UUCS Minister
In this sermon, I’ll discuss the significance of Unitarianism’s historic values, the state of Unitarian Universalism today, and, based upon outcomes at its most recent General Assembly, the possibilities for its future.
This is an opportunity to ask me questions regarding topics I have or haven’t spoken of from the pulpit. Although I won’t engage in church business in this setting, I do enjoy a wide range of thoughtful questions.
Why do so many seem driven to have the final word and to convince everyone else they are right? How can this be healthy in a world of 7.5 billion people? Should we strive, instead, to say our piece then let go? Isn’t it better … read more.
In this sermon I’ll reflect upon my experience at the HxA (Heterodox Academy) Conference that I recently attended in Denver, CO.
The above title is the title of my dissertation. In this sermon, I’ll talk about what I learned during the process of researching and writing it.
Not having stop signs at every corner was new to me when coming to Spokane. At first, I had no idea how to navigate these uncontrolled intersections. Soon, however, taking responsibility for myself made me a safer driver in general. Today I wonder how much … read more.
What is truth? Take your pick. Tired of one religion? Try another. What’s the government really up to? Select your favorite conspiracy theory off our dessert tray. It’s all you can eat! It’s all comfort food! So eat whatever you like, whatever makes you feel … read more.
The “Rapture” is a belief of among Christians that Jesus will return someday to snatch up all his true believers in “the blink of an eye,” leaving everyone else to suffer what is to become Hell on Earth. Surely this will never happen, but the … read more.
“Feelings,” the song says, “nothing more than feelings,” yet how often we project our subjective emotional experiences onto the world, trying to make empirical reality justify our personal feelings and desires, as if they represent objective truth. In this sermon we’ll explore this troubling phenomenon … read more.
Western culture once presented the world with the hope of fashioning a human society based on equality, civility, empiricism, and democracy, aspirations we have often failed to achieve, yet today seem further beyond our reach than ever. How did this happen and what must we … read more.
