Archive for April, 2010

“Religion Is a Call to Justice”

Monday, April 19th, 2010

“RELIGION IS A CALL TO JUSTICE”
 
The First Parish in Wayland, Massachusetts
The Rev. Ken Sawyer and Ariel Jacobson
April 18, 2010
 
KEN SAWYER
 
          I have two quotes to share, one from me, and one from Glen Beck, the provocative conservative television personality.  You may not know who that is, but many people do, and none of them think [...]

Earth Day Sunday

Monday, April 12th, 2010

“Certifiably Green”
 
The Homily at the First Parish in Wayland, Massachusetts
By the Rev. Ken Sawyer
On April 11, 2010
 
 
Nature has a particularly important place in Unitarian Universalist history and in the movement and many of its members today.
 
But saying that, one has to acknowledge that that high regard, indeed a reverence, for the natural world has two [...]

“The Easter Homily, 2010″

Sunday, April 4th, 2010

“REGARDING RESURRECTION”
 
At the Intergenerational Service
At the First Parish in Wayland, Massachusetts
By The Rev. Ken Sawyer
On April 4, 2010
 
 
Here it is, Easter, Passover, too, and the first day of the spring was just two weeks ago. Things are different on the south side of the world, where it is fall now, with winter ahead. But for [...]