Religious Schools That Ban and Expel Kids Aren’t Christ-Like.

Image credit Full post on Medium. I’m genuinely confused why Master’s Academy won’t answer my email, message and tags on Facebook. Here’s their policy as posted on Orlando Sentinel reporter Annie Martin’s Twitter account years ago: Since the school still has the policy, it clearly stands by it. Why not defend itself to little ole […]

Broken trust

Broken crosses: Two local religious leaders who broke my heart

The reverend asked us to call him Bryan, but some people called him “Rev.” He was a regular visiting minister at my lay led Unitarian Universalist church. Wildly popular, burly Santa-type, warm and calming. When Bryan spoke, I made a point of getting my lazy-butt to church.   Clergy always made me a little uncomfortable. […]

Jesus and Jello. Why I liked my religious buffet growing up.

Image credit: Wikipedia   Excerpted from my essay “Jesus and Jello” I was raised with a la carte religion, a buffet line of a little bit here, a little bit there, mostly Methodist with a dash of Presbyterian. From time to time my mother brought my sister and I to our local church’s Sunday school […]

Church only on Christmas and Easter? What would Jesus say? I bet I can guess.

Image source: By zole4, published on 17 September 2011 My teen daughter, once a frequent flyer at church with children and youth programs, now has to be dragged to church once a month. Sleep wins. I’m now fine with this. I’ve largely left mainstream religion and am leaning towards joining our Unitarian Universalist. My love […]