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Adam Lawrence Dyer
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Aug 11

Lahaina: What is the Take Away?

I first experienced the island of Maui as many people in the mainland US have…through the lens of tourism. I was the First Assistant Cruise Director on the Radiance of the Seas cruise ship in 2004 and we had an overnight in Lahaina as part of our repositioning from Alaska…

Maui

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Lahaina: What is the Take Away?
Lahaina: What is the Take Away?
Maui

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Jul 31

The Work

Can we please stop branding what white Unitarian Universalists do in an effort to be anti-racist as “the work”? I recently made reference to this language in a sermon delivered at the Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Charlottesville, Virginia, so I feel like some explanation might be in order. Throughout my…

Unitarian Universalism

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The Work
The Work
Unitarian Universalism

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Jun 16

“Search” — A Book Review

“A Unitarian Universalist can believe anything.” — Michelle Huneven interviewed by Scott Simon for NPR (April 23, 2022) When a dear and trusted friend of mine recently reached out to me and excitedly told me that I needed to read the book Search by Michelle Huneven, I winced at first…

Search

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“Search” — A Book Review
“Search” — A Book Review
Search

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Jun 6

DeSantis…De-Qualified

Several years ago, while working with the Alliance for Boys and Men of Color through PolicyLink in Oakland, California, I had a front row seat to the inner workings of one of the most exciting times in California politics. This meant that I got…

Migrants

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Migrants

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Feb 1

Cleaning House

SOMETIME in the early 1990s I wrote the outline for a musical. I was still entertaining the idea of being the next Cole Porter/Stephen Sondheim and made it a regular habit to fully think through the concept, major plot points and even sketch out some of the numbers for the…

GOP

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Cleaning House
Cleaning House
GOP

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Jan 13

Woke vs. Broke

If the Republican Party is any indication of the state of things within the conservative movement, there are some real problems for folks on the other side of the cultural aisle. The most cohesive position that folks on the “right” seem to be able to take is in opposition to…

Woke

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Woke vs. Broke
Woke vs. Broke
Woke

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Dec 31, 2022

Comeback

Several years ago I basically dropped off of social media. I needed to do this for my sanity. I had entered into parish ministry and although I’ve long been an advocate of ministers engaging in social media, I found that the algorithms that allow social media to be such a…

Social Media

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Comeback
Comeback
Social Media

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Nov 14, 2022

Age of Embodiment

I went to bed last night eager to get up this morning to write this post. I was excited because with the approaching 10 year anniversary of the Sandy Hook shooting, I realized that it would be extremely important for me to put a message about embodiment in the context…

Embodiment

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Age of Embodiment
Age of Embodiment
Embodiment

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Sep 13, 2022

We’re F**ked

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…

HIV

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We’re F**ked
We’re F**ked
HIV

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Aug 10, 2022

Liberty and Equity

“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…

Equity

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Liberty and Equity
Liberty and Equity
Equity

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