Minimum Wage address to Tuscaloosa City Council
This was given to the Mayor and City Council on February 9, 2016. I am here before you tonight because I am confused by the city’s legislative agenda as it pertains to item 16–Minimum Wage Legislation....
View ArticleFunding The Vision
Our congregation is in the midst of our annual stewardship campaign. We had a well attended kick-off dinner, in fact it was the best attended kick-off dinner in recent history. One would think such...
View ArticleAn Open Letter to Chief Justice Roy Moore
29 April 2016 Dear Chief Justice Moore: As a citizen of Alabama, I am rather disappointed in your press conference comments. Not only did they portray the events on January 12th incorrectly, they...
View ArticleReligious Freedom and Judge Roy Moore
(I was asked to speak at the No Moore Rally today at the Alabama Supreme Court Building in Montgomery, AL. Judge Roy Moore was being tried on six out of seven ethics violations when he urged Alabama...
View ArticleWhat Now
How goes it with your spirit? I have to say that I have been crushed by this election. And when I say crushed I don’t just mean disappointed. I mean my spirit has been pulverized and left gasping...
View ArticleMoral Integrity
There was a recent story in the news about Republican Governor Baker falling in line behind Trump’s administration by not condemning the appointment of Stephen Bannon, a so-called Alt Right politico...
View ArticleFinding Courage
In the early evening on December 1st, 1955, a woman leaving work sat on a bus in Montgomery. In the early evening, a tired woman leaving work sat down on a seat on a bus in Montgomery. In the early...
View ArticleCraving Salt in a Saltless Society
Reading: Mark: 9-49-50: For everyone will be salted with fire and every sacrifice will be salted with salt. Salt is good; but if salt has lost its saltiness, how can you restore its saltiness? Have...
View ArticleDoes Saying I live in a White Supremacy Culture make me a White Supremacist?
The short answer is no. But let’s put this into a much larger historical context. In 1452, Pope Nicholas V authorized King Alfonso V of Portugal to place Muslims and pagans into “perpetual slavery,”...
View ArticleWhat is the Purpose for Church?
It is an important question. For if the church has no purpose, then why would we gather on Sunday morning? Unlike other faiths, where non-attendance is considered a sin, Unitarian Universalists, do not...
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