Last Saturday, when our nation learned of the tragic shooting in Tucson Arizona of 20 people, including the killing of Federal Judge John Roll and the wounding of U.S. Representative Gabrielle Giffords, I was in a Board Retreat with my congregation’s Board of Trustees. None of us learned of the shooting … Read more →
Tag Archives: Church Shooting
Not a morning for Shiny Shoes…
I have two pairs of black shoes I wear when I preach. One is a pair of very shiny, very showey dress shoes, and the other is a pair of dull black shoes with the soles of workboots on them. As I got dressed to preach this morning about healing … Read more →
Hope, Courage, Compassion, Love, Faith.
I know that there is currently a lot of anxiety among those who hold our liberal faith, to realize that we can be the target of a hate crime… but that is not what has moved me in this tragedy. What has moved me in this tragedy has been the … Read more →
Standing with our Tennessee Valley Sisters and Brothers
It is with great sympathy and a heavy heart that I write in support, solidarity, and sympathy with the members, ministers and friends of the Tennessee Valley Unitarian Universalist Church in my home town of Knoxville Tennessee. TVUUC was the first UU congregation where I attended worship in our faith. … Read more →