Who is a neighbor? Who is a stranger? These are the questions that confront anyone who volunteers for accompaniment work for with the New Sanctuary Coalition. The people I volunteer to accompany to their immigration check-ins are often, at first, strangers to me- people who are navigating the often byzantine system of regulations which often …
(The Long Beach Boardwalk) I went to Long Beach, Long Island on Saturday, June 14th, hoping to get a chance to hoop and holler and raise my voice to the wind, cheering a runner at the finish line of a grueling 100 mile race. Instead, I got amply blasted by sand and wind, and the …
Air Moves Us, Fire Transforms us, Water Shapes us, Earth Heals Us! Read More »
Religious Constriction – NYTimes.com.
Yesterday and today marks the Jewish holiday of Shavuot. I was reminded of this when I was speaking to an old colleague of mine at the 92nd Street Y. This holiday, coming about 40 days after Passover, marks the return of Moses from Mt. Sinai with the Torah. It is one of the two …
What Unitarian Universalists can learn from the tradition of Shavuot Read More »
In the effort to re-tool my blog, I have taken a gander at the UUA’s questions for UU bloggers. Here we go! 1. Why do you blog? What goals do you have for your blog? I wish to explore the questions that concern me- imagination and reason living side by side, wonder, prophecy, and …
Hello and welcome back, sparks on the water! This year as I begin my last year of seminary, I thought I would try to get into the regular habit of blogging again. What has crippled me in the past is the feeling that good writing only comes as a result of passionate inspiration, and not …
Food Justice: Who owns the food? Food justice is an incredibly complex social issue. At every step along the food chain, moral choices are being made—from who controls seed patents, to which crops are subsidized, to the conditions of workers who serve, process, and harvest the food we eat. When we separate the health of …
EXTREME COMPOSTING- brought to you by the Edible Churchyard! If there is one thing that the Edible Churchyard is known for at Union, it’s composting. Composting is the one thing we do that reminds us that even in a city environment, there are simple ways to create a holistic relationship with the sacred earth. But …
This upcoming conference at my seminary is making me geeky with excitement. These are the rock star theologians in liberation and Buddhist theology. Varied perspectives. The conference is in honor of retiring professor Paul Knitter. Go if you can! http://www.utsnyc.edu/events-calendar?cid=52&ceid=2529&cerid=0&cdt=4%2f17%2f2013
BNPs. It is a phenomenon that Peter Dying and Crystal Blanton have brought into the pagan blogosphere recently. And, as someone who has pondered aspects of leadership deeply as I work towards my M.Div at Union Theological Seminary in New York, I have had occasion to think about identity, leadership, ministerial formation, and contemporary pagan …
Big Name Pagans, Ministerial Formation, and the Calling. Read More »
