A follow-up to yesterday's post re: another type of witness.  The local paper, The Berkshire Eagle, ran this story - and the reactions o...

Today the Jazz Ambassadors played three jazz shows for over 500 hundred children in two of our poorer neighborhoods - and a bunch of adults,...

Here's a question for preachers, worshippers and those who are concerned about church in general:   is there a value in calling bullshit...

People of the Spirit need bread for the journey.   As a mystic, I know that I must feed the inner fire of my soul as well the outward flesh ...

Sometimes you just get tired of the same old shit, yes? After fussing and whining for a day or so about "what to read before bed"...

Still flashin' from an oh-so-sweet jazz gig last night!   Miles was in the house - so was the spirit of Sonny Rollins, Ray Charles, Duke...

Tonight we play a jazz gig at Baba Louie's in Pittsfield.   This noon I celebrate a quiet, reflective Eucharist in our Sanctuary.  The w...

NOTE:   Here are this week's sermon notes - part four of the "LOVE WINS" series - and a follow-up to last week's hard ques...

(NOTE: I modified this posting to be more broadly inclusive based on the comments from some friends and colleagues. Thank you.) I had an u...

Once AGAIN, this brother NAILS it for me: here is the heart of doing what I do at this moment in time - why I get up in the morning, put up...

As we get closer to our departure, the pressure is mounting to get tighter as a band:   we have a LOT of tunes that are sweet and loose and ...