Garden Gospels PDF “Garden Gospels” June 10, 2018 The Rev. Heather Janules This past Friday, I began my day of writing in a place I visit many times a week, Horn Pond. It was a gorgeous morning, sunny but cool, with many people and their dogs enjoying the weather. All around us was … Continue reading Garden Gospels: Flower Communion
Blessings Between Us (PDF) “When in Need” Dennis Brett June 3, 2018 I am a Pastoral Care Associate, but I am speaking today as a recipient of pastoral care. A year ago, I had surgery on my shoulder. It was not serious but because of my physical difficulties on my left side, recovery … Continue reading Blessings Between Us: Celebrating Pastoral Ministry
Mine Eyes Have Seen the Glory (PDF) “Where Three Trails Meet on Boston Common: ROBERT GOULD SHAW and 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Regiment Memorial” Nancy Scott The ROBERT GOULD SHAW and 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Regiment Memorial is the one singular site in Boston where the Freedom Trail, the Black Heritage Trail, and the UUA … Continue reading Mine Eyes Have Seen the Glory
This Sunday is “Youth Sunday.” Organized and run by Winchester Unitarian Society Youth Group (WUSYG) teens, the service will feature live musical performances from our youth, as well as the famed “Senior Statements,” when our seniors offer reflections on their time spent with the youth group and talk about their ideas and hopes for the … Continue reading Youth Sunday
The Fifth Source of Unitarian Universalism is “Humanist teachings which counsel us to heed the guidance of reason and the results of science, and warn us against idolatries of the mind and spirit.” Along with celebrating the nurturing spirit among us on Mother’s Day, this service explores spirituality grounded in a belief in human beings, … Continue reading Reason and Reverence – The Fifth Source
To Create from Our Hearts [PDF] “To Create from Our Hearts” May 6, 2018 The Rev. Janet Parsons What a joy it is to be back here among you today! The last time I participated in a service here in this sanctuary it was for Reverend Heather’s installation. I am full of warm and … Continue reading To Create From Our Hearts
April 29, 2018 The Rev. Heather Janules “You are God’s beloved dust, and to dust you shall return.” At a recent clergy retreat, my colleague, Robin Bartlett, shared her experience of leading the Ash Wednesday ritual in her congregation, First Parish Sterling, a federated church affiliated with the Unitarian Universalist Association and the United Church … Continue reading To Live in the Layers: The Spirituality of Aging
Reading – “Standing in a Doorway” By Molly Brewer, Intern Minister of the First Universalist Church of Auburn, Maine and seminarian at Meadville Lombard Theological School What do Unitarian Universalists talk about, when we talk about being Pagan? As someone who holds both of these spiritual identities in balance—and sometimes in tension—I wonder about this … Continue reading Honest Pagans: The Sixth Source
Stories of Hope “Stories of Hope” April 15, 2018 Laura Wagner, UU Mass Action Executive Director Let us begin by summoning the spirit of our ancestors. This is an important exercise because we humans tend to have a very short memory. We forget the struggles that came before us and the lessons learned. … Continue reading Stories of Hope
MeToo and the Radical Notion Food for Thought Carol Cashion How common is the experience of sexual harassment? Here is some Food for Thought, the results of a new online survey launched in January by the nonprofit, Stop Street Harassment. 81% of women and 43% of men have experienced some form of sexual harassment during … Continue reading #MeToo and the Radical Notion
