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Rev. John Morehouse

Journeys

When I first entered the ministry it was customary for Unitarian Universalist ministers to take two months each summer to travel, read and reflect on their work. In fact, Unitarian churches were of... [read more]

Rev. John Morehouse

Rev. John Morehouse

Rev. John Morehouse

Our Fathers, Our Mothers, Our Lives

All of us said Carl Jung have a mother and father in us. We live our lives in one or the other, but the soul speaks to both. If we are rule bound and respectful of authority (the father) the soul w... [read more]

Rev. John Morehouse

Rev. John Morehouse

Rev. John Morehouse

Life Needs An End

Memorial Day was originally a day to honor those who died defending our country.   It has expanded to become a holiday welcoming summer and remembering all those who have passed from this life... [read more]

Rev. John Morehouse

Rev. John Morehouse

Rev. John Morehouse

Osama Bin Laden Had a Mother

Much has been written this week about the death of Osama Bin Laden. It saddened me, of course, to see people celebrating his death. Blood vengeance is not becoming to our better angels. Jessica Dov... [read more]

Rev. John Morehouse

Rev. John Morehouse

Rev. John Morehouse

Life Renewed

There are two sides to living and dying. What once was dead will be renewed to life again. Norma Lindbergh, a long time member of our church and our newsletter editor died at Torrance Memorial last... [read more]

Rev. John Morehouse

Rev. John Morehouse

Rev. John Morehouse

Jesus Was An Immigrant

As the issue of immigration heats up again in Washington, I wondered what Jesus might have to say about all this.   So on this Maundy Thursday before Easter I offer the following reflection. J... [read more]

Rev. John Morehouse

Rev. John Morehouse

Rev. John Morehouse

Renewal

I have begun to focus my ministry each month around spiritual themes. In March I explored the theme of brokenness and how we might begin to find healing. In April we consider the theme of... [read more]

Rev. John Morehouse

Rev. John Morehouse

Rev. John Morehouse

Holes Everywhere

Throughout the month of March, I have been speaking and teaching about the spiritual power of brokenness.   Despite a thriving stock market, there seem to be holes everywhere. It almost a... [read more]

Rev. John Morehouse

Rev. John Morehouse

Rev. John Morehouse

Further Brave Living

Much has changed as we live farther into this new millennium. The revolution in Egypt made possible by social networks such as Twitter and Facebook, was a hopeful sign that technology can aid us in... [read more]

Rev. John Morehouse

Rev. John Morehouse

Rev. John Morehouse

Love's Glitter As Well

When I was in India many years ago, I visited a Buddhist shrine. Now there are not a lot of Buddhist shrines in India despite it being the homeland of the Buddha. I watched as devotees, placed garl... [read more]

Rev. John Morehouse

Rev. John Morehouse

Rev. John Morehouse

The Hero in Us All

At the memorial service for those killed by the gunman in Tucson, President Obama said “Our hearts are broken by their sudden passing. Our hearts are broken - and yet, our hearts also have reason... [read more]

Rev. John Morehouse

Rev. John Morehouse

Rev. John Morehouse

Brave New World

We welcome a new year very much different from where we were ten years ago. In January 2001 "google" was not yet a verb and the horrors of 9/11 and two wars in unequal retribution had... [read more]

Rev. John Morehouse

Rev. John Morehouse

Rev. John Morehouse

Miracle off Fifth Avenue

When my first business failed in 1983, I felt exiled and alone. I was a thousand miles from anywhere I would want to call home and Christmas was coming. I watched slowly, painfully as the auctionee... [read more]

Rev. John Morehouse

Rev. John Morehouse

Rev. John Morehouse

Chores of the Season

All of us live with daily chores. Taking out the trash, washing dishes, cleaning the toilet. How often do we see those tasks as sacred work? How often do we realize the deeper metaphors that simple... [read more]

Rev. John Morehouse

Rev. John Morehouse

Rev. John Morehouse

Thanks and No Thanks

It seems to me that every thanksgiving should have a time to remember what we want to do away with as much as what we are thankful for.   Perhaps this is the purpose of New Year's resolutions... [read more]

Rev. John Morehouse

Rev. John Morehouse

Rev. John Morehouse

We Are All Ministers

Many years ago I served a small church that always seemed to be clean. I mean spic and span clean. And painted. I had assumed that all this good work was being done by the small group of volun... [read more]

Rev. John Morehouse

Rev. John Morehouse

Rev. John Morehouse

You Choose

Too often I think we judge the world, others and ourselves by someone else’s measure of what should be. I am the exact same age as George Clooney. I look nothing like him, nor am I as rich, nor a... [read more]

Rev. John Morehouse

Rev. John Morehouse

Rev. John Morehouse

Agonistic Respect

Today we stand at the cross roads of pluralism. Layers upon layers of identity create frictions of differing world views, greased from one to the next by the media and the internet.  The debac... [read more]

Rev. John Morehouse

Rev. John Morehouse

Rev. John Morehouse

We Must Be Prepared

This Saturday will be the ninth anniversary of 9/11 a time when the terror of the world came home. In many ways, not much has changed since then; the poor are still getting poorer and the rich rich... [read more]

Rev. John Morehouse

Rev. John Morehouse

Rev. John Morehouse

Being Different About Indifference

We talked long into the humid summer evening about what was so different about Unitarianism. He reminded me that we have led the way on immigrant rights in opposing the new law in Arizona, which we... [read more]

Rev. John Morehouse

Rev. John Morehouse

Rev. John Morehouse

A Tale of Two Forests

I just left the Maine coast where our family has a summer cabin.   The trip was elegantly restful.   The mornings were spent reading, writing and, after breakfast, repairing the old cabin... [read more]

Rev. John Morehouse

Rev. John Morehouse

Rev. John Morehouse

At Least We Can Try

I just finished an intensive course in public theology at Meadville/Lombard Theological School at the University of Chicago.  Other than the blistering heat, the ideas and energy expresse... [read more]

Rev. John Morehouse

Rev. John Morehouse

Rev. John Morehouse

The Grace of Neighbors

While I was serving as the Chair of the Human Relations Commission in Frederick, MD we heard from one woman, an African American who had moved into a very white neighborhood. She had just lost her ... [read more]

Rev. John Morehouse

Rev. John Morehouse

Rev. John Morehouse

Out of Control? Act on What Matters Most!

As we were preparing to cross the bridge over the Columbia River on our way to my daughter Courteny’s winery in Washington State, we had motioned for an older gentleman to merge in front of ... [read more]

Rev. John Morehouse

Rev. John Morehouse

Rev. John Morehouse

There is More Than Enough

I have never been a big fan of the fourth of July.   The loud noises scare dogs and little children.   I am also a bit ambivalent celebrating what our country has become; an imperial powe... [read more]

Rev. John Morehouse

Rev. John Morehouse


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