Reckoning with Heritage: Unitarian Indian Boarding Schools (sermon)

First Unitarian Universalist Society Burlington October 8, 2023 In her....


Beyond Apology (sermon)

First Unitarian Universalist Society Burlington September 24,....


A Thousand Beautiful Things (sermon)

First Unitarian Universalist Society Burlington September 17, 2023 Somewhere in Asia – Japan or Malaysia or some other country – there is a picture on a Buddhist monk’s smart phone.  It is of the dining hall at Changmyay Meditation....


Closer to Fine (sermon)

First Unitarian Universalist Society Burlington August 27, 2023 When....


This Love

The following was the Call to Worship on August 20, 2023 at First Unitarian....


Love at the Center of All (sermon)

August 20, 2023 First Unitarian Universalist Society Burlington (VT) Reverend Karen G. Johnston Part I Imagine, if you will, a lava lamp. Yes, I am talking about that electrified mechanism that has an incandescent light bulb illuminating....


Today is a Gift

Today is a gift. It is my day off from my job (which I love already). And....


Prayer of July 2, 2023

this prayer was given at Community Church of New York I invite you to find....


Four Phrases of Goodbye (sermon)

Originally titled, TBD – to be determined – this wasn’t exactly false – it did get determined before the title was formally announced in the monthly news. In the writing of last week’s sermon, which was ending up clocking in at close....


Teaching & Learning Goodbye – Parts I & II (sermon)

The Unitarian Society, East Brunswick, NJ May 28, 2023 When I was in....