This building was erected in 1814, and dedicated in January, 1815, at the same time the congregation installed John Burt Wight as minister. There are about a thousand UU congregations in North America, with about 160,000 adult members and about 60,000 registered children and youth. The largest concentrations of Unitarians abroad are in [...]
OPENING WORDS
The religious community is to the single self what the belly of a guitar is to the single string. The single string unconnected, isolated, alone, is twangy and weak, somewhat pitiful. But when tied to a good frame and resonating with others it becomes, in Browning’s words, “not a fourth sound but a star.”
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I spent a part of this past week in Indiana, up in the northeast corner where the hotel rates are low because there’s not much to do there in January besides the toboggan run at the state park … which is less than scintillating this year, since they have had no snow. Only a week [...]
In a recent sermon, my colleague Betty Kornitzer said, “Perhaps you’ve noticed that I am always referring to us as a people of faith. And you may have been thinking to yourself, ‘Betty, we’re UUs, what are you talking about?’
“Well, you know, just because we do not adhere to a particular religious creed, does not [...]
Common to the outset of many ventures - the inauguration of a new administration, the launching of a naval vessel or a new branch bank - is the inspiring talk setting forth high hopes for the undertaking, bidding the participants success and fortitude in the venture, and frequently calling forth an elegant metaphor to describe [...]