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A complete list of materials on this website follows below in alphabetical order, with the subpages on which each document can be found noted in parentheses.
A Blessing for Civil Disobedience (liturgy)
A Holy Discomfort: The Spiritual Work of Singing Welcome (other spiritual writing; a video is available on the videos page)
A Holy Week Litany for White People Working against Racism (inequality; progressive Christianity; liturgy)
About Those Shepherds (progressive Christianity)
Abundant Life St. Albans presentation (ethics, progressive Christianity)
Abundant Life Whosoever essay (ethics, progressive Christianity)
All the Livelong Day (inequality)
Asking the Right Question about Academic Freedom (inequality; ethics)
Beyond No, Beyond Not, Beyond Don’t (ethics)
Changing Strategies to Change Minds (inequality)
Class Matters (inequality)
Closer to Home: Bisexual Feminism and the Transformation of Hetero/Sexism (inequality)
Coming Out as a Process of Spiritual Growth (inequality)
Coming to Believe that the Divine is Love (Unitarian Universalism)
Community, Slavery, and Liberation (sermons)
Confession of a Class-Bound Church (Unitarian Universalism, liturgy)
Creativity as a Spiritual Discipline (other spiritual writing, creativity)
Creativity as Relationship (creativity)
Creativity Exercises (creativity)
Creativity in the Life of the Church (progressive Christianity, creativity)
Creativity Reflection Questions (creativity)
Cultivating Joy in Our Lives (sermons)
Deeper: A Responsive Reading (liturgy)
Each Candle a Miracle: A Responsive Reading (liturgy)
Emotional and Spiritual Growth Work for Creativity (other spiritual writing, creativity)
Ethics for the Beloved Community (ethics, progressive Christianity)
Evil is Real and Love is Possible (Unitarian Universalism)
Fearless: Universalism’s Invitation for Us Today (Unitarian Universalism)
Feeding Sheep: What Peter (and Jesus) Can Teach Us About Getting Past White Guilt, Resentment, Defensiveness, and Immobilization (inequality, progressive Christianity)
Forgiveness: A Responsive Reading (liturgy)
From Justice to Grace and Back Again (sermons)
Gathered in Masks, Gathered in Love: A Responsive Reading (liturgy)
Future Christian podcast from 2020, on which I was the guest (videos)
Gender and Sexuality as Systems of Power (inequality)
Get Resurrected! (sermons)
Getting Honest about Social Inequality and What It Has to Do with Us (inequality)
Good Company: Using Community to Build Ethical Power (ethics)
Good Faith, Bad Faith, Racism, and the Criminal Justice System (inequality)
Good Things: An Appreciation of the Work of the Jesus Seminar (progressive Christianity)
Gratitude, Hope, Love: Reframing Faith, Renewing Faith (sermons)
Hell: Fiction and Reality (Unitarian Universalism)
History of Ferguson (inequality)
Holy Darkness, Hold Us (liturgy)
Holy Week and Holy Work: A Lenten Exercise for White People Working against Racism (inequality, progressive Christianity)
Homophobia and the Healing of Society (inequality)
Human Flourishing, Abundance, and Social Justice (inequality, ethics)
Human Flourishing and Social Inequality (inequality, ethics; a video of an early talk on the topic is available on the videos page)
Imagining Interdependence (ethics)
Inspired to Act: Drawing Ethical Strength from Our Sources of Meaning (ethics)
Interdependence Day (inequality)
Interdependence: Three Reflections (inequality)
Introducing Creativity (creativity)
Jesus and Billy Joel (progressive Christianity)
Jesus Then and Now (progressive Christianity, Unitarian Universalism)
Justice Prayer (liturgy)
Laughing at Our Egos: A Gratitude Practice (ethics)
Litany for Strength and Guidance in Justice Work (liturgy)
Liturgical Creativity (progressive Christianity, creativity)
Love and Justice: How Beloved Community Helps Us Work against White Supremacy (inequality)
Loving Ourselves: A Responsive Reading (liturgy)
Mask-Wearing as a Spiritual Practice (other spiritual writing)
Meaning and Demeaning, Values and Devaluation: Thinking Sociologically about Christian Sexism and Heterosexism (inequality)
Mystery and Miracle: A Responsive Reading (liturgy)
Necessary but Not Sufficient: Good Intentions and Healing the World (inequality)
Not God, Not the Devil: A Humble Humanism (Unitarian Universalism)
On Being Pro-Lives (ethics)
On Creativity: Something from (Almost) Nothing (creativity)
Online Ministry Mastermind podcast from 2020, on which I was the guest (videos)
One Cheer for Privilege Language (inequality)
Our Labor: A Responsive Reading for Labor Day (liturgy)
Paradoxes of Creativity (creativity)
Pascal’s Wager in Reverse (Unitarian Universalism)
Pausing before We Act: A Form of Prayer (ethics)
Paying Attention as an Act of Love and Compassion (sermons)
Practicing Interdependence (ethics)
Present and Accounted For: Creating and Engaging in Rituals to Strengthen Our Values (ethics)
Prophetic Creativity (inequality, progressive Christianity, creativity)
Proud: A Responsive Reading (liturgy)
Queer Creativity (inequality, creativity)
Queer Inclusion in the United Methodist Church: Introduction (inequality)
Questions to Help with Creative Blocks (creativity)
Racism and the Benefit of the Doubt: A Presentation (inequality)
Racism and the Benefit of the Doubt Exercises (inequality)
Racism and White Discomfort Grounding Practices (inequality)
Racism and White Discomfort: A Presentation (inequality)
Racism, Flourishing, and Suffering: Ethics for White People Working against Racism (inequality, ethics)
Reflecting on Solzhenitsyn’s Line between Good and Evil (ethics)
Revolutionary Love for Building Beloved Community (sermons; a video is available on the videos page)
Room at the Inn: On Religious “Freedom” to Discriminate against LGBT People (inequality, ethics, progressive Christianity)
Same-Sex Marriage: It’s a Spiritual Thing (inequality, other spiritual writing)
Serenity, Courage, Wisdom: A Gift from 12-Step Programs (sermons)
Seven Ways of Looking at the United Methodist Church LGBT Inclusion Struggle (inequality)
Social Action as a Spiritual Discipline (inequality)
Some Other Resurrections: A Responsive Reading (liturgy)
Sources of Pride: A Queer Appreciation of the Six UU Sources (inequality, Unitarian Universalism)
Spiritual Benefits of Creativity (other spiritual writing, creativity)
Spiritual Preparation for Creativity (other spiritual writing, creativity)
Spiritual Social Justice Alphabet Inspired by Dr. King (inequality)
Striving for Imperfection: Toward a Spirituality of Messiness (sermons)
The Benefit of the Doubt: A Way of Thinking about Systematic Inequality (inequality)
The Ethics of Creativity (ethics, creativity)
The Good News of Unitarian Universalism (Unitarian Universalism)
The Hands of the Holy: Re-Envisioning LGBT Welcome in Faith Communities (with Phoebe Lostroh) (inequality, other spiritual writing)
The Jesus Prayer: An Interpretation (liturgy)
The Kingdom of God is Queer: A Pride Sermon (progressive Christianity)
The Market as God, Part 1: Evidence (inequality)
The Market as God, Part 2: Considering Capitalism (inequality)
The Moment before Us: Practicing One Ethical Act at a Time (ethics)
The Paradox of Inequality and the Paradox of Welcome (inequality)
The Promise of Black Lives Mattering (inequality)
Time to Rejoice: Celebrating Our Ethical Successes (ethics)
Tips, Tools, and Techniques for Developing a Creative Heart and Mind (creativity)
Toward a Progressive Christian Theology of Creativity (progressive Christianity, creativity)
Two Cheers for Amy Grant: Good News and Great News for LGBTQ+ People (progressive Christianity)
Two New Definitions of PC: Continuing Dr. King’s Work (inequality)
Two Wars on Christmas (progressive Christianity)
Using Your Truth to Create: An Example and Reflection Questions (creativity)
Waiting: A Longest Night Service Reading (liturgy)
We Are Called to Pay Attention: A Responsive Reading (liturgy)
We Need to Be Resurrected: A Responsive Reading (liturgy)
What’s Love Got to Do with It? From Feeling to Action (sermons)
When It Seems that We Wait Alone (progressive Christianity)
Where We Start: Inspirations for White People Working against White Supremacy (inequality)
Who Are You Becoming? (sermons)
Who We Are and What We Need: A Trait-Based Ethic of Flourishing (ethics)
Whole-Hearted Gratitude (other spiritual writing)
Why Ethics? Introducing a Sermon Series on Ethical Living (ethics)
Words with Baggage: Unpacking “Faith” (Unitarian Universalism)
Words with Baggage: Unpacking “Hell” (Unitarian Universalism)
Words with Baggage: Unpacking “Holy” and “Sacred” (Unitarian Universalism)
Words with Baggage: Unpacking “Judgment” (Unitarian Universalism)
Words with Baggage: Unpacking “Obedience” (Unitarian Universalism)
Words with Baggage: Unpacking “Prayer” (Unitarian Universalism)
Words with Baggage: Unpacking “Religion” (Unitarian Universalism)
Words with Baggage: Unpacking “Salvation” (Unitarian Universalism)
Words with Baggage: Unpacking “Sin” (Unitarian Universalism)
Words with Baggage: Unpacking “Worship” (Unitarian Universalism)
Words with Baggage: Unpacking “Worthy” (Unitarian Universalism)
Yes, It’s a Choice: A Pride Sermon (inequality)