I turn 44 in a few weeks. On the one hand, I am enjoying my mid-forties. On the other hand, one does become ever more conscious of how little time is left. Neither of my parents made it to 65. I visit cancer journals now and then, including that of a fellow writer in his fortiesLast night, I revisited my Penguin edition of Gerard Manley Hopkins's ( Read more... )

Last night's bathtub reading was some of the Spring 2013 issue of UU World. I was pleased to see a feature on UU military chaplains, in part because my church ordained one of them (Azande Sosa) a year or two ago. Two excerpts:

[Rev. Sarah Lammert, on a shift in UU attitudes toward the military:] People began to understand that you could be for or ( Read more... )

From the November 2012 issue:

O: I just read that 18 percent of Republicans and 11 percent of Americans overall still think you are Muslim. That's one in ten people. Can you tell me what it means to you to be a Christian ( Read more... )

"Paul Revere earned his living as a silversmith. But what do we remember him for? His volunteer work." - Susan J. Ellis

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