“Upkeep”
The Homily on Thanksgiving Sunday
November 21, 2010
The First Parish in Wayland, Mass.
The Rev. Ken Sawyer
I was sitting in the parking lot of the supermarket in Weston Center, waiting for Carol, who was buying vegetables while I stayed in the car, hoping to hear the announcer tell me who had sung a [...]
“SAME OLD RELIGION, SAME OLD CALLING, EVER NEW”
The Sermon at the First Parish in Wayland, Mass.
By the Rev. Ken Sawyer
On November 14, 2010
Anniversaries come along in the life of a relationship or of an event, a birthday, say, or the end of a war, and people may take note. Just this week [...]
Everybody needs a rock. Maybe not a real, put in your pocket, rub off the painted-on- lady-bug rock like I have but…everybody needs a rock. The story for all ages this morning about finding your rock contains many messages (as we heard from the children after the story). For me, on this day, the lesson [...]