“I have”, as poet Stanley Kunitz put it, “walked through many lives…and I am not who I was, but some principle of being abides from which I struggle not to stray.” I am husband, father, brother, nephew, friend. Professionally I have been a peace and justice advocate, national radio broadcaster, author and poet, national organizer and speaker working to end child poverty and protect human rights, and a Unitarian Universalist parish minister. The principle of being that “abides” from which “I struggle not to stray” is to live each day in gratitude, awe and wonder celebrating the spirit of life and the God of love that asks me, again and again, to live compassionately seeking peace and justice wherever I go.CurrentlyNational Presenter for the Unitarian Universalist Ministers Association continuing education program (CENTER) on the subject of speaking and preaching extemporaneously. visit TheAwakenedWord.com for upcoming engagementsWriter and producer of Momentary Meditations, brief videos, accompanied by haiku and short poems, designed to awaken the spirit of life and god of love within you. Subscribe on https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCCIXWKRlEPpCnmpZVCjW4dA or visit at TheAwakenedWord.comAuthor of two books of inspirational poetry, meditations and spiritual reflections:Be the Change http://www.uua.org/publications/skinnerhouse/browseskinner/titles/130103.shtml and Consider the Lilies. http://books.google.com/books/about/Consider_the_Lilies.html?id=bh4eWomLo0QC Speaking of these works Thomas Moore, author of Care of the Soul writes: I love the complexity, depth, andlinguistic passion of these poemsand meditations. They offer strongreflections, full of shadow andawareness, and yet profoundlypositive. That is a real trick.
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