Sermon on Altered States

30 Sep 201815 Mar 2021

The existence of mystical states absolutely overthrows the pretension of non-mystical states to be the sole and ultimate dictators of what we may believe. —William James, The Varieties of Religious…

Sermon on Gifts

24 May 201824 May 2018

My grandmother's profound gift was to dare to believe that, perhaps, there was nothing she couldn't do just because she was a girl. This is a far more difficult gift…

Sermon on Charlottesville

13 Aug 201721 Oct 2017

Charlottesville is very much on my mind right now. I can't express the depth of my horror that the slogans my grandparents' generation risked their lives to fight are being…

Sermon about Surrender

6 Apr 20171 Nov 2017

  As I've stumbled through the past year and all its crises, I've been gifted with several things that have helped me tremendously...and this time, I'm not referring to people.…

Sermon about Love

4 Dec 20162 Jul 2018

Good morning, beautiful girl. How'd you sleep? You must've grown last night--your hair is crazy curly this morning! Yup, you grew. You've added a whole bunch of shoulder. Some leg,…