"Where to Start?"
I have not written a blog in quite a while. Pastors are expected to have an opinion about everything, and sometimes I don't. Other...
"Whereas/Therefore...Wait! Come Back!"
Our United Church of Christ General Synod is meeting this weekend in Baltimore, Maryland. Delegates from our regional conferences will...
"Well, that was weird."
Several hundred faith and community leaders gathered at Western Middle School this morning at the request of Governor Matt Bevin to...
"What kind of resurrection?"
"It is necessary to die in order to be reborn. As soon as you experience impermanence, non-self, and interbeing, you are born again. ...
"Simple Gifts"
'Tis the gift to be simple, 'tis the gift to be free, 'tis the gift to come round where we ought to be..." -Shaker Hymn I rarely carry...
"Claim Your Unique Presence" - Thoughts on Leadership
I find myself returning to certain sources of wisdom these days, cherished teachers who have been spirit guides for me. Here is a "guest...
"Lights in the Tree"
Bert the beagle - a sixteen-year fixture at our house - is feeling his years. And, he lets me know this at 3:30 a.m., 5:20 a.m., or...
"Urban Church Cycles"
Is the church life cycle a singular birth-to-death story, or does it revolve in cycles of redefinition, redevelopment and rebirth? With...
"Blankets at 11"
The Chicago chapter of Habitat for Humanity hosted a youth group from Zion UCC, Louisville, for a workcamp one summer in the mid-1980s. ...
"Mother and Child"
Life seems to have a way of leaving us with emotional whiplash. After the unity and love expressed at Muhammad Ali's funeral in...