Justice
From my first years in ministry when I was starting a congregation to these recent years as an interim minister, I’ve remained active in justice work. My justice ministries have included advocating for marriage equality for LGBTQ people and for women's reproductive rights with Planned Parenthood. I’ve served on many boards, including boards of several Planned Parenthood affiliates in New York and Oregon.
In the first picture I am at a pro-choice demonstration in front of the Supreme Court this past Winter. In the picture below a rabbi, imam, and I offered blessings for trees being planted in memory of the victims of the shootings at the Indianapolis FedEx facility in April, 2021.
Public Ministry
Justice ministry needs a good media presence. These are some past articles about my ministry:
Baton Rouge church quickly opens childcare center for healthcare workers (Article from the UU World, March 25, 2020)
Corvallis Unitarian Universalist Fellowship: No Renouncing, Denouncing, or Converting Required (Corvallis Advocate article of March 7, 2013)
This next article appeared shortly after the shootings at Columbine High School, when I was minister of the Columbine Unitarian Universalist Church:
The Black Sheep: Unitarian minister Joel Miller finds out it's hard to lead the wrong kind of church in southwest Jefferson County (Article in Denver's Westword, 07-01-1999)