Is it still worship if we're not embodied?

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Sorry it's late - technical difficulties. And sorry it's light today - medical difficulties.

Moving the Site. It's all too much.

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Something's Coming... ...and it's gonna be great (I hope)

Life update time at Hold My Chalice...

Let's Give Up... Hope for a Better Past what's done is done

What's next?

Let's Give Up...Worshiping Intellectualism there's more to spiritual growth

Because you are more than your brain.

Let's Give Up... Slow Payments when congregations forget it's the 21st century

The wonderful HP Rivers offers us our Lenten practice this week. (Plus, buy merch!)

Let's Give Up...Commenting on Body Appearance it's not just a women's issue

Just... don't.

Let's Give Up... Unrealistic Expectations why be pre-disappointed?

What are we giving up this week?

Let's Give Up...Careless Remarks just because you're comfortable doesn't mean you can be careless

What are we giving up this week?

Let's Give Up... "Likeminded People" A Lenten series for our congregations

A Lenten practice for our congregations...

REP. BALINT: “This is not a game, Secretary!”

BONDI: “I’m Attorney General.”

REP. BALINT: “My apologies. I couldn’t tell.” 🔥

Happy Valentine's Day, Sinners OR, what we mean by speaking truth in love

This morning's post, just in time for Valentine's Day:

Selects: Leaks and More Leaks or, The Minister Who Held Back the Sea

Some evergreen content about sharing the ministry.

Religious but not Spiritual flipping the script a little and thinking aloud

Let's look at this another way.

The Moment Is Here how are you meeting it?

It is time now.

When the Founders Fade A perspective on the first big shift for newer congregations

Woyaya.

What's On Your Reading List? 2026 a recap and a projection

A bit of a different book recap and projection this year - because it's about to be a very different kind of year.

Simply Having a [REDACTED] Christmastime may whatever holiday you have be a blessing

It's Christmas Eve.

YMMV.

It's All Practice perfection in human relations? don't make me laugh

We're a mess. And it's okay.

Selects: Why all the fuss? and a word about hope

:::grumble grumble grumble::: Getting sick in mid-December really sucks. Here's an evergreen post to fill the gap while I go back to bed.

Bringing Tenderness getting comfortable with Jesus in the room

I'm back, thinking about how Decembers sometimes play out in UU congregations.

I’ve read 21, but most of them have been for classes. I’m way behind in fiction, and that makes me sad.

So you’re a ceiling fan? 🥁

A Short Hiatus wherein I discover there's never a perfect time to take a break

Time to pause.

(Also, check out Dropout.)

Unwilling to Understand and the silent chaos that ensues

A story about weaponized miscomprehension. (Sigh.)

When Sacred Words Get Passed Hand to Hand A new book filling a deep need

I love this project and its offerings. (I'm also quite fond of my colleague Sean Neil-Barron, whose words I get to once again share with you.)

The White House is asking people not to share pictures of the East Wing because it’s even worse today.

Many Windows, Lots of Information how we know what we know - or don't

Sharing is caring, and sometimes not sharing is caring too.

It's Okay to Do the Thing even if it feels risky

Courage, my friends.