The distinction between male and female may seem an obvious one, but the genetic, hormonal, gonadal, and psychological qualities that determine our sense of gender are not as defined as … Continue reading The Gender Myth: Exploring the Blurry Line Between Male and Female

One of the most frequent questions I’m asked is how I went from being a Southern Baptist to becoming a Unitarian Universalist? As theologically different as these two faiths are, … Continue reading A Unitarian with a Dash of Baptist

Society most often teaches us what to think, but seldom how to think. Adopting the dialectic method of philosophers like Heraclitus, Socrates, and Hegel is a simple, easy to learn … Continue reading Look Both Ways Before Crossing the Street: Using the Dialectic Method in Everyday Life

Happy’s Good Friday: A Unitarian Universalist Minister’s Reflection on Jesus’ Crucifixion A few days before Good Friday, my dear friend, the Reverend Happy Watkins of the New Hope Baptist Church … Continue reading Happy’s Good Friday: A Unitarian Universalist Minister’s Reflection on Jesus’ Crucifixion

This will be a special service exploring Creation Spirituality through the life and songs of Mother Nature’s son, John Denver. It will, of course, feature several live performances from church and local musicians and singers.

The cryptic title of this message says it all. We die. It’s as much a part of life as the air we breathe and the water we drink. Yet our culture leads us to largely ignore this inevitability which often leads to financial ruin in our final days, but also to a lifetime of anxiety and clinging to ways, ideas, and things we can’t keep. What would life be like if we all embraced our mortality to better appreciate this brief opportunity to enjoy, to love, to care, and to let go?

More than 200 years ago, Universalism’s founder, John Murray challenged us to go everywhere, into the highways and byways, to let our light shine by offering, “not hell, but hope.” Isn’t it about time we did?

Oppressing people is expensive and dangerous. It takes huge police and military forces, which costs a lot! Such force, in turn, also means the risk of being overthrown. Better for … Continue reading On Choosing the Blue Pill: How We Become Our Own Worst Enemies

If truth is subjective or existential, then we get to make it up as we go along, and each person’s ethics are as “good” as another’s. Believing truth is objective, … Continue reading “The Measure of All Things”: A Humanistic Approach to Morality

Have you ever wanted to get away from it all, especially yourself? Have you read a ton of self-improvement and self-help books in the process? Perhaps this drive isn’t about … Continue reading Unfolding: Becoming Who You Always Have Been