The story goes that the season finale of MASH was the most watched thing in history. It is was watched at the same time by more that 121 million people. … Continue reading Food for our Minds and Spirits: Final Episode

I’m sure I am not the only one who used to love sick days. When you are a kid and a sick day is a day off of school––and barring … Continue reading Food for our Minds and Spirits: Sick Days

Most people know about the Unitarian connection to Rod Serling and The Twilight Zone. And if you know that show (or have watched The Simpson’s Halloween Special), you probably know … Continue reading Food for our Minds and Spirits: To Serve Man

We could all stand to read more poetry. Even more so, we could all stand to WRITE more poetry. Poetry is what happens when you play with play-doh or finger … Continue reading Food for our Minds and Spirits: The Opposite of a Gun

Some days, it is all a little much, isn’t it? Some days, it just feels like too much is going too wrong too often. When I have these kinds of … Continue reading Food for our Minds and Spirits: Some Infinite Thing

Gods walk among us. Or, at least, they meander. A river has always been a divine entity, carving up the landscape, eternal-yet-always-changing in its flow, a source of life. We … Continue reading Food for our Minds and Spirits: The Strong, Brown God.

Universal means everyone. And the idea of “everyone-ness” is a crucial part of UU values that shows up in all sorts of ways. But how do we hold that everyone-ness … Continue reading Food for our Minds and Spirits: The Danger of a Single Story

I’ve been revisiting Naomi Klein’s appeal to a universalism in her book, Doppelgänger, where she considers the non-shared, bifurcated reality most of us inhabit. I’ve shared about this book before, … Continue reading Food for our Minds and Spirits: Doppelgängers