The Other Side of Ashes to Go

As any member of the Ash Mob Team from last year will tell you, the sum total of the experience Continue reading →

Church School Children Learn about First Eucharist

Jesus said, in John 15:1, “I am the true vine and my Father is the vine grower.”  These are the Continue reading →

Lent Madness: A Slam Dunk Addition to Your Lenten Devotions

Soon March Madness will be upon us. And much as we love the Wildcats, let’s be serious: is there anything Continue reading →

Book Review: The Righteous Mind

THE RIGHTEOUS MIND; WHY GOOD PEOPLE ARE DIVIDED BY POLITICS AND RELIGION, Jonathan Haidt, Thomas Cooley Professor of Ethical Leadership, Continue reading →

Songs of the Soul: Walt Whitman and America

I have been presenting Walt Whitman in many different formats and locations since 1977, when I first recited a few Continue reading →

Lessons from a Pilgrim: Part 2

As I write this in August 2013, I am more surprised by what is not in my journal than what Continue reading →

Lessons from a Pilgrim: Part 1

From the moment I saw the announcement in the Sunday Bulletin about a pilgrimage to Lindisfarne and Iona in summer Continue reading →

Hitch Your Wagon to a Star

A birthday gift for Ralph Waldo Emerson on his 210th birthday; presented at St. Philip’s on Sunday, May 26, by Continue reading →