Homilies

There’s nothing quite like having a breakdown on a train. We’ve all seen that person on a train, trying to desperately hide their uncontrollable tears. Well, in late April, that person was me. I could not stop crying for three hours on the train ride back from Boston after the April UUA Board Meeting. […]

When I look back on my life, something that stands out to me is how many different masks I’ve worn in different periods of my life. Most of them were given to me. Some of them I put on myself. I think one of the reasons why I liked Halloween so much when I […]

At this point in the Passion story, Jesus is calling out to his father, God, and asking, “My God, My God, Why have you forsaken me.” I’ve been thinking about these words, and what’s not standing out to me is about the utter hopelessness that Jesus feels here. I could do a reflection on […]

In the story of Jesus’s Crucifixion, Jesus is not the only guy getting crucified by the Roman government. Nope, in fact, there are two other folks on either side of him – both alleged to be criminals and thieves. One of those thieves starts to, well, realize he’s about to die in a pretty […]

I am a fixer.

No, I’m not talking about fixing physical things around the house or fixing something like a car, which might as well be magic as far as I’m concerned. No, I’m also not talking about a fixer in the same Olivia Pope on Scandal is a fixer. For those not quite familiar […]

One of the things I like best about our yearly celebration of art is the chance to expand our minds of what art even is.

When we think of art, our mind typically assumes we’re talking about painting. And painting is an incredible form of art, one that I have partaken in from time to […]

(This was originally given at the Morristown Unitarian Fellowship on August 2, 2105.)

Now, I know this isn’t going to be all that terribly shocking to people, but I am a geek. And I’ve been a geek for a really long time. I’m willing to bet I’ve always been a geek, but I really came […]

(This sermon was originally given at the July 13th, 2014 service of the Morristown Unitarian Fellowship.)

You might be wondering why we’ve been talking so much about sanctuaries today, when the title of the service is clearly a Full Life Faith.  No, I didn’t forget the actual topic, I promise.  See, I can think of […]

(This Homily was given HS Seniors Bridging Service at the Morristown Unitarian Fellowship.  Preceding this was the story Little Boat by Thomas Docherty and the actual bridging ceremony where among other things, youth were given a Bridging Survival Kit.)

Seniors let me be clear.  I hate boats.  I mean, I really hate them.  I’ve got nothing […]