Tag Archives: Universalism

A Life Redeemed

“What happens when we recycle bottles and cans?” asks Kathleen Mctigue in her meditation.[1] “They are transformed; they are made into something else. Though it may seem a homely analogy for something as lofty as our souls,” she continues, “that’s … Continue reading

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No Greater Love (or Not Your Kind of People)

Last month the rock band Garbage released its most recent album entitled “Not Your Kind of People.”[1]  The lyrics to the title track seem so relevant to what I want to say this morning that I’ve decided to share them with … Continue reading

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Before You Run For Office: Reflections on Five Years of Sermons

Nobody saw it coming. For six-and-a-half years, somewhere in the vast digital space of the World Wide Web, footage of the Rev. Jeremiah Wright’s September 16th, 2001 sermon at Trinity United Church of Christ in Chicago sat on a virtual … Continue reading

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