Reading “to love life, to love it even when you have no stomach for it,and everything you’ve held dearcrumbles like burnt paper in your hands,your throat filled with the silt of it.When grief sits with you, its tropical heatthickening the air, heavy as watermore fit for gills than lungs;when grief weights you like your own fleshonly more of it, an obesity of…
I believe in all that has never yet been spoken.I want to free what waits within meso that what no one has dared to wish formay for once spring clearwithout my contriving.If this is arrogant, God, forgive me,but this is what I need to say.May what I do flow from me like a river,no forcing and no holding back,the way it is…
This past Wednesday was the Jewish High Holiday of Yom Kippur, or the Day of Atonement, the holiest day on the Jewish calendar. Yom Kippur marks the end of ten days of repentance which begins with, Rosh Hashanah, also known as Jewish New Year. And this ten day period follows a month of introspection where the main task is to reflect on…
I want to say from the outset this morning that this “getting to know you” sermon will be the first and last sermon where I talk as much about myself as I am about to do. That’s not to say I won’t include personal experiences in sermons at times, but not in this same way. And I do so today with a…
Prelude – (Music) – “Reunion” Change will comeChange is hereLove fades outThen love appears Now my water’s turned to wineAnd these thoughts I haveI now claim as mineI’m coming home Change has been Change will be Time will tellThen time will ease Now my curtain has been drawnAnd my heart can goWhere my heart does belongI’m going home Call To Worship – Jason Let…
At a church-related boys school, a group of first graders were assigned to put the Bible Xmas story in their own words. Of course they had the familiar characters like Joseph, shepherds, the three wise men, even an angel propped up in the background. But Mary was nowhere to be seen. Evidently, the 1st grade boys had to be creative with the…
Some people are like the ship captain who, long before computers and modern communication, the story goes, saw one night at sea what looked like the lights of another ship heading toward him. He had his signal man blink to the other ship: “Change your course 10 degrees south.” The reply came back: “Change your course 10 degrees north.” The captain answered…
Just ask the kids; how to prepare a Thanksgiving dinner by Mrs. Gerahty’s Kindergarten class. Note- Mrs. Geraghty will not be responsible for medical bills resulting from use of her cookbook.Russell – Turkey You cut the turkey up and put it in the oven for ten minutes and 300 degrees. You put gravy on it and eat it.Geremy – Turkey You buy…
Opening Reading When giving thanks comes hard for youand things are running grim,And hope runs thin, Recall:Despair’s a door to pass on through,And not a home for living in.When thanksgiving fills your cup,And those you love are all about,Look at your blessings, count them up,and give back something to the world without.Go in peace.Go for peace.For all who seek God,May God be…
Yes, we are the church you might have seen described in the Doonesbury comic strip and yes, the minister Scott Sloan was a Unitarian Universalist! Indeed he in typical fashion had both a law degree as well as Master of Divinity degree and was the chaplain when Garry Trudeau went to Yale. The minister’s name was Scotty McLennan and he wrote a…