The Paradox of Generosity & Scarcity (sermon)

First Parish Church of Groton (click here for the audio version) I’ve got a....


#BlackLivesMatter Yard Signs: The Saga Continues…

Just over a month ago, I replaced one stolen #Blacklivesmatter sign with three....


Guest Houses of Old and of Today

Once a month I conduct what I call A Ritual of Gratitude and Letting Go.  It is based on the four-point spiral that guides the Work That Reconnects of Joanna Macy.  The WTR is focused on spiritual engagement with climate change; this particular ritual....


Illuminating the Ministry of Joshua Young: His Ministry Still Speaks (sermon)

First Parish Church of Groton February 28, 2016 audio available here Imagine....


Black Lives Matter: When You Remove One Sign, Three Takes Its Place

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Blessing for a Pastoral Care Program

The blessing for this work is inspired by the poem, Kindness, by Naomi Shihab Nye: [caption id="attachment_3965" align="alignright" width="350"] Cape Breton. Photo by Karen G. Johnston.[/caption] Before you know what kindness really is you must....


Prayer for this Day

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The Longing of Homesickness

What have you longed for with the intensity of homesickness? Of....


If We Don’t Believe in Hell, Does It Exist? (sermon)

First Parish Church of Groton (For audio version, click here.) Generally I leave dystopian novels and movies – fictional stories about dehumanizing world futures -- to the young people in my life, but recently one novel, Station Eleven, had....


Interfaith Winter Blesssing

These are the gifts of this season, let us open our hearts to them: A....