All Documents All PDFs of my available writings are on this page in alphabetical order. TitleLinkA Blessing for Civil DisobedienceDownloadA Holy Discomfort: The Spiritual Work of Singing WelcomeDownloadA Holy Week Litany for White People Working Against RacismDownloadAbout Those ShepherdsDownloadAbundant Life (St. Albans)DownloadAbundant life (Whosoever Essay)DownloadAll the Livelong DayDownloadAsking the Right Question About Academic FreedomDownloadBeyond No, Beyond Not, Beyond Don’tDownloadBlessings and Demands: Reflecting on Progressive ChristianityDownloadChanging Strategies to Change MindsDownloadClass MattersDownloadCloser to Home: Bisexual Feminism and the Transformation of Hetero/SexismDownloadComing Out as a Process of Spiritual GrowthDownloadComing to Believe that the Divine is LoveDownloadCommunity, Slavery, and LiberationDownloadConfession of a Class-Bound ChurchDownloadCreative ExercisesDownloadCreativity as a Spiritual DisciplineDownloadCreativity as RelationshipDownloadCreativity in the Life of the ChurchDownloadCreativity Reflection QuestionsDownloadCultivating Joy in Our LivesDownloadDeeper: A Responsive ReadingDownloadDiscomfort Will Save UsDownloadEach Candle A Miracle: A Responsive Reading for HanukkahDownloadEmotional and Spiritual Growth Work for CreativityDownloadEthics for the Beloved CommunityDownloadEvil is Real and Love is PossibleDownloadFear or LoveDownloadFearless: Universalism’s Invitation for Us TodayDownloadFeeding Sheep (For White People Working Against Racism)DownloadForgiveness: A Responsive ReadingDownloadFrom Justice to Grace and Back AgainDownloadGathered in Masks, Gathered in Love: A Responsive ReadingDownloadGender and Sexuality as Systems of PowerDownloadGet Resurrected!DownloadGetting Honest About Social InequalityDownloadGood Company: Using Community to Build Ethical PowerDownloadGood Faith, Bad Faith, Racism, and the Criminal Justice SystemDownloadGood Things: An Appreciation of the Work of the Jesus SeminarDownloadGratitude, Hope, Love: Reframing Faith, Renewing FaithDownloadGrief on the Path of Change: A SermonDownloadHell: Fiction and RealityDownloadHistory of FergusonDownloadHoly Darkness, Hold Us: A Response ReadingDownloadHoly Week and Holy Work: A Lenten ExerciseDownloadHomophobia and the Healing of SocietyDownloadHuman Flourishing and Social InequalityDownloadHuman Flourishing, Abundance, and Social JusticeDownloadImagining InterdependenceDownloadIn the Beginning: An Ordination SermonDownloadInspired to Act: Drawing Ethical Strength from Our Sources of MeaningDownloadInterdependence DayDownloadInterdependence: Three ReflectionsDownloadIntroducing CreativityDownloadJesus and Billy JoelDownloadJesus Then and NowDownloadJustice PrayerDownloadLaughing at Our Egos: A Gratitude PracticeDownloadLitany for Strength and Guidance in Justice WorkDownloadLiturgical CreativityDownloadLove and JusticeDownloadLoving Others as OurselvesDownloadLoving Ourselves: A Responsive ReadingDownloadMask-Wearing as a Spiritual PracticeDownloadMeaning and Demeaning, Values and DevaluationDownloadMystery and Miracle: A Responsive ReadingDownloadNecessary But Not Sufficient: Good Intentions and Healing the WorldDownloadNot God, Not the Devil: A Humble HumanismDownloadOn Being “Pro-Lives”DownloadOn Creativity: Something from (Almost) NothingDownloadOne Cheer for Privilege LanguageDownloadOur Labor: A Responsive REading for Labor DayDownloadParadoxes of CreativityDownloadPascal’s Wager in ReverseDownloadPausing Before We Act: A Form of PrayerDownloadPaying Attention as an Act of Love and CompassionDownloadPracticing InterdependenceDownloadPresent and Accounted For: Creating and Engaging in RitualsDownloadProphetic CreativityDownloadProud: A Responsive ReadingDownloadQueer CreativityDownloadQueer Inclusion in the UMC Introduction: Book IntroductionDownloadQuestions to Help With Creative BlocksDownloadRacism and the Benefit of the Doubt: ExercisesDownloadRacism and the Benefit of the Doubt: A PresentationDownloadRacism and White Discomfort: A PresentationDownloadRacism and White Discomfort: Grounding ExercisesDownloadRacism, Flourishing, and Suffering: Ethics for White People Working Against RacismDownloadReflecting on Solzhenitsyn’s Line Between Good and EvilDownloadRevolutionary Love for Building Beloved CommunityDownloadRoom at the Inn (Religious Homophobia)DownloadSame-Sex Marriage: It’s a Spiritual ThingDownloadSerenity, Courage, Wisdom: A Gift from 12-Step ProgramsDownloadSeven Ways of Looking at the UMC LGBT Inclusion StruggleDownloadSocial Action as a Spiritual DisciplineDownloadSome Other Resurrections: A Responsive ReadingDownloadSources of Pride: A Queer Appreciation of the Six UU SourcesDownloadSpiritual Benefits of CreativityDownloadSpiritual Formation and Human FlourishingDownloadSpiritual Preparation for CreativityDownloadSpiritual Social Justice Alphabet Inspired by Dr. KingDownloadStriving for Imperfection: Toward a Spirituality of MessinessDownloadThe Benefit of the Doubt: A Way of Thinking About Systematic InequalityDownloadThe Ethics of CreativityDownloadThe Good News of Unitarian UniversalismDownloadThe Hands of the Holy: Re-Envisioning LGBT Welcome in Faith CommunitiesDownloadThe Jesus Prayer: An InterpretationDownloadThe Kin-Dom of God Is Queer: A Prid Mini-SermonDownloadThe Kingdom of God Is Queer: A Pride SermonDownloadThe Market as God, Part 1DownloadThe Market As God, Part 2DownloadThe Moment Before Us: Practicing One Ethical Act at a TimeDownloadThe Paradox of Inequality and the Paradox of WelcomeDownloadThe Promise of Black Lives MatteringDownloadTime to Rejoice: Celebrating Our Ethical SuccessesDownloadTips, Tools, and Techniques for Developing a Creative Heart and MindDownloadToward a Progressive Christian Theology of CreativityDownloadTwo Cheers for Amy Grant: Good News and Great News for LGBTQ+ PeopleDownloadTwo New Definitions of PC: Continuing Dr. King’s WorkDownloadTwo Wars on ChristmasDownloadUsing Your Truth To CreateDownloadWaiting: A Longest Night Service ReadingDownloadWe Are Called to Pay Attention: A Responsive ReadingDownloadWe Need To Be Resurrected: A Responsive ReadingDownloadWhat’s Love Got To Do With It? From Feeling To ActionDownloadWhen All Is Burned Away: An Ash Wednesday ReadingDownloadWhen It Seems That We Wait AloneDownloadWhere We Start: Inspirations for White People Working Against White SupremacyDownloadWho Are You Becoming?DownloadWho We Are and What We NeedDownloadWhole-Hearted GratitudeDownloadWhy Ethics? Introducing a Sermon Series on Ethical LivingDownloadWords with Baggage: Unpacking “Hell”DownloadWords with Baggage: Unpacking “Holy” and “Sacred”DownloadWords with Baggage: Unpacking “Judgment”DownloadWords with Baggage: Unpacking “Obedience”DownloadWords with Baggage: Unpacking “Prayer”DownloadWords with Baggage: Unpacking “Religion”DownloadWords with Baggage: Unpacking “Salvation”DownloadWords with Baggage: Unpacking “Sin”DownloadWords with Baggage: Unpacking “Worship”DownloadWords with Baggage: Unpacking “Worthy”DownloadWords with Baggage: Unpacking FaithDownloadYes, It’s a Choice: A Pride SermonDownload