Goodbyes always fall short. They fail to capture the depth, joy, and gratitude one wants to express about relationships. But maybe that’s not a statement about our efforts being flawed, but the immensity of how much those saying goodbye mean to each other. And with this in mind I will explore the wisdom of Garrison … Continue reading I Bid You Adieu
Please bring in a flower from your garden, or a pot on your front porch, or a wildflower from the beach to share with the greater whole as part of a flower communion ritual. If you forget one, I’ve got you covered, no worries. Looking forward to this yearly ritual of community and solidarity. Split … Continue reading The Diverse Blessing of Flowers
Planting Seeds, Being The Garden Split Plate Offering: Pollinator Pathway 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 … Continue reading CYM Sunday Service
I am often stopped short, surprised even on how our imagination can play tricks on us. When life shows up with loss, betrayal, disappointment, failed dreams or deep wounds, how my imagination freezes, tells me this is how life will be, shrouded, cloudy, rough around the edges. I’ve carried around a quote by one of my … Continue reading To Love The World Again
My youngest child is graduating from college in two weeks. As I’ve done with the other two at this time, I wrote Neva a letter. Though it is a letter from a mother to her child, this year on Mother’s Day, it makes me think about what we as a culture intentionally and inadvertently pass … Continue reading Neva’s Letter
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
