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“The Love of Children May Hold the Salvation of the World.” The thoughts in the reading, Bill shared with us a short while ago are right on. What can tug stronger at our hearts and minds than children being hurt or killed in violent fighting or even in natural disasters? It happens over [...]
“Something there is that doesn’t love a wall, that wants it down.” Versus, “Good fences make good neighbors.”
I was touched by the intensity of being in the land that so many call holy. I was touched by the intense love and identification the so many have with the land. I was also touched by [...]
“It is one thing to say with the prophet Amos, ‘Let justice roll down like mighty waters,’ and quite another to work out the irrigation system. Clearly there is more certainty in the recognition of wrongs than there is in the prescription for their cure.” William Sloane Coffin
Isn’t that the truth? Even when we [...]
This is Women’s History Month, and last Sunday we celebrated Elva Kiernan’s 100th birthday. She was born in 1908. When women won the right to vote, in 1920, Elva was 12. When our congregation was first formed in 1916, women in America did not have the right to vote. Remarkably, it has taken eighty-eight [...]
“A physicist, a biologist and a mathematician walk into a bar. The Bartender asks, “Any of you believe in God?” Which of the three is most likely to say yes? Answer: the mathematician. Mathematicians believe in God at a rate of two and a half times that of biologists, a survey of members [...]
When I was living in Maine, there was a nearby author of murder mysteries by the name of Jan van de Wetering. His wife occasionally visited the Unitarian Universalist Church I served. Van de Wetering wrote a book, “The Empty Mirror,” about his days as a novice in a Zen Monastery in Japan. I remember [...]
Not everyone is equally interested in Jesus, but, we need not see Jesus as our personal savior to sense his importance both to our culture and to many individuals. My goal in this sermon series on the images of Jesus is to present a corrective to much of the popular approach to who Jesus was [...]
Lydia Maria Francis Child, Maria Mitchell, Julia Ward Howe and Margaret Sanger
March is Woman’s History Month and we have two wonderful groups of girls from our congregation who received special Girl Scout Awards today. Therefore, I am highlighting these women who had some important things in common. All were all born in the 1800’s [...]
Take a moment right now and ask yourself: “What would my life be like if I hadn’t discovered this congregation and Unitarian Universalism?” Really, take a moment to think about what your life would be like without this faith community?In 1981, I discovered a place for me within Unitarian Universalism. Two roads diverged [...]
In my last sermon in this series, Jesus and the Christian Scripture I focused on Jesus as a human being who was clearly recognized as a holy man or spirit person. Jesus, a spirit person trying to make his way home, to the holy mystery that is all around us and within us. People saw [...]