Root&Source

Or Else

Published by Rev. Nathan DeMay on June 24th, 2023

I heard a sermon yesterday that I found to be meandering, and a little off-putting. It was very macho, and made for a very macho God. God is powerful, ergo we must respect Him (sic) or else! This is not my theology. I have decided to start writing mor...

With Age, Wisdom

Published by Rev. Nathan DeMay on May 12th, 2023

Or so the old saying goes. I’m currently in a minor conflict with a…let’s say colleague? who has decided that I am Satan incarnate because…well I don’t know actually. She has a reputation for being terribly unpleasant. It’s sad because I see someone ...

Zarathustra Boostah (for democracy)

Published by Rev. Nathan DeMay on November 6th, 2022

From Zarathustra's Gathas, with a good amount of editing on my part (for clarity): Both the Lord (secular) and the Leader (religious) are to be chosen because of their ethical character. These two choices should be made with clear thinking, so that th...

The Star Chamber’s Wife’s Coup Attempt

Published by Rev. Nathan DeMay on June 24th, 2022

I’ve been on an autobiography kick lately, or rather binging biographical documentaries. I’m fascinated by people’s lives, famous or otherwise, but famous people tend to get the attention. As we in America stand at the crossroads of modernity/democra...

Pride Goeth Before A Fall (of Oppressive Forces)

Published by Rev. Nathan DeMay on June 2nd, 2022

Today begins Pride Month and it is especially relevant this year, as SCOTUS prepares to destroy foundational support of human rights, as hate-fueled monsters massacre innocents to satisfy their gun-lust, and America is struggling to remain a modern dem...

Requiem For Values

Published by Rev. Nathan DeMay on May 16th, 2022

Black bodies are not targets. Black people are not pawns in your scheme for power and profit. Black children are not sacrifices to your new Moloch. Black lives are human lives, and are sacred. Racism, and all other forms of oppression and viole...

Aliveness, With Pleasure

Published by Rev. Nathan DeMay on May 10th, 2022

…I think that each of us will be fully human only when we recognize the full Alive-ness of all Creation, and act on that recognition, when we learn to "speak to that of God in Everything," and to humbly admit our dependence upon that great Web we call ...

May, I?

Published by Rev. Nathan DeMay on May 1st, 2022

One of my early memories involved making little baskets out of paper or plastic cups, with pipe cleaner handles. My mother and I would make them, fill them with little pieces of candy and maybe a trinket then we’d top them off with picked flowers from...

Stuck In the Middle

Published by Rev. Nathan DeMay on February 22nd, 2022

During this most unpleasant liturgical season, Pandemic Time, I have become even more of a TV series consumer than before. Which is saying something. I've watched all of Downton Abbey, Succession, and I'm caught up with Golden Age. Something I've noti...

Inside, then Out

Published by Rev. Nathan DeMay on September 11th, 2021

Eternal Spirit, who gives wisdom, show us how much of what we pray for in the world about us is waiting to be found within ourselves. A. Powell Davies I'm writing this on the 20th anniversary of the September 11th terrorist attacks. I'm tired-tired o...