Blessing for a Pastoral Care Program

The blessing for this work is inspired by the poem, Kindness, by Naomi Shihab....


Everything Possible: On the Fluidity of Humanity (sermon)

First Parish Church of Groton October 11, 2015 Karen G. Johnston, Candidate....


Water Ingathering at First Parish

At the start of the new UU church year – typically the Sunday after Labor Day....


Tonglen: Enough. For Now.

I met Doris* as she lay in a bed on the pulmonary unit to which I had been....


Blessing of the Backpacks — A Mini Primer

Such a brilliant idea: a Blessing of the Backpacks. I first encountered it in....


Inherent Worth & Dignity and (Possibly) Defending Clarence Thomas (reblogged)

While at the national (with some international flavors, as well) gathering of....


Making a Joyful Noise: Bridging at First Parish

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Mother's Day Proclamation in the Shadow of #BaltimoreUprising

Mother’s Day is upon us. In Unitarian Universalist congregations, Mother’s....


A Litany of Blessings (for Tori Jameson)

(At my current seminary, Andover Newton Theological School, it is tradition....


Prayer for This Day – May 3, 2015

For church this morning at First Parish Church of Groton, I wrote the pastoral....