We all come into relationships with a full array of scrapes and dents, but most of our imperfections can be repaired and need simply ‘a little touchup and a little paint.’

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

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

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.

Jesus died and decomposed, and yet he was right: The divine unity is beyond all final death.

Words of grief and consolation after a deadly attack on the Tennessee Valley Unitarian Universalist Church in Knoxville.

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

Love the gift of your life and do no harm.

Facing cancer with lessons learned from my parishioners.