“Just as long as I have breath I must answer Yes to life.” Saying yes to life requires the ability to face our regrets and angers and then to let them go. Some people slog through their lives encumbered by old wounds, grudges, and regrets. They reach old age with a huge burden of bitterness … Continued

This talk was given on December 29, 2013 by Gordon Baird. Those words were written by me on a day when this church had thoroughly recharged my batteries.  I am grateful still.  What can I mean? Ever come to church in an agitated state of mind or in a bad mood or in a depression … Continued

This sermon was preached on Sunday, November 24, 2013 by Rev. Rankin. It has been a week of iconic photographs and iconic words.  A week of anniversaries—John Kennedy’s assassination, the Gettysburg Address. For me, this week has been filled with images— How many times have I watched Jack Kennedy flash his wide smile, listened to … Continued

This is my church – what can I pay This is where I come to love, honor and pray Why do I care?  Why do I give? These are the questions that hit me where I live!     [download id=”175″]

Most fairy tales begin with the phrase “Once upon a time…” and take you to a special place in the imagination.  We sit in a very special place right here every Sunday surrounded by wonders of the tall church tower, ringing of the Paul Revere bell, sonorous beauty of the pipe-organ, and incredible architecture of … Continued

When the spiritual life is talked about – agricultural metaphors are often used, metaphors which describe the growing process.  One tends ones’ garden, carefully plants the seeds, waters and feeds then, cultivates, pulls the weeds, watches and waits, – as the crops inches upward – in the lovely mystery of the spirit within each seed.  … Continued

Spirit and the Environment  A Sermon Preached by Dick Prouty  at the Gloucester Unitarian Universalist Church       July 14, 2013 I assume all of you are now concerned more about the environment than you were five years.  I sure am!  The reality of the impact of global warming is hitting us hard now, and … Continued

 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 can not see them with our eyes– But they are … Continued