Saying goodbye to the home where I raised my children.

Andrene Kauffman’s murals in Chicago’s Third Unitarian Church honor heroes of the liberal spirit.

One year after a gunman opened fire in the Unitarian Universalist church in Knoxville, the congregation’s minister reflects on the spirituality that has sustained his people.

People probably thought my parents were hippies because we were out-of-the-closet Unitarian Universalists.

An Iranian-American holds her breath as hundreds of thousands march for democracy in Iran.

Volunteering in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina—and the aftermath of my diagnosis with ALS—has helped me appreciate the complexity of asking for, and offering, help.

The most important thing Samboon taught me was how to speak from my deepest and most grounded place.

What did the Décor Committee know, and when did they know it?

Slow down and walk lightly on the Earth, even if just for a moment.

The Karma Fairy is laughing her head off at the SUV in my driveway.

Faith is what’s left when you stop responding to radical uncertainty with panic and denial.

Guess who I am.

I worshiped the gods of comedy and tragedy long before I worshiped Jesus's God, and I have never stopped leaving gifts at the altar of Dionysus.

The International Convocation of Unitarian Universalist Women revived me.

Coming face to face and heart to heart with the reality of slavery.

The grandeur of the evolutionary worldview.

A heartbeat is one thing you want to do like everyone else.

A meditation on the inauguration of President Barack Obama, in honor of Martin Luther King Jr. Day.