Between a couple of trips to the movie theater and a subscription to Netflix, here are five movies I watched this month: 1) Pan’s Labyrinth (2006) This Spanish-language film had been on my list of films to see since it was released. Set in a...

A publication date has been announced for my first book. The Growing Church: Keys to Congregational Vitality will be released by Skinner House Books on January 15, 2010. It is currently available for pre-order through the UUA Bookstore. Click here...

[Before I left for sabbatical I posted the first 9 of the history lectures I delivered last July at the Unitarian Universalist Midwest Leadership School in Beloit, Wisconsin. Here is an expanded version of the tenth and final lecture in that series. ...

“Kerouac’s in a little bar in Mexico. He says that was the only time he ever got to hear music played loud enough – in that little bar in Mexico. It was in On the Road. The only time he ever got to hear the music loud enough. I always...

[This blog entry may appear more political than any I’ve posted. At the end of this post I will argue that appearances are deceiving.] Four months and two days ago I had an experience that I’m still trying to make sense of. On that day – on...