Archive for November, 2011

“got gratitude?”

Tuesday, November 29th, 2011

“got gratitude?”
Sermon by Kevin Tarsa, ministerial intern
First Parish in Wayland
November 27, 2011
 
Reading: “What Song” by Victoria Safford
http://www.uuworld.org/2003/03/calltoworship.html
 
Sermon:
 
If such a universe existed and you noticed it, what would you do?
By the way, that’s a true story – about the universe.
I know, it sounds crazy, but apparently such a universe does exist. 
Noticing it? [...]

The Religious Prof. Einstein

Tuesday, November 15th, 2011

“THE RELIGIOUS PROF. EINSTEIN”
 
The Sermon at the First Parish in Wayland, Massachusetts
On November 13, 2011
By the Rev. Ken Sawyer
 
            NOVA on public TV is in the midst of a three-part series on “The Elegant Universe,” based on a book of that title by Brian Greene, who narrates the show. The first two episodes, which premier [...]

Sustainability: Our Faith, Our Future

Thursday, November 10th, 2011

Sustainability: Our Faith, Our Future
Lisa Maria Andreoli Steinberg
11/6/2011
Two weeks I ago I was in Portland, Oregon attending the Annual Conference of the Liberal Religious Educators Association.  This organization began in 1949 as the Unitarian Education Director’s Association, and in 1955, in a step of partnership with Universalists changed the name to Liberal Religious Educators Association [...]

For All the Ages

Thursday, November 3rd, 2011

“FOR ALL THE AGES”
 
The Sermon at the First Parish in Wayland, Massachusetts
By the Rev. Ken Sawyer
October 30, 2011
 
 
OUR LIFE UP TO NOW
 
            Through all the ages the members of our congregation have taken our meetinghouses seriously. In fact, it took three years of discussion before they replaced the first meetinghouse, built in 1643, with the [...]