Opening Words: “For a New Beginning” by John O’Donohue. In out-of-the-way places of the heart, Where your thoughts never think to wander, This beginning has been quietly forming, Waiting until you…
Sermons
Responsive Reading In celebrating life, we must celebrate the earth. This essential element provides the foundation from which all things grow. It provides the bedrock for our very being. We…
Easter Sunday Opening Words: by retired UU minister Dick Gilbert, A tomb is no place to stay, Be it a cave in the Judean hills Or the dark cave of…
Opening Words: Meaning of Compassion gathered by Nina Todor The English noun, compassion, means to suffer together-with, it is derived from Latin. The prefix “com” equates to “with.” “Passion” is…
Opening words by Marta Flannagan In this time we turn our thoughts to how we can: Touch and be touched, Love and be loved, Forgive and be forgiven, Heal and…
Opening Words: An Irish Blessing May the blessing of the rain be on you— the soft sweet rain. May it fall upon your spirit so that all the little flowers may…
OPENING WORDS A Friend Who Cares (Henri Nouwen) When we honestly ask ourselves which person in our lives mean the most to us, we often find that it is those…
Opening words: Albert Einstein, “A human being is part of a whole, called by us the ‘Universe’ —a part limited in time and space. He experiences himself, his thoughts, and…
I ended the last sermon in my series “Questions of Socrates” with the question, “What is Piety?” Socrates didn’t seem to be bothered by the size of the questions…
Opening Words: All around us lies what we neither understand nor use. Our capacities, our instincts for this our present sphere are but half developed. Let us confine ourselves to that…
