universalist wisdom

The words of Kazuo Ishiguro, Whitman, and other poets inspired the sermon for March 22nd . Many know Ishiguro from the movie Remains of the Day. Karl reflects on Universalist themes in some of America‘s greatest writers, including Ralph Waldo Emerson, Emily Dickinson...

Thoreau and the Examined Life

Henry David Thoreau’s Walden helped me at a time of crisis. Not just me, but William Yeats, Ms Pauli Murray, and many of the Woodstock generation were moved by Thoreau’s experiences. Sunday we recall his day in jail and writings from the texts of ancient...