**Please note – due to numerous requests for the reading, prayer and benediction these pieces as well as the Chinese New Year zodiac chart can all be found at the end of the sermon**
Chinese New Year starts with the new moon on the first day of the new year and ends on the full moon [...]
“KINDNESS AND EVIL,
Or, WHEN VIRTUE BECOMES VICE”
The Sermon at the First Parish in Wayland, Massachusetts
On January 23, 2011
By the Rev. Ken Sawyer
I began this church year with a sermon on the faith that brings us together as Unitarian Universalists and offers a home for others who welcome our distinctive take [...]
“KINDNESS AND EVI L,
Or, WHEN VIRTUE BECOMES VICE”
The Sermon at the First Parish in Wayland, Massachusetts
On January 23, 2011
By the Rev. Ken Sawyer
I began this church year with a sermon on the faith that brings us together as Unitarian Universalists and offers a home for others who welcome our distinctive [...]
The Art of Racing in the Rain
(Note – readings referenced in this sermon are included at the end of this posting)
“That which you manifest is before you.”[1] This is the mantra of the narrator of the book that inspired this service, The Art of Racing in the Rain. Most frequently, Enzo, the narrator, [...]
“Halls Are for Welcoming”
The Sermon at the First Parish in Wayland, Massachusetts
By the Rev. Ken Sawyer
On January 2, 2011
Thank you all for gathering today, in what is still vacation week for school children and others, a transitional time between the holidays that surround solstice and that cheer the days as winter [...]