Welcoming the Stranger (Rev. Jenny Rankin)

 Sermon Preached on September 15, 2013 It is Opening Sunday, my first here with you. We walk across the threshold, through those great doors,  and come into the shelter of these old walls.   As women and men and children have been doing now for hundreds of years.  We...

The Baby with the Bathwater (Newt Fink)

Newt Fink gave this talk on May 6, 2012 In the reading from the children’s book, Madeline, Miss Clavel – the nanny or governess whoever she was – wakes in the middle of the night, turns on the light, and says “Something is not right.” The story aside, the words...

Sunrise on Easter Sunday (Rev. Wendy Fitting)

The Rev. Wendy Fitting gave this sermon on Easter Sunday – April 8, 2012 Yesterday a dear and thoughtful friend asked me if I liked Christianity … seemed a good idea to think long and hard before answering … but the immediate from the heart and mind response...

Becoming and Belonging (Rev. Rona Tyndall)

Becoming and Belonging The Rev. Rona Tyndall gave this sermon at the Gloucester Unitarian Universalist Church on March 18, 2012. Do you like elephants?  I’m crazy about them.  Elephants are not only naturally social creatures, they actually form complex...