You all are so good at giving me additional resources and ideas after sermons you enjoy. In particular, I love when you give me poems (some of you can recite them by heart) that tie to the subject.   Last week’s sermon was about drawing our circle ever wider, but keeping it imperfect and always open

I got a lot of reaction from last Sunday’s service on the “Holy And.” It seems that many of you could relate to your own Holy Ands and I feel honored that so many of you shared them with me. Some were very straightforward and some were very deep, while some were about your family

Happy New Year! I have a confession: I’m not a fan of new year’s resolutions. As I’ve aged, I’ve realized that most of the resolutions that are typical and that I had made were shame-based and “should”-based. Resolutions like losing weight, meditating more, exercising more and the like were always things that I felt like

As the holiday season approaches, I want to take a moment to express my heartfelt gratitude for this vibrant and caring community. The Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Phoenix has been a source of light and love throughout this eventful year, and I am continually inspired by the ways we support one another and live out

Christmas is almost here! Each year, the staff and I go through all the services that we are having, figuring out the order of the service, placing the best music in the right place, figuring out what our themes are, and getting all the details in place. Each year, we set a date that we

I had two profound experiences that led me to the same conclusion.  First, on Monday morning was the Arizona Faith Network’s annual gathering. Over 200 Interfaith leaders, lay people, and community leaders were present to share the good works that we were each doing and to celebrate the accomplishments of the interfaith community. Each year, I