Several years ago, I published a blog, “ Rev. Prep” as my personal, public statement affirming that one can be religious and gay and sexual and engaged in promoting safer sex. Although I use a different medication now (Descovy), I am still on and committed to PrEP (pre-exposure prophylaxis i.e…

“Liberty is not liberty when it functions at the expense of equity.” Liberty is not liberty when it functions at the expense of equity. This is the basic premise of my research. My field is ethics with a specific focus on how religion and equity interact with individuals and society…

“All I ask is no hate. I’m on the path to be a minister and I’m living a life that is dedicated to love. Although I draw much of my own personal theology from Christian teaching, I recognize that my way is not the only way. Every faith base has…

The most inequitable activity on the planet is the continued erasure of women’s agency to their full humanity. We see this in rape as a weapon and as a result of political conflict or as an expression of cultural class dominance. We see it in obstructing women from education. We…

Pray for mothers and motherhood, That most sacred place between being and not being The gift of grace The promise of personhood The dawn and the dusk. For, mothers everywhere Mothers of all kinds Give life to dreams And illuminate our souls They are often our best selves Within us and our world…

This picture is my 6th birthday in 1971. Monday April, 18, marks exactly 51 years later. When I was six, my biggest wishes were for model cars and G.I. Joes. The boy to my right was also named Adam the other boy was named Paul (?) and the girl Natalie…

Congregational polity is destroying people of color in Unitarian Universalism. I am currently in the process of returning to work after a 5 month medical leave. In September, I realized that stress, internal organizational conflicts and pressures had simply gotten to be too much for me. I was not caring for my body, I could not “wind down” and sleep…

…The comfort of invisibility, the ease of ignorance As I continue to study the ethical foundations of equity, particularly as those foundations show up in public policy, I learn more about the various personal motivations that seem to sit at the heart of cultural belief. I’m struck by how, in…

“You have to pick. That’s the fundamental problem. And one interest has to prevail over the other at any given point in time, and that’s why this is so challenging, I think.”[1] — Justice Brett Kavanaugh during opening arguments in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health, Dec. 1, 2021 Where is…