http://www.sermons.uuwayland.org Wed, 01 Sep 2010 16:37:45 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Beverly V. Waring                                                            August 1, 2010 Starting Out: Visions of a Transitional Ministry                 First Parish in Wayland   Reading 1                                           "Working Together" by David Whyte.[i] We shape our self to fit this world and by the world are shaped again. The visible and the invisible working together in common cause, to produce the miraculous. I ... http://www.sermons.uuwayland.org/2010/08/starting-out-visions-of-a-transitional-ministry/ “REMEMBERING” MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND SUNDAY   At the First Parish in Wayland By the Rev. Ken Sawyer On May 30, 2010   For many a year, I have taken this Sunday, the day before Memorial Day, to remember some of the people who have died since the last such service whose departure should not go without notice ... http://www.sermons.uuwayland.org/2010/06/remembering/ “IN CELEBRATION OF MARGARET FULLER”   The Sermon at the First Parish in Wayland, Mass. By the Rev. Ken Sawyer On May 16, 2010   Over the years I have tried to include, in each year’s slate of sermon subjects, at least one biography of a prominent Unitarian or Universalist from the past. I give these ... http://www.sermons.uuwayland.org/2010/05/in-celebration-of-margaret-fuller/ “Metaphors, Moms, and Joseph Priestly, Although Not in That Order”   The Sermon at the First Parish in Wayland, Massachusetts On May 9, 2010 By the Rev Ken Sawyer   The church year nears its end, which comes with Flower Sunday on June 13.   Yes, there are five Sundays still to go, and exciting ones they ... http://www.sermons.uuwayland.org/2010/05/metaphors-moms-and-joseph-priestly-although-not-in-that-order/ “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, ... http://www.sermons.uuwayland.org/2010/04/religion-is-a-call-to-justice/ “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 ... http://www.sermons.uuwayland.org/2010/04/earth-day-sunday/ “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, ... http://www.sermons.uuwayland.org/2010/04/the-easter-homily-2010/ “WHO DAT?”   The Sermon at the First Parish in Wayland, Massachusetts By the Rev. Ken Sawyer On March 21, 2010               I have been to New Orleans for meetings of one ministerial committee or another twice, once only half a year after Katrina, and then this winter. The mood was different on those two ... http://www.sermons.uuwayland.org/2010/03/who-dat/ “THE POOR”   The Sermon at the First Parish in Wayland By the Rev. Ken Sawyer On March 7, 2010   The poor. That’s my assignment. Every year both Erin and I have a sermon title or topic put up for auction to help raise money for the church. I thank Barbara Buell for her generous ... http://www.sermons.uuwayland.org/2010/03/the-poor/ “LOVE AND DEATH ON VALENTINE’S DAY”   The Sermon at the First Parish in Wayland, Mass On February 14, 2010 By the Rev. Ken Sawyer               Here it is, Valentine’s Day, and the choir is favoring us with four numbers that capture four kinds of love: eros, philia, agape, and caritas. So it seemed that ... http://www.sermons.uuwayland.org/2010/02/love-and-death-on-valentines-day/