How did my secular Jewish husband and I, a Presbyterian-raised Gentile, end up as members of UUCP? Well, it’s like this… Richard (AKA Duke) and I met in December of 1979, moved in together in 1980, and flew to Las Vegas to get married on March 30, 1983. Our first child, Sam, was born in

It’s been nearly 15 years now, but I vividly remember my first visit to UUCP. It was a time when our teenager (then named Laura) was exploring her sexuality and receiving lots of harsh push-back from other teens at the suburban high school that he attended, particularly from kids who viewed themselves as religious. Understandably,

I’m a life-long UU, which means that those of you who have actually gone through a more formal discernment process of becoming/ identifying as a UU are likely far ahead of me…as the need to leave my childhood UUism and go to “something else” never dawned on me. To borrow from Rev. Tim Temerson’s classic

This is my final newsletter before sabbatical. It was so wonderful to have such a beautiful and meaningful send-off this past Sunday. In preparation for the sabbatical, we had several discussions about what to do with this newsletter column. At first, we figured we would just suspend it for 5 months. Then, like many things

I am writing this on Monday the 17th from the Senate Committee Room for Military Affairs and Border Control. I was asked to speak by Corazón Arizona, one of the groups that we have organized with in the past. They asked me a few hours ago if I’d be willing to don my collared shirt

It is a humbling experience to preach a sermon and then read a message from one of your heroes with the same message. Shortly after I preached Sunday’s Stewardship Kick-Off message, Rev. Dr. Sofia Betancourt posted this on her social media. As usual, her words are significantly more graceful than mine, but it is a