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When freedom’s just another word
Two Sundays ago, I attended St. James Episcopal Cathedral in Chicago. It’s the home of the Episcopal Archdiocese of Chicago, and delivers the full smells-and-bells liturgical worship—so give it a miss...
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A Letter to a New Minister (Kendyl Gibbons, on the occasion of my ordination)
My dear Jordinn, You are to be congratulated for your courage, if nothing else, in thus affording me yet one more opportunity to offer you instruction, just in case all my prior efforts now appear to...
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Dear white girl from Kansas: I choose them
Wow, it’s been a few years. More than that, actually—time flies, right? We don’t keep in touch, and even though we lived and worked less than 30 miles from each other for the last six years, I...
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Of Legos and literal warfare
Yesterday, one of my kids threw a rock at the other one. Both are fine; it was one of those brotherly “accidentally-on-purpose” things, and fortunately didn’t even leave a mark. And believe you me,...
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Though you’ve broken your vows a thousand times [re-covenant in a museum]
I spent much of this week in a city I deeply love, which is also a place with which I am in the process of becoming something else. “Visitor” doesn’t quite get there, and “stranger” never will . ....
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“In the meantime”- Rev. Kendyl Gibbons on installing a minister
Installation of Rev. Jordinn Nelson Long at Fairhaven, MA Rev. Kendyl Gibbons April 2, 2017 Rev. Dr. Kendyl Gibbons is the senior minister of All Souls Unitarian Universalist Church in Kansas City,...
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Leaving Las Vegas. By which I mean Facebook. By which I mean I don’t know...
So I have this Facebook account. I have friends, and “friends,” and followers- some intentional and some who I strongly suspect just got lost. It’s a place where I speak the words that are on my...
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Fuck this, America
Fuck this, you guys. Wait. Is nothing sacred? How can you, and particularly as a minister, audaciously claim THAT word in the name of public faith? I claim it because some things are indeed sacred,...
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How parish ministers are not like plants
I’m on the road for our faith quite a bit, and I say yes to home hospitality any time I can. It’s a pretty safe bet, when your shared business is the church, and while it’s often interesting . . ....
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Extrovert Seeks World
Part of becoming a minister is participating in a multi-day psychological evaluation. You talk about your hopes, your dreams, your childhood, your interests . . . and you take a battery of tests....
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