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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 on my front lawn. I knew this was not likely to be the end of the story. It wasn’t. About a month they lasted. Then, over the course of a week, those signs were....
Guest Houses of Old and of Today
Once a month I conduct what I call A Ritual of Gratitude and Letting Go. It....
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
[caption id="attachment_3982" align="aligncenter" width="300"] Photo by JERREY ROBERTS, from Gazettenet.com[/caption] This week, in the city where I live, the mayor endorsed the installation of a Black Lives Matters sign on the City Hall building. ....
Blessing for a Pastoral Care Program
The blessing for this work is inspired by the poem, Kindness, by Naomi Shihab....
The Longing of Homesickness
What have you longed for with the intensity of homesickness? Of heart-sickness? Of both? Like a child who yearns for home but is at sleep-away camp for the very first time. Like a fleeing refugee, surrounded by the unfamiliar, by chaos, by....
If We Don’t Believe in Hell, Does It Exist? (sermon)
First Parish Church of Groton (For audio version, click....