“WHAT ABOUT THE BIBLE?”
A Sermon Preached at the First Parish in Wayland, Mass.
by the Rev. Ken Sawyer
on January 31, 2010
It seems that about every ten years it occurs to me that I haven’t discussed the role of the Bible in a typical Unitarian Universalist church like our own, that the newer among us here may [...]
“AN AWESOME AMBIGUITY”
The Sermon at the First Parish in Wayland, Massachusetts
On January 17, 2010
By the Rev. Ken Sawyer
I heard an interview on National Public Radio with the prolific author Richard Holmes, who has written extensively about the Romantic poets of early nineteenth century England, Coleridge and Shelley in particular. He was discussing his latest book, [...]
“WITH THANKS FOR WHAT HELPS
WHEN THE GOING GETS HARD”
The Sermon at the First Parish in Wayland, Massachusetts
On January 3, 2010
By the Rev. Ken Sawyer
[The sermon was preceded by the choir singing, “Hard Times Come Again No More.”]
Still, the hard times they do come around once more, and then again, and again, although sometimes only cause [...]
“EMERSON: PROSE POET OF PARADOX”
The Sermon at the First Parish in Wayland
The Rev. Ken Sawyer
October 4, 2009
For many years, I have met monthly with people as together we read our way through a book or the work of an author. One can come as often or as infrequently as one chooses, and you only have [...]