Society Unmasked
April 5, 2020
After posting this, a friend sent me this piece from The Boston Globe: Why some people of color say they won’t wear homemade masks By Fernando Alfonso III, CNN
Author: therooflesschurch
I am a person in process. I love God and I work to love others as God loves them. Sometimes I succeed. Sometimes I fail. I never stop trying.
There is More Than Enough for Everyone
March 21, 2020
I imagine that for many of us, this title goes against everything we’ve ever been told about the resources on this planet or the economic model that we’ve been addicted to for centuries. But the reality is that there is more than enough. We just have our values misplaced so that we can’t see the … More There is More Than Enough for Everyone
The Cleansing of the Multitudes (A Parable)
March 16, 2020
And it came to pass, that the Teacher had been giving instruction for about 2 hours when some of her apprentices came up to her and said, “Teacher, the people have come to us and said that they need a potty break. But they do not have any tissue or hand sanitizer. What should we … More The Cleansing of the Multitudes (A Parable)
A Friend in Need
February 23, 2020
They say a friend in need is a friend indeedOr is it a friend in deedMeaning a friend is one who acts as oneWhen another friend’s in need Or maybe it’s the former oneWe’re friends when we’re in wantBut otherwise we give no others thoughtJust to make it blunt But perhaps it is more gray … More A Friend in Need
State of Confusion 2020
February 17, 2020
Sometimes I feel actual physical discomfort when I think about the decisions that are before our world over the next generation or so. I’m the type of person who will choose to try and see where other people are coming from almost to the degree of great emotional risk. I have listened to people of … More State of Confusion 2020
Awakening From Death to Life
February 7, 2020
Faith Though I’ve spoken at length I haven’t said a word And all this nothing that I’m saying Is nothing but absurd I speak with lies So that you might hear the truth I display for you illusion That you might have proof Do you know that this life, as most of us engage it, … More Awakening From Death to Life
A Name and A Place for All
February 6, 2020
Recently, members of the Boulder County Together Colorado Lay and Faith Leader Caucuses came together with people all over the county came together to talk about housing justice–most particularly as it pertains to people living in mobile home communities. As a part of the program, my good friend, Rabbi Marc Soloway of Congregation Bonai Shalom … More A Name and A Place for All
The Story You Refuse to Hear May Be Your Own
February 4, 2020
In a recent sermon called, The Search for the present Christ, I challenged my community to reflect on the image of Afro-Cuban artist, Harmonia Rosale’s work, I Exist, which features a black woman on the Cross. I asked them to do this not because I was trying to be provocative in the shock value sense, … More The Story You Refuse to Hear May Be Your Own
Narrative Insight: How the Stories We Tell Shape the World We Experience
January 31, 2020
We are moving from the information age into the age of the narrative. Look around you and it is easy to see that how you tell your story matters. Whether it is your personal story or the story of your organizations, all of your relationships–and the depth of them–are determined by the stories you tell … More Narrative Insight: How the Stories We Tell Shape the World We Experience
Christ Is of Faith
December 30, 2019
One of the tensions of the Christian tradition is the “already, but not yet” element of the Gospel. How I understand this is that people who are seeking to follow Christ, are living in the faith that the work that he set out to do among us is already accomplished. And yet, in our daily … More Christ Is of Faith
