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And the Welcome Will Be Wide: It’s Not About the Bathrooms (sermon)
The Unitarian Society, East Brunswick, New Jersey And the table will be wide. And the welcome will be wide. And the arms will open wide to gather us in. We are fortunate that here in New Jersey: more protections for the rights … Continue reading
Here We Are, All in One Place (sermon)
New Member Sunday The Unitarian Society, East Brunswick, NJ Not long after the presidential election, Yale history professor Timothy Snyder published an article that has been republished all over the internet and was turned into a little book. This little … Continue reading
What’s Going On?: Message for the White Supremacy Teach In (sermon)
May 14, 2017 The Unitarian Society, East Brunswick, NJ Time For All Ages story: Message An uncomfortable journey. We have been asked to take one: talking and listening about something that is abhorrent, something that lingers, something that has … Continue reading
Shifting Grounds Beneath Us: Facing White Supremacy (sermon)
I never met Margaret Maurer, founding member of this congregation. She died in 2011 at the age of 101. Despite having never met her, I have benefitted – we all have — from her legacy. Thanks to an incredibly generous … Continue reading
Befriending Death: An Excursion (sermon)
The Unitarian Society, East Brunswick, NJ Our reading can be found here. Dylan Thomas’ most famous lines are these: Do not go gentle into that good night, Old age should burn and rave at close of day; Rage, rage against … Continue reading
A Compass, Not a Map (sermon)
The Unitarian Society, East Brunswick, NJ March 19, 2017 A compass, rather than a map. Last week I told you that I have been reading Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer. Its subtitle is “Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, … Continue reading
Honorable Harvest: A Canvass Sermon (sermon)
The Unitarian Society, East Brunswick, NJ March 12, 2017 This is our work, to discover what we can give. Isn’t this the purpose of [church], to learn the nature of your own gifts and how to use them for good … Continue reading
Lullabies for Our Children, Ourselves (sermon)
February 12, 2017 The Unitarian Society, East Brunswick, NJ When my little ones were little, I would sing as part of our bedtime routine. One of the songs was The Ballad of Erica Levine by the late Bob Blue. … Continue reading
Gratitude Flag Garden along the Mill River
Not long before I left Western Massachusetts last summer, I walked along the Mill River in an area I hadn’t visited for several years. Well, maybe even more than several, truth be told. I was so lucky because I … Continue reading
be * LOVE * d (sermon)
The Unitarian Society, East Brunswick, NJ February 5, 2017 (written text does not match delivered sermon exactly) Our Time For All Ages story: click here. Our reading: click here. We all want to be loved. We — likely all people … Continue reading