As in most denominations, we Unitarian Universalists come out with a new hymnbook every generation or so. Favorites from the old book are carried on, sometimes over and again, like two hymns still in our latest book, written by long-departed predecessors of mine in this pulpit, “It Came Upon the Midnight Clear” and “Mysterious [...]
There is an ancient story of an adopted child. His mother couldn’t keep him safe and so she made an adoption plan and set the small being in a boat where someone who could care for him would surely find him. He was pulled out of the river by another family and raised as their [...]
Before the month is over, we will have a service centered on the popular hymn that begins, Spirit of Life, come unto me. Sing in my heart all the stirrings of compassion.” And so forth. For some of us, that image of a spirit of life is a wonderful metaphor, a way of describing something [...]
There will be a variety of sermon topics at the First Parish in Wayland on the five Sunday mornings this month. There always is, like at most Unitarian Universalist churches, fellowships, and societies. We are that kind of a movement. Our religious interests tend to range widely. We seek inspiration, knowledge, and guidance in all [...]