KEN: We have reason to be proud of our religious education program here at the First Parish in
Wayland. Its importance to us is reflected in its success, which is reflected in our enrollment. As
you can read in the latest Directory of the Unitarian Universalist Association, we have 250
children and youth enrolled in our Sunday programs. [...]
Today I begin an event I would like to repeat annually. I will preach on one famous Unitarian or Universalist woman a year. It’s a not simple mater to be a woman minister and choose to speak on women. There are those who think it stereotypical of a woman to speak on woman. There are [...]
Reading:
Many a rock is pushed from the entrance of many a tomb by the force of the human spirit.
The rock is pushed away from the tomb of silence by the courage to speak when others hold their tongues and lose their conscience.
The stone of superstition and delusion is split in two by the clear thought [...]
If David Letterman can make a living at it surely I can steal his idea and at least make a Sunday at it. My top ten list for families has been brewing in my mind for a while. Families and what makes them strong has been one of my interests for years. There are just [...]
This morning’s sermon is the second in our series on finding responsible ways to live. The ideas I present this morning are a radical shift in our thinking, acting, and being that one person, Daniel Quinn, sees as the a way to preserve humanity.
Two years ago I stumbled on the book entitled Ishmael, by [...]
One of my favorite movie scenes is from the film “Parenthood”. The father in the show, Steve Martin, has just been told his job is on the line – he needs to work more hours. When he gets home he and his wife try to get the family out the door to a school play. [...]
Unitarian Universalists are fond of the joke that if you put thirteen Unitarian Universalists in a room and asked them to define Unitarian Universalism you would get thirteen different answers. Do it with the same people next week and they will give you different answers. We all have different and constantly shifting ways of saying [...]
STORY FOR ALL AGES:
The story of Muhammad as told by Kimi Riegel [1]
Muhammad was the founder of the Islamic religion. The followers of Jesus founded Christianity. Moses and Abraham were very important to the Jewish tradition. Buddha was the founder of the Buddhist faith. As Unitarian Universalists we believe in learning from all the world’s [...]
“In the beginning was the word and the word was with God and the Word was god. He was in the beginning with God; all things were made through him and without him nothing came into being.”[1] That’s the way the Gospel of John starts - with the word. This message is still an [...]
Story for all Ages: “Town Mouse and Country Mouse” as told by Kimi Riegel
One morning the town mouse woke up shivering from a dream about the kitchen cat who prowled the house. “I need a vacation,” he said to his wife. “Let me take you to see the. Life is quiet and peaceful there. “Let’s [...]