Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows: In recognition of the historic, cultural and contemporary significance of the indigenous peoples of the lands that…
Sermons
"Once people adopt a religion, they should practice it sincerely. Truly believing in God, Buddha, Allah or Shiva should inspire one to be an honest human being. Some people claim…
“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 were ready to emerge.” ~ John O’Donohue …
"When it comes to our children, we do not have the luxury of despair. If we rise, they will rise with us every time, no matter how many times we've…
“Every object, every being, is a jar full of delight.” ~ Rumi READING The Guest House JELALUDDIN RUMI, TRANSLATION BY COLEMAN BARKS This being human is a guest house.…
Kindness is a strength, a superpower that has the capacity to transform lives and change the world. ~ Donna Cameron READING ~ from A Year of Living Kindly, Choices That…
“Faith is love taking the form of aspiration.” ~William Ellery Channing READING ~ from William Ellery Channing's public faith by Jack Mendelsohn in UU WORLD, March/April, 2005. To Channing, the…
The sea is where all life begins The ocean is our origin If she dies, nothing survives, No nothing can, nothing can And who will look with awe upon the…
Life becomes religious whenever we make it so: when some new light is seen, when some deeper appreciation is felt, when some larger outlook is gained, when some nobler purpose…
In the spirit of those who fought the State outside of the Stonewall Inn in 1969, we need to be more radical about righting what has been oh-so-wrong for too…
