Thoughts and Prayers
These words used to convey kindness, concern, sorrow. Too often now they are received as an excuse for inaction, especially when they come to us in the voice of a politician. This sermon explores the...
View ArticlePractice Resurrection
This Easter Sunday sermon draws on the Gospel of Mark and the poetry of Wendell Berry to explore persistence, resilience and renewal.
View ArticleIncredible Us!
A multigenerational service celebrating learning and living faith, and celebrating mothers and teachers.
View ArticleOnly You Will Know
In mid August a memorial plaque was placed on the site of the Okjokull Glacier, the first of Iceland’s glaciers lost to climate change. The plaque reads in part “. . . we know what is happening and...
View ArticleEmbracing Change
Join us for a multi-generational service all about embracing the inevitable change that life brings. Through thought provoking stories, action, and song, we will explore the seasonal, life cycle, and...
View ArticleThe Places We Love
As I listen to the leaders of the climate strike movement, mixed in with the anger and the urgency and frustration and the hope and the passion is a grief born of the experience of loosing home while...
View ArticleThe Roads Taken: Honoring the Faith Journeys of Others and the Self
Our Unitarian Universalist principles support the seeking of religious truth based on personal experiences, and on respecting others’ searches, wherever they may take them. But do we really live up to...
View ArticleThough I Have Never Fought
In recognition of Veteran’s Day, this sermon explores the experiences that come from knowing war from a distance – from history, from family, from community, from politics.
View Article1619 The Truth About All This
Drawing the New York Times’ 1619 Project remembering the 400th anniversary of the arrival of the first enslaved Africans in what would become the United States, the sermon explores telling the story of...
View ArticleGratitude Close In
As the Rev. Maureen Killoran writes, “we ensnare ourselves with the magnitude of what the poet called the mutilated world. We get busy, and troubled, and frightened, and then, incongruously, it’s time...
View ArticleRest Now – A Multigenerational Service
Would that we might do as the trees do this time of year and enter a season of rest to ready ourselves for a new year and a time of growth. This multigenerational service explores our ways and habits...
View ArticleLiving Our Way Beyond…
This service will offer an opportunity to consider how we, as Unitarian Universalists, embody our principles during times of transition, letting go of barriers by opening our doors to the world. Our...
View ArticleDiscovering America Again
“The “discovery” of these lands impacts us still. How can we begin anew? Clyde Grubbs is a Unitarian Universalist minister who served congregations in Indiana, Quebec, Massachusetts, Texas, Florida...
View ArticleJust Imagine
Inspired by stories of Disney World, those who design museums and theme parks, and lived experience of Unitarian Universalists including those of us who are part of this congregation, this sermon...
View ArticleSustainer Sunday
Gifts that have created and sustain First Parish are paid in many currencies. Celebration and gratitude for our gifts are the heart of this service. And there will be an opportunity to make a financial...
View ArticleCompanioning
Have you ever been surprised by someone really seeing you, at a time when you felt invisible? Has someone ever offered to travel with you at just the right moment that made all the difference? Guest...
View ArticleChange the World Enough
This Sunday’s reflection draws inspiration from Alice Walker’s poem “To Change the World Enough” and Langston Hughes’ poem “Democracy.” How much change is enough? What kind of democracy have we...
View ArticleVirtual Time for All Ages
This service is a “Time for All Ages” led by Rebecca Crawford, the Director of Religious Exploration. The topic was determined by a winner of this Auction item. This was a virtual lay led service. View...
View ArticleVirtual Lay Led Service
In this service led by Diane Engel, we will watch Yousef Bashir tell the dynamic story of his survival as a Palestinian youth during the second Intifada, followed by a discussion of his father’s unique...
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