Pride Celebration

I sing the body electricI celebrate the me yet to comeI toast to my own reunionWhen I become one with the sunAnd I’ll look back on VenusI’ll look back on MarsAnd I’ll burn with the fireOf ten million starsAnd in time and in timeWe will all be starsI...

Kusala, Skillfulness in Not Creating Suffering

In 1973 at 13years of age, I visited my brother David who lived in Las Vegas, and then my next brother Michael who lived in Sacramento.  Michael took me on a raft trip on the American River. We had been floating for a few hours when I saw a man fishing from the...

The Path of EnlightenUPment

When I was a 23 someone who knew me as a child and teen, approached my girlfriend.  He asked her what had happened to me saying “He used to always have a smile on his face. Now he is so serious.”  When she told me what he said, it was a wake up call. I sought...

2nd Wave Feminism; Pioneers Among Us

I feel grateful for the stories of Carolyn Dreyer, Linda Smith and June Hartly.  I will humbly submit some family stories and some reflections on efforts made advance society in the direction of affirming women’s inherent worth and dignity.  ...

Blessed are the Translators

In this sermon “Blessed are the translators” I will present our liberal religious practice of generous translation of scripture, religious language, doctrine, sacred story, religious thought and practice. Liberal translation makes it possible for people with a...

Consciousness, What Is It Good For?

Last night I had the strangest dream.  I dreamed I was in an accident and regained consciousness in the ICU. The Doctors were trying to convince me that I’m actually a Swedish Guy who has forgotten his identity…But I wasn’t buying...