How of Now: Holding this Earth, Our Gratitude, Our Pain (sermon)

First Parish Church of Groton, April 26, 2015  Audio version here. Perhaps....


Earth Day 2015

In the early 1980s, we all lived under the pale of mutual nuclear destruction.....


Tiny Resurrections: Easter Sunrise 2015 (sermon)

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Reflection on Holy Saturday

For Christians, this week ending with Easter on Sunday is called Holy Week....


Begin Again in Love (sermon)

March 15, 2015 First Parish Church of Groton Karen G. Johnston Candidate for....


Out of the Mouths of Babes

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For Someone in Deep Pain Who Does Not Yet Pray (prayer)

Let me begin by setting aside my skepticism, my sarcasm, my doubt, my....


Prayer on the 50th Anniversary of Selma

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Reading Life Into Failing Bodies: The Chaplaincy of Eros and Thanatos

A third of my summer chaplaincy internship was spent at a nursing home. It was....


Choosing Open Eyes (sermon)

This sermon was delivered on February 22, 2015 at First Parish Church of....