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…
Sermons
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…
Matthew 25:35-40 New International Version (NIV) 35 For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a…
Opening Words: “Continuous resistance in nonviolent form breaks through the paralyzing peace which is peace for the master and misery for the mastered. Paradoxically, as it breaks the unjust social…
Announcement: The good news is that yesterday in Geneva the United States and Russia agreed on an outline for the identification and seizure of Syrian chemical weapons and said Syria must…
