“Everything is mortal. It dies. But its parts don’t die. Its parts become....
Pastoral Prayer: Possible Angels and Miracles
(This prayer was inspired by a poem from Mary Oliver, "The World I Live In," a....
Everything Possible: On the Fluidity of Humanity (sermon)
First Parish Church of Groton October 11, 2015 Karen G. Johnston, Candidate for the Unitarian Universalist Ministry audio version: click here When my little ones were little, I would sing them songs as part of our bedtime routine. Songs from my....
Water Ingathering at First Parish
At the start of the new UU church year – typically the Sunday after Labor Day....
On Keeping (Ig)Noble Silence
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Tonglen: Enough. For Now.
I met Doris* as she lay in a bed on the pulmonary unit to which I had been assigned as a hospital chaplain intern. At the moment when we met, she her breathing was “good enough” – not well enough to be home, but none of the machines attached to her....
My Yum of Communion: Sorry If It's Your Yuck
This morning – my last free Sunday morning before I am happily spoken for by....
Blessing of the Backpacks — A Mini Primer
Such a brilliant idea: a Blessing of the Backpacks. I first encountered it in....
Coming to the Pond: Surrender & Prayer (sermon)
Unitarian Society of Northampton & Florence August 9, 2015 (The Mary Oliver poem referenced in this sermon can be found here.) When I joined my first Unitarian Universalist congregation, this very one, nearly twenty ago, there was not much....
Prayer on the First Anniversary of Michael Brown’s Death
May the words of our mouths and the meditations of all of our hearts contribute....