Rev. Kaaren returns to our pulpit. More information to come. Split Plate: GLAD Transgender ID Project Please give generously. Your offering will benefit the great work of this organization and First Parish Unitarian Universalist. Make checks out to FPBUU with the service date on the memo line. Please write a separate check for pledge payments. … Continue reading Topic to be announced
HAPPY EASTER. Split Plate: Planned Parenthood League of Massachusetts Please give generously. Your offering will benefit the great work of this organization and First Parish Unitarian Universalist. Make checks out to FPBUU with the service date on the memo line. Please write a separate check for pledge payments. If you are not able to join … Continue reading “Israeli feta, Turkish coffee and the conversation of a lifetime.”
Sometimes, the best advice on living with intention and joy comes in unlikely forms. This time, from one of my all-time favorite animation films. I’ve corralled a few parishioners into watching it, who then completed a spiritual assignment that ultimately informs this sermon. While it may seem like a shallow premise, trust me, their wisdom … Continue reading “From Shell to Core,”
Sometimes we convince ourselves that we know the answer to what is coming next in our life, with the accompanying nagging feeling that, this is not going to end well! And yet…could it be that it’s a little more fluid than we often think? And perhaps, just perhaps, not as dire. Split Plate: Community Action … Continue reading Maybe Not, Maybe So, We’ll See
Oh, Man, we have waited so long to have these two come together in holy matrimony. And now, of course, the date is upon us. Join me as we celebrate this union, committing ourselves to their well-being by giving our time, talent, and, oh indeed, my friends, our treasure!! They are very excited about the … Continue reading The Union of Dreams and Commitment
It’s been a rough couple of weeks. The policy changes from DC and authoritarian decrees issued that are cruel, aggressive, punitive, and far-reaching are indeed hard to sit with, much less process. And yet we must. The common good rests on our commitment to embody an inclusive way of being in the world, that ultimately … Continue reading How Not to Plunk Your Head in the Sand
What would it mean for us to get past our understanding of love in the conventional sense, love as only romantic, or platonic, or for family? A more inclusive and expansive understanding of love. Valentine’s Day demands a widening view to not only expand our hearts but others as well. Split Plate Offering: PFLAG … Continue reading A Drop in the Bucket – Love 2.0
The story of Atlas and the lessons it teaches us about our own free will and choices. Split Plate Offering: National Network of Abortion Funds (NNAF) If you are not able to join us in person, we will be streaming the service live on our YouTube channel found HERE: If you have problems streaming, please let … Continue reading Forging our Own Destinies
I like to think I don’t regret anything. Or at least I want to live a life where I don’t regret anything and yet, ummm, it’s kind of impossible!! Seriously, wouldn’t it be great to have lived such a life? One in which we got it right, all the time? Unfortunately, we don’t, do we, … Continue reading The Ghosts of Regret
