Monthly Theme: What does it mean to be a people of blessing? We are frequently encouraged to “count our blessings,” yet some see the potential for more than a little hubris in this practice. It does seem, though, that this could be a remedy to the perhaps more common practice of enumerating our failures and […]
Read the Order of Service. One of the prized possessions of our congregation in Concord, Massachusetts, is a letter from Henry David Thoreau. I thought of it this week, knowing that today we would be welcoming our newest formalized members. Thing I was thinking of is the letter Thoreau wrote to the Concord church in which […]
Worship for April 2016: “What does it mean to be a people of creation?” Read the Order of service. Please note: April is designated as “Jazz Appreciation Month,” so make sure to appreciate our own jazz master, Scott DeVeaux! April 24th: Earth Day, first commemorated in the United States in 1970, is now celebrated in 192 […]
Worship for April 2016: “What does it mean to be a people of creation?” Read the Order of Service. Reading: 1 Corinthians 12:12-27 Guest Speaker: the Rev. Dr. Lehman Bates of Ebenezer Baptist Church Sermon: One Body; Many Parts; All Not (Yet) Equal It is really wonderful to be back at what is beginning to feel like my second church home […]
Read the Order of Service. Creativity is at the core of who we are as human beings, and our Unitarian Universalist faith encourages us to affirm one another’s inherent worth. RevWik will be preaching. Our Social Justice Spotlight will be on ForEver Green. Sunday, April 3 will be a multigenerational gathering; there will be no Religious […]
Read the Order of service An Eastertide Celebration in Three Acts “[God] has written the promise of the resurrection not in books alone, but in every leaf in springtime.” ~ Martin Luther ~ Prelude ~ Opening Words The Unitarian Universalist minister Max Coots once wrote: “We need a celebration that speaks the spring-inspired word about life […]
Read the Order of Service I want to tell you a story about a guy named Frankie. That’s not his real name, actually. He came from a pretty wealthy family and had one of those long, aristocratic sounding names, but all of his friends called him Frankie. And Frankie had a lot of friends. He had […]
Read the Order of Service Reading: “Our deepest fear …” by Marianne Williamson I want you to look with me in your mind’s eye at a pastel drawing. There is a figure, sitting on a bench. The drawing is simple; there are no details; the face is an oval and the body a barely disguised rectangle. But the […]
Read the Order of Service What did the Buddha mean when he talked about “desire” and our need to be free from it? What do we do when faced with conflicting desires? How can we “want what we want to want?”
Read the Order of Service Opening Words: “Those of us who are alive in these times have a clear and evident mission. We have a compelling moral purpose that can direct our lives and our energies: We are about saving the world. So what is our part? The place is to begin at home- that is, […]
