by Christine | Oct 22, 2015 | Sermons
One Monday morning some years ago, I was with a group of people from my home church, preparing to leave our sleeping quarters in New Orleans to head out to work on a flooded home. “Don’t make lunch,” we were told. “Some friends of the owners are planning to bring...
by Christine | Oct 16, 2015 | Sermons
We are a nation in a time of great division – of starkly different visions. When I see news reports of all the conflict we are experiencing these days, I am struck by a sense that America is living in a place of deep fear. [download id=”264″]...
by Christine | Sep 30, 2015 | Sermons
When I was first setting out along my path into the ministry, I came upon an essay written by a UU minister, whose name I cannot recall, who was reflecting on the art and craft of preaching. She said something that has stayed with me for years now: that ultimately...
by Christine | Aug 14, 2015 | Sermons
The title of my presentation today is “A Variety of Poems – Some in the Key of U.U.” [Unitarian Universalist] Cape Ann Surrounded by sea on every side Ere at the mercy of storm and tide Touched and kissed by resplendent foam This beautiful island we call...
by Christine | Aug 8, 2015 | Sermons
A talk given by Roger Garberg on August 9, 2015: I want to greet you today with the typical Chinese greeting, which a public speaker uses to greet his or her audience. Dàjiā hǎo. The usual translation of this is just “Hello everyone”. But it’s more literal rending...
by Christine | Aug 2, 2015 | Sermons
A Poetry Service Given at the Gloucester Unitarian Universalist Church Sunday – July 26, 2016 by Ruthanne (Rufus) Collinson Water Over Stones This morning, the ravenous sea reaches way out over the shore and pulls back again, powerfully driven to contain itself....
