Monthly Archives: November 2014

Your Monday blessing

Food was growing before I ever knew hunger, The world spun a thousand beats before my heart’s first gasp, Friends wish me well, even when I’m sleeping, And justice is a million years away, and happening now.

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Your Monday Blessing

not the destination or even the journey but the day’s worth of road with the mountains behind you and the sun up there somewhere and a grand, wondering maybe whistling through your bones

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What is the role of religious institutions in justice? A dialogue

Dear friends, I stumbled across an old paper I wrote about congregations and justice. It’s an imagined dialogue between four giants of Unitarianism and Universalism: Ralph Waldo Emerson, Clarence Skinner, Olympia Brown and Clarence Skinner. I apologize for the “in … Continue reading

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New book published!

I’m very excited to announce the publication of my new book, “Hamlet in Haiku: The Bard’s Masterpiece Retold in five-seven five”. This book “translates” the entire plot of Hamlet into haiku form. It’s an homage to the original, which, I … Continue reading

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Your Monday Blessing

May the night’s peace find its way into the day’s chaos, Just as the day’s light glimmers on the night’s mystery.

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Your Monday Blessing

& the letters not written & the words that didn’t find mouths & the kindnesses not enacted & the reconciliations not achieved & the embraces not extended & the drawings left unfinished on the counter & the apologies not made … Continue reading

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