Hear these words of thanksgiving and of lament. Ours be a prayer of....
How of Now: Holding this Earth, Our Gratitude, Our Pain (sermon)
First Parish Church of Groton, April 26, 2015 Audio version here. Perhaps....
The Hope of Raspberry Brambles
It’s risky, writing about hope without being in touch with at least some semblance of it, particularly when one aspires to be a minister. My post yesterday for today’s Earth Day was not hope-giving. It was well-crafted. It was articulate. Someone....
Tiny Resurrections: Easter Sunrise 2015 (sermon)
[caption id="attachment_3517" align="alignleft" width="355"] photo by Susan Fry[/caption] The loss has been real. The darkness. Its apparent permanence. Hope cruelly stolen. Two millennia ago, we could not speak in the past tense, as we do now. We....
Reflection on Holy Saturday
For Christians, this week ending with Easter on Sunday is called Holy Week....
Falling in Love: My Encounter with a Homeless Man
I am not often on the subway but the other day I was on the Red Line from Park....
Upon Acquisition of Even More Technology (prayer)
I am hardly a Luddite. Yes, I raised my children without cable and without commercial television. Though this may seem “out there” to you, dear reader, there are countless people where I live, in our church community and in our hippy-dippy charter....
Begin Again in Love (sermon)
March 15, 2015 First Parish Church of Groton Karen G. Johnston Candidate for....