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Superman Speaks

Oct 5, 2025

Beloved Community, Love and Justice, Sermon, Social Events, Spirituality, Wellness

Batman, Cleveland, dc, dc-comics, Dr. John Gottman, Jerry Siegel, Joe Schuster, Lois Lane, movies, negative sentiment override, patriotism, Superman, superpowers, the Four Horses of the Apocalypse, vigilante justice

This is not an S. On my birth planet of Krypton, it’s a symbol of hope. It’s what I put my superpowers in service to. The finish line to my race. Faster than a speeding bullet! More powerful than a locomotive! Able to leap tall buildings in a single bound! Look! Up in the sky!…
The Gospel of Finding Nemo

Sep 14, 2025

Beloved Community, Love and Justice, Science and Spirituality, Sermon, Social Events, Spirituality, Unitarian Universalism, Wellness

Finding Nemo, healing, Hero’s Journey, mental-health, movies, mythology, trauma, Vulnerability

The title of my homily is “The Gospel of Finding Nemo.” I’m using that big theological word, “gospel,” intentionally because a “gospel” is a message that may tell a story about a particular person at a particular place and time, but there’s a story within that story, a deeper story which speaks universally and which…