As the pandemic grinds on we are slowly finding our way to a new world. Masks will be with us for a long time, and we need to accept that the virus is part of us and our society. Perhaps it is even calling on us to re-examine our priorities. One of those priorities has […]

The fact that our climate is changing is not debatable. The question is how fast and to what end? There are hundreds of possible outcomes, some better than others and all of them worse than the world we are living in now. When I talk to young people, the existential crisis of climate change is […]

In my sermon on Sunday, I told the story about old Mother Earth who wove the fabric of life in brilliant colors while at the same time stirring the stew of life, being sure it did not burn. One day, with her garment of life almost done, she had to walk to the back of […]

Next Sunday is the official beginning of summer. Our worship service will be broadcast at 10:00 AM on ZOOM. The entire service has been pre-recorded. The following Sunday, June 27th at noon, we will be joining Unitarian Universalists across the country for the denomination-wide virtual worship service, which will be brought to us from the […]

In the summer of 2008, I stood on the steps of the Los Angeles County Superior Court with members of my congregation to perform religious weddings to any gay couple who had come out with a valid marriage license, at no charge. The congregation was there with rainbow-colored cupcakes. For three Friday afternoons (the most […]

Today marks the one-year anniversary of George Floyd’s public murder by police. What has changed? A great deal actually. That event in the midst of the worst pandemic in a generation unleashed a righteous fury among many white people and other people of color. Finally, we woke up to the reality the black and brown […]