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About bobjanisdillon

Unitarian Universalist minister, poet, husband, father, three-chord guitar wonder.

Your Monday Blessing, from Mark Strand

Posted on December 2, 2014 by bobjanisdillon

Your (belated) Monday Blessing, from poet Mark Strand, who died on Saturday: A PIECE OF THE STORM Mark Strand for Sharon Horvath From the shadow of domes in the city of domes, A snowflake, a blizzard of one, weightless, entered … Continue reading →

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Hamlet – Dramatis Personae

Posted on December 2, 2014 by bobjanisdillon

Hamlet, Prince of Denmark DRAMATIS PERSONAE Here, to help guide you, Is a list of the people Who speak in the play: Hamlet’s the main man. His father, the king, is dead. Uncle Claudius Is now king – and Dad, … Continue reading →

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Your Monday blessing

Posted on November 24, 2014 by bobjanisdillon

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

Posted on November 17, 2014 by bobjanisdillon

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

Posted on November 14, 2014 by bobjanisdillon

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!

Posted on November 12, 2014 by bobjanisdillon

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

Posted on November 10, 2014 by bobjanisdillon

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

Posted on November 3, 2014 by bobjanisdillon

& 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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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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