Genesis In the beginning, when God created the heaven and the earth. And the earth was without form, and void. And darkness was upon the face of the deep. We begin at the beginning, with a formless void. And from the formless void, God created the universe. In ancient Sumer, the formless void was Nammu. […]
A Story of Jezebel and Radical Acceptance This insight is a sermon shared with Jensen Beach Community Church UCC in Jensen Beach Florida on August 16th 2026 https://jbccucc.org/. The video of the service can be found at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N-Uv0KzXDMU. Gospel Reading: Matthew 15:21-28 21 Jesus left that place and went away to the district of Tyre and […]
Groucho Marx famously said “I refuse to join any club who would have me as a member.” Of course Groucho Marx, being Jewish, would have been excluded from any number of organizations during most of his lifetime from the late 1800’s to the mid 20th century. Perhaps humor was his way of dealing with the prejudice […]
As a therapist, I often found myself counseling individuals who had been traumatized as children by “fire and brimstone” theology. This reinforced my aversion to religion being used in a threatening or coercive manner. And yet, sacred scripture from most traditions describe consequences for neglecting vulnerable, poor and needy persons…