What do Unitarian Universalists need to go deeper?

Suffering and anxiety are usually just as finite and time-limited as high passion and unalloyed joy.

Modern and ancient New Year's celebrations from around the world.

Praise in the midst of a broken world and a broken heart? Sing hallelujah in the darkest season of the year?

There's no better context than a family reunion to get over your fears.

Crane your neck. Worm your way. Wolf it down. Monkey with things. Outfox your foe. Quit badgering your tax attorney.

One of them is a mythical creature worth believing in.

Belief and worship are powerful tools for organizing thought and behavior. If others get control of those tools, they can make us dance like puppets. But if we’re careful, we can learn to pull our own strings.

The only really upsetting thing about being old is realizing that I'm not going to see how everything comes out.

I knew the gunman who killed two in a Knoxville church, but I don’t need an explanation for his actions. I need stories of heroes and kindness and compassion.

First impressions of a first-time General Assembly goer.

People keep secrets for all kinds of reasons, even Unitarian Universalists.

Finding my path when the choices I made in my twenties didn't work out.

Your heart will be worn and joyous, wise and beat up, and full of sorrow and amazement.

Love the gift of your life and do no harm.

Facing cancer with lessons learned from my parishioners.

People say, ‘Bloom where you’re planted,’ but things happen.

Only after the funeral did Brother Dick ask, 'And what church did you say you attend?'

Establishing connections with self, family, and the earth.

Ancient myths dramatize the shift from winter to spring.