Blessing something or someone is a way of expressing my gratitude and reverence for them.

May we release ourselves from the need to fit every truth neatly into our own language.

This story is great to be acted out by four women (of applicable ages for each direction) around a large bowl/vessel....

Can we just sit here for a minute, Holy One? Some of us are carrying pretty heavy stuff. . . . . . And we could all use a moment of peace. To count our breath. To quiet the noise. To let our spirits be still. . . . . . Perhaps as we sit, we will count our blessings. Name them, one by one. . . . . .

An adequate Christmas would have you calm and open, taking it in, accepting whatever is. Slow it all down like you might be, in some way, attuned to the pace of the Eternal. If you need, you can fake it at first.

The freedom to doubt, to question, to be content to live in Mystery is central to the liberal religious tradition. Like the process of evolution itself, the path that we follow—our practice—is not easy or simple. It isn’t without its dead ends or its disappointments. It doesn't guarantee that...

Your first Christmas, your last Christmas, this Christmas, and the redemption of the whole world are all happening right now, forever.

Outside The flags fly Down the highway, hanging on to the back of large trucks or the chest of a man....

All great spirituality is about what we do with our pain... By trying to handle all suffering through willpower, denial, medication, or even therapy, we have forgotten something that should be obvious: we do not handle suffering; suffering handles us in deep and mysterious ways that ironically...

I have purchased a set of Islamic prayer beads from one of our local shop owners. The set has ninety-nine beads, one for each of the names of God in Islam....

May the love that is the doctrine of this church be also the strength and the spirit of this congregation and of our individual lives.