For every beginning there is an ending; just as for every ending there is a beginning. Crossing these thresholds is a sacred time of letting go of the familiar and taking a leap of trust into the unknown future. How do we honor these thresholds and cross them with intention? This service is Marianne DiBlasi’s … Continue reading Endings and Beginnings
Each living being is marvelously created to offer their unique gifts to the world. Yet, societal norms and labels can limit the expression of our full potential. This Sunday, we will explore diversity through the lens of what society labels as disability. This multi-generational service serves as religious education for the morning so there will … Continue reading Ability Diversity
As human beings, we engage in a lot of doing in our day to day lives. This Sunday, we will explore the spirituality of being and ways to cultivate a state of being in the midst of doing. Following the worship service, there will be a conversation in the parlor. A State of Being December … Continue reading A State of Being
Wave after wave of immigrants have come to America. Opening our country’s doors and welcoming people from other parts of the world who are seeking freedom and dreaming of a better life is part of America’s identity. Supporting a positive experience for immigrants who come to the United States is part of Winchester Unitarian Society’s … Continue reading Welcoming the Stranger: the “oppressed and persecuted of all Nations and Religions”
Marianne DiBlasi May 26, 2019 For many American’s, the Memorial Day 3-day weekend signifies the unofficial start of summer. The holiday is marked by the appearance of outdoor grilles, summer clothes, pools opening, and gardens being planted. These activities make it too easy to forget that the origins and sacred meaning of Memorial Day – … Continue reading We Remember Them
by Marianne DiBlasi My precious niece is getting married in April. I am delighted and honored that she and her soon-to-be husband asked me to officiate their wedding. We recently met to plan the ceremony. As you would expect, the ceremony is filled with many references to love – falling in love, being in love, … Continue reading The Courage to Be Compassionate
On the first Sunday of Advent and first night of Hanukkah, this service will offer reflections on the mystery of prayer. What is prayer? Why and how do we pray? What do we pray for? Does anything happen when we pray? As this is the first Sunday of the month, there will be a conversation … Continue reading Let Us Pray
Poet Wendell Berry affirms “There are no unsacred places; there are only sacred places and desecrated places.” As part of this month exploring “sanctuary,” this interactive service will reflect on the meaning of sacred space, within and beyond the literal sanctuaries of houses of worship. This service will also serve as the religious education program … Continue reading Holy Ground
I love to ask couples and friends how they met. Every story iscompletely unique about how and where they met, who introducedthem. I think of these stories as their “call to be in relationship” stories.I also love to ask people who go to church, what made them walkthrough the door of the congregation for the … Continue reading The Sacred Playground
