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Tag Archives: uncertainty
Weaving Stories of Beloved Community – Part I (sermon)
Let me begin with gratitude. Gratitude for this moment, for this breath. Gratitude to finally be here with you. Let me speak gratitude for the many kindnesses and gestures of generosity that have been already extended to me and to … Continue reading
Posted in Hope, Justice, Sermons, Unitarian Universalism
Tagged #BlackLivesMatter, Arundhati Roy, Beloved Community, Bill McKibben, certainty, gratitude, Helen Keller, hope, Joanna Ma, Josiah Royce, Krista Tippett, security, security is mostly a superstition, uncertainty, Vincent Harding, Work that Reconnects
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How of Now: Holding this Earth, Our Gratitude, Our Pain (sermon)
First Parish Church of Groton, April 26, 2015 Audio version here. Perhaps you know this parable, which invites us to see with new eyes, or eyes that are willing to see newly: There once was a simple farmer who lived … Continue reading
Posted in Buddhism, Earth, End of the World, Hope, Sermons, Unitarian Universalism
Tagged climate change, Earth Day 2015, eco-ritual, environmental spirituality, good luck bad luck, How of Now, interdependent web of existences, Joanna Macy, Naomi Klein, this changes everything, Tim DeChristopher, uncertainty, Unitarian Universalist principles, Wendell Berry, Work that Reconnects
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