The words we use matter. But the words we don’t use matter too. I have been hoping to find a way to talk about words and what is wrapped up … Continue reading Food for our Minds and Spirits: UU Taboos

I have a love/hate relationship with the game Scrabble (or Words with Friends, if you play it online). Words are so much fun, and a game that invites you to … Continue reading Food for our Minds and Spirits: All Words are Made Up

Apparently, if you have an old TV that still receives an antenna signal and you tune it to a black and white snow screen, around 1% of what appears on … Continue reading Food for our Minds and Spirits: The Soundtrack of the Cosmos.

We all lost Harry Belafonte this week. It’s a strange thing to lose someone who is such a towering figure, when their life has left such a meaningful footprint in … Continue reading Food for our Minds and Spirits: Day-O!

I don’t know anything about electrical engineering. I think I maybe did a project in a high school science class that involved creating a circuit board. But I really don’t … Continue reading Food for our Minds and Spirits: Resistors

Science educator and social media darling Hank Green has a message for us about the interwoven relationship between our minds and the world that we live in. It’s important, especially … Continue reading Food for our Minds and Spirits: We Are What YOU Tweet

I like to think of Spring as a time full of pushing and tension. You see these flowers appear and you feel these winds change the temperature outside, it feels … Continue reading Food for our Minds and Spirits: Green and Evergreen

I love the idea of historical people and events that co-exist at the same time, unexpectedly. The one I always think of is that C.S. Lewis, who wrote the Narnia … Continue reading Food for our Minds and Spirits: Louis Armstrong Was a Punk

I really love the movie Creed. Creed III is in theaters now, but the original is my favorite. It’s one of my favorite pieces of our nostalgia-throwback-sequalized-remake movie culture. It’s … Continue reading Food for our Minds and Spirits: The Vulnerability of Time

I don’t know if I’ll ever get a chance to go to Mechernich, Germany. But I hope that I do, someday. It is the home to a piece of religious … Continue reading Food for our Minds and Spirits: The Embers That Remain