Reverend Janet Parsons Gloucester UU Church September 27, 2020 Louis Newman refers to himself as having been a model child.  We all know some of those – perhaps we were one of them.  The child who seems naturally well-behaved, who doesn’t get into...

Whole, Broken, and Then Whole Again © Reverend Janet Parsons Gloucester Unitarian Universalist Church September 20, 2020 First Reflection:  Born and Reborn Again The lyrics of one of the songs in our turquoise hymnal keep going through my mind these days:  “Return...

Reverend Janet Parsons August 30, 2020 Reflection           I’ve had some odd encounters with animals in the past few months, but the oddest of all was while camping a couple of weeks ago.  We were sitting at the...

On Racial Justice, Pt. 2 WE HAVE THE POWER TO BEGIN THE WORLD OVER AGAIN By Carol Bousquet, August 23, 2020 I believe we are finally at THE day of reckoning. Finally we have conditions and consciousness to change the course of history in the ways our African American,...

A Celebration and Appreciation of Gardens by Lucille LePage         words delivered on August 2, 2020 at Gloucester UU Church online Sunday service   Before we begin our celebration of gardens, I should explain that I’m defining gardens a bit broadly this morning.  Of...

Children of the Light © Reverend Janet Parsons Gloucester UU Church June 21, 2020 Imagine, for a moment, having nowhere that you could get together with friends, or to meet people, that was legal. Imagine, for a moment, not being welcome anywhere, or even allowed to...

A Meditation on Breathing In our turquoise hymnal there is a song called the Meditation on Breathing: It begins: Breathe in, breathe out, breathe in, breathe out. And then it continues, When I breathe in, I breathe in peace. When I breathe out, I breathe out love....

Sunday, June 13, 2021 10:00 a.m. On Zoom SPECIAL PRIDE SERVICE THIS SUNDAY! Join us on Zoom for a special service in celebration of the Pride Month led by Charles Nazarian, joined by Kathleen Williams, and featuring videos by local LGBTQ musicians performing and...

Reflections for May 10 Reverend Janet Parsons Gloucester UU Church   Spaciousness in Between, Part One© One of the frequent comments about life in this time of pandemic, here in Coronaville, is that it’s hard to keep track of what day it is. Let’s be clear; it’s...

Reflections for May 3, 2020 Reverend Janet Parsons Gloucester UU Church Betwixt and Between I reached an interesting milestone the other day, on May 1. I suddenly realized that I have not filled the gas tank of my car since the second week of March. It’s been almost...

Radical Gratitude Kelly Knox “There is great joy in an unworn path” – this is according to Lord Byron – a poet from the 16th and early 17th century. He shared this with me from the other side via an herbal tea bag. An unworn path however, often causes great fear and...

The First Easter Reverend Janet Parsons Today, probably more than any other day, our new way of daily life just feels wrong. We have been asked to make many sacrifices during the past few weeks. And the timing of that is appropriate, in its way, as we have just...