Monthly Archives: November 2011
Paper Tiger
I recently heard an interview with Minneapolis rapper-singer-poet-essayist Dessa. I can’t remember where I heard the interview, but it left me wanting to hear more. She’s part of a larger, seven-member hip-hop collective based in the twin cities called Doomtree. … Continue reading
Posted in Arts and Culture
Tagged Castor, Dessa, Doomtree, Hip Hop, Made Like Us, Midwest Hip Hop Collective, Minneapolis, Paper Tiger, Rap, the Twin
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Something Simpler Than I Could Ever Believe
Friends, once again, we arrive in the brown season, a season between seasons, the time before winter. As we sang, “Now light is less …. The haze of harvest drifts across the field …. The walker trudges ankle deep in … Continue reading
Posted in Sermons
Tagged brown earth, dark, Earth, Gratitude, liberal religion, liberal religion in CT, Pumpkins, Rev Josh Pawelek, Rev Josh Pawlek, Rev. Lynn Ungar, Sere, sermons, Strength, Thankfulness, Thanksgiving, The Brown Season, Theodore Roethke, Unitarian Universalist, UU, UUS:E, W.S. Merwin
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Sometimes it Takes a Storm
We come into the presence of all we hold sacred. In that presence, may we rest. In that presence, may we recover. In that presence, may we find our energies restored, our spirits lifted, our hearts opened, our souls comforted. … Continue reading
To Be Joyfully Determined
Thanks to the Church of the Larger Fellowship for including this sermon in its November 2011 issue of Quest. “To Be Joyfully Determined” starts on page 3. CLF chose it to help emphasize the theme of gratitude. This sermon draws on … Continue reading
Knock Knock: Speculation on the Deep Cultural Origins of Trick-or-Treating
People in many parts of the world, in many cultures, still believe what I am about to tell you. Some might call it a primitive belief or a superstition. I say it is still a very important belief, not because … Continue reading
