Distant Temple Bell

My dog, Wilbur, and I had been for a walk after supper. I opened the gate, stepping into the back yard. It wa...

This sermon wants to be painted with vibrant colors—red, green, yellow, purple, orange and blue, pink, then black like a blac...

I saw them out of the corner of my eye on my desk—some flowers in a small ceramic vase. I thought: “How nice. Sukie must have m...

The Rev. John Buehrens, a former president of the Unitarian Universalist Association, married to an Episcopal priest, te...

In the measure of one short week, from the Second Sunday after Christmas Day to the First Sunday after the Epiphany, we have be...

What can we say about the wise men? Well, they were not kings and there were not three of them, at least, that is, accor...

I didn’t expect to be ordained. Formal religion made me feel claustrophobic, like I couldn’t get enough air. Institution...