Sermon: The Resurrection of the Living

as preached for the January 24, 2021 online service of the First Unitarian Universalist Church of Houston Something rather momentous occurred since I was last with you. The United States has a new Pre

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Most Popular Blog Posts of 2020

At the start of many years, as a kind of house keeping, I make two blog posts. I compile a list of the most read blog posts of the last year and I share the list of books that I read in the previous y

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Pre-inauguration Prayer

A prayer prior to the Inauguration of President Joe Biden.

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1876, 1968, and Today: The Need for a Radical King

In this sermon, I reflect on how Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. combined the prophetic with the pastoral in his effort to dismantle white supremacy. He taught that our efforts towards a more spiritual li

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COVID, the Environment and Justice

On Sunday, January 10, 2021, I participated in a panel organized by the Interfaith Environmental Network of Houston. The other participants were Dr. Harish Chandra (Acharya, Arya Samaj Greater Houston

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