings as hollow and false as an old fool in an usurper’s court. Fear not. Well, OK, fear a little, but wonder, too. Pick up your plastic pumpkin … Continue reading →

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Halloween story/sermon – audio & text

Posted on October 23, 2014 by bobjanisdillon

I love preaching about Halloween, this time of transformation, wonder, and possibility. This is a version of a sermon I recently preached at the Unitarian Society of Ridgewood. All the characters are fictional and any resemblance to people living or … Continue reading →

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“The Red Leaf” (video)

Posted on October 23, 2014 by bobjanisdillon

This is a video of yesterday’s poem, “The Red Leaf”, starring the very leaf that inspired it.

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The Red Leaf

Posted on October 22, 2014 by bobjanisdillon

A boy cradles a leaf in the palm of his hand. It’s a red leaf, found on a hillside among its colleagues, the already fading output of growing life, now brought to wondrous reverence as the beauty upon which the … Continue reading →

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Your Monday blessing: ‘Tis the Season

Posted on October 20, 2014 by bobjanisdillon

‘Tis the Season Autumn’s ancient days are freshly here – The fall of man’s ambition, bringing grace. Angelic ghosts and costumed babes endear The infant twinklings ‘neath the moon’s new face. Delicious dark, your mystery unbound Brings freedom to the … Continue reading →

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Chalice Lighting: Dry Kindling

Posted on October 14, 2014 by bobjanisdillon

Before your heart catches fire, it can feel like dry kindling. Brittle and prone to breaking, the green long gone, dying or dead, and far removed from the tree of life. But all it takes is a spark A little … Continue reading →

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Your Monday Blessing: for Indigenous Peoples Day

Posted on October 13, 2014 by bobjanisdillon

The difference between redeemed and forgotten is justice. Tombstones crumble, but the pain that is etched in the blood of our family sings, and sings, until the final hearing.

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The shock results are in

Posted on October 8, 2014 by bobjanisdillon

The shock results are in and it is now clear that laziness is ecologically preferable to industry. All this doing is now a misdemeanor under the moral law. For those prone to hard work, try to take this news not … Continue reading →

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Your Monday Blessing: to all those I’ve wronged

Posted on October 6, 2014 by bobjanisdillon

To all those who I’ve wronged in the past year (in honor of Yom Kippur) To all those who I’ve wronged in the past year, I would like to offer a surrender, and a truce. First and foremost, the surrender: … Continue reading →

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