READING ~ “The Way It Is” by William Stafford[1] There’s a thread you follow. It goes among things that change. But it doesn’t change. People wonder about what you are…
Sermons
OPENING WORDS ~ Hi, Good morning, how are you? It’s good to be with you, My name is Rev. Hillary, I serve as the minister at First Universalist Yarmouth -…
READING ~ It Was Early by Mary Oliver in “Evidence” Boston: Beacon Press, 2009 It was early, which has always been my hour to begin looking …
READING ~ A Poem. Say the Word by Eileen Casey-Campbell I never heard the word abortion in church When I was a child. So many Sundays I listened to cis-men…
READING ~ Excerpt from “Letter From a Birmingham Jail” The Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. April 16, 1963 You speak of our activity in Birmingham as extreme. At first…
TALK “The Gifts of Winter Solstice” The gifts of Solstice include trees and plants, food and decorative herbs, and of course, fire – bonfires and hearth fires and candlelight. Each…
READING ~ I Will Light Candles This Christmas by Howard Thurman I will light candles this Christmas Candles of joy, despite all sadness, Candles of hope where despair keeps watch.…
READING ~ Totenberg, Nina. Dinners with Ruth: A Memoir on the Power of Friendships (p. 94). Simon & Schuster. Kindle Edition. “There is, of course, a lesson in all of…
Chalice words: As the wild wind (may soon) block our doors in, may the gentle flame bring our hearts out. As the crackling cold air stops our breath, so does…
READING ~ Religion at Its Best by Sarah Gibb Millspaugh Religion is as much about faith in humanity as it is about faith in deity. And many of us will…
