Make Our Broken Pieces Whole © Reverend Janet Parsons Gloucester UU Church October 24, 2021   I had a really positive experience the other day, that I enjoyed thoroughly – I got to sit with a couple of church members to air some conflict.   I’ve said often that...

The ‘We’ Above the ‘I’ © Reverend Janet Parsons Gloucester UU Church October 10, 2021   Braiding Sweetgrass, a beautiful book about indigenous wisdom and what plants have to teach us, is full of stories. The author, Robin Wall Kimmerer, recounted that she once met a...

Good Neighbors © Reverend Janet Parsons Gloucester UU Church October 3, 2021   There is a hillside in Salem, that I discovered recently. It’s a small area, tucked between two ordinary houses on an ordinary street. It is a hillside known as Proctor’s Ledge, and there,...

Led by Newt Fink, Aug 22, 2021   August 22, 2021  UU The guidance system In many examples from nature we see the workings of an apparent guidance system. A tiny bird, the Red Knot, migrates every year eight thousand miles without a map, without a device, through...