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Being Servant Candle: Strongest When We Help Each Other
At my children’s elementary school, there was an annual Solstice pageant. One....
Children’s Advice for Seeing the Ministerial Fellowship Committee
[caption id="attachment_3889" align="alignleft" width="423"] Image by nollaig-d4aqrsz[/caption] Do you know the story of the Velveteen Rabbit by Margery Williams? It is a beloved story about a stuffed animal rabbit, who is decidedly not a toy, but who....
Keeping Our Hearts Alive: On the Contribution of One Veteran (homily)
November 8, 2015 First Parish Church of Groton audio version here Spirit of....
Tainted: Not the Grand Transition We Would Hope
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A Prayer for Liminal Time
A liminal time, this… when the veil between life and death grows thin, when the rhythm of day drawing breath shows itself in the crackle of umber leaves, in the moon rising low in blue autumn sky. Many named: Samhain, All Souls, Dia de los....
Missing Mudita: On Collegiality and Sympathetic Joy
I was looking for the missing brahmavihara. Walking around the beautiful....
Adieu Enlivened Stardust
The enlivened stardust called Otis these past twelve years has been returned....
On the Resurrection of Beloved Dogs (poem)
“Everything is mortal. It dies. But its parts don’t die. Its parts become something else. And we know that when we bury a dog in the garden. And with a rose bush on top of it.” (Mary Oliver, interview with Krista Tippett) [caption....
Pastoral Prayer: Possible Angels and Miracles
(This prayer was inspired by a poem from Mary Oliver, "The World I Live In," a....