Archive for February, 2010

“Love and Death on Valentine’s Day”

Monday, February 15th, 2010

“LOVE AND DEATH ON VALENTINE’S DAY”
 
The Sermon at the First Parish in Wayland, Mass
On February 14, 2010
By the Rev. Ken Sawyer
 
 
          Here it is, Valentine’s Day, and the choir is favoring us with four numbers that capture four kinds of love: eros, philia, agape, and caritas. So it seemed that I should preach about love, [...]

Holding On or Moving On

Sunday, February 7th, 2010

 “HOLDING ON OR MOVING ON”
 
The Sermon at the First Parish in Wayland, Massachusetts
By the Rev. Ken Sawyer
On February 7, 2010
 
 
I suppose it is probably time to forgive Jimmy Boyd, who opened the cage door, letting my parakeet fly away. I don’t think he was entirely aware what the consequences of his action would be. After [...]