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Sermon bingo
We come to church to hear meaningful words spoken to us.
Lessons from love
Our weakest parts help us communicate with others.
International flower communion, June 10, 2012
Czech Unitarians mark their church's 90th anniversary.
Seeing what is real
A photographer describes his spiritual practice of "looking for the pattern of things."
Listen from the heart so others can speak from the heart
In Soul to Soul groups, silence can connect us more deeply than using words or questions.
Stained glass: Nautilus
'Paradoxically simple in its beauty and complex in its engineering.'
Me, Jewish?
An odyssey into my family's religious past.
Poem: April wind
Unburden yourself.
Mixed media: Woods sentinel
Interpreting the visual treasures that surround us.
Prayers of desperation
My prayers are prayers of desperation lest I wish ill on the merely irritating.
Wandering in the wilderness
Personal feelings of being in the wilderness can help us tap into a collective force that evidences grace.
Painting: 57th and Broadway at 5:00 pm
The challenge of not relying on recognizable subject matter.
Two poems
I watch the trees / as seasons cycle.
As the crow flies
I aspire to live as the crow flies.
Painting: Snowy bank
A rare storm offers a new scene.
Poem: The day after
The tree alone directing us / To peaceful paths / With its symbolic star.
Winter solstice and the shaman within
It is we ourselves who must don the shaman's mask.
How to give a blessing
I didn't mean to give an honest answer when asked, 'How are you?'
Are you a wretch?
Not every religious tradition asks you to choose your theological stance midway through a hymn.
Loving birds
Modern life interferes with the lessons and warnings of Nature.
Mixed media: Unity
Celebrating natural, wild forms.
How Unitarian Universalists break the rules
Rule breaking just might be right up our alley.
The koan
The 'I' of me is a snapshot of something in motion.
Sculpture: A reliquary of wood
Honoring the native hardwoods of Arkansas.
Sculpture: Unitarian windows
A collaboration yields a classical form.
Slow making
What if our new metaphor for time was craftsmanship?
Sculpture: 88 notes
A piano is transformed.
My patient's faith
Before I began the operation, my patient asked, 'Could I say a prayer first?'
Poem: Getting through another loss
This time, I need the words of a prayer.
Sing me to sleep
I wanted things to go back to normal. I wanted none of this to be happening.
Poem Attitude adjustment
Multiculturalism? Well and good. But don't stop there!
The wisdom of the wild
I don't mean misbehavior, but real wildness, elemental wildness, animal wildness.
Grace wins in the end
'I am a sworn enemy of the saccharine, and a believer in grace over karma.'
Painting: Quarry
Brilliant colors and the 'crazy parts of our lives.'
