Feeding someone else is a unique kind of gift. Gifts are by definition supposed to be extra, unnecessary things. That’s why socks make a bad gift. Everyone needs socks. It’s … Continue reading Food for our Minds and Spirits: Serving and Being Served

Our Youth Group this past month spent some time talking about the idea of the “overview effect.” It’s what happens when astronauts see the earth from outer space. Almost universally, … Continue reading Food for our Minds and Spirits: Bird’s Eye View of Everything That Ever Was

If you are 20 years or younger, your young life has been touched by an unprecedented set of forces that have completely reshaped how you’ve grown up. And it’s no … Continue reading Food for our Minds and Spirits: One of the Best Things You Can do for the World is to Connect with a Kid!

This season is full of so many feelings, so many sights, so many smells. I spent part of last weekend just looking at trees, noticing how many colors there were … Continue reading Food for our Minds and Spirits: The Fall of Freddy the Leaf

I pray for peace. But what kind of peace, and where should that peace live? I hope it inhabits the whole world. But first, I hope it takes up residence … Continue reading Food for our Minds and Spirits: What I Pray for When I Pray for Peace

On October 16, 1859, John Brown led a raid of Harper’s Ferry in an effort to incite a rebellion of enslaved people in the American South and foment a profound … Continue reading Food for our Minds and Spirits: Weird John Brown

Sometimes it is helpful to hear an old story in a new way. A friend of mine recently shared this retelling of the Good Samaritan parable with me, and I … Continue reading Food for our Minds and Spirits: The Effective Samaritan

We’re going deep into Unitarian and Universalist (and then “Unitarian Universalist”) history this Fall. And my desk is telling the tale of the waters I/we are swimming in this Fall, … Continue reading Food for our Minds and Spirits: The Virtues of Reading Boring Things.

We don’t get to see ministers doing minister things in media very much. You might see a priest of a rabbi here or there. You may see a clerical collar … Continue reading Food for our Minds and Spirits: Ted Lasso Is A Minister.

Costco is a really unique place. It’s gigantic. It is ALWAYS busy, and because of how big it is, it means there’s a ton of people there. It is a … Continue reading Food for our Minds and Spirits: What Costco Teaches Me about People Being Together.