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Dear Jesus, I am writing to you as one of your very distant descendants in the life of faith—a minister in a religious tradition that, oddly enough, would not exist without you, and yet does not look very much like what most people today call “Christianity.” It’s called Unitarian Universalism. In some ways, I think…
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Dear Herod, Every December your shadow lengthens across the Christmas story. People hiss at the mention of your name–or ought to. You carry the role of the villain, the figure who stalks the edges of the manger scene, the embodiment of fear and cruelty in a story otherwise filled with angels and wonder and visions…
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A teacher once recommended a spiritual practice to a student. She said, “When you wake up, before doing anything else, write down on separate pieces of paper these sentences: (1) I am but dust and ashes, and (2) I am a Child of God. For these truths are both true, and together they spell out…
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Jesus Saves! As I say that, what’s your immediate reaction? Hold on to it, now, as I take you back 500 years ago to the thought of a Polish theologian named Faustus Socinus. He believed it. He believed that Jesus saves. But now lean in and listen carefully. Faustus Socinus believed that Jesus saves but…
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Dear Star of Wonder
December 22, 2024, O Star of wonder, star of light, star with royal beauty bright, That’s from one of the Christmas carols so many of us sing in my time, which starts, We three kings of Orient are, bearing gifts, traversing afar, field and fountain, moor and mountain, following yonder star –which is you. And…
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In my home growing up, we had a glass-top coffee table in the living room, and tucked away underneath was our family Bible. I was five years old when I opened it up, out of curiosity. What was this huge book doing in the middle of the living room, in a place of pride (although…
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