Category Archives: Selected Sermons

The ancient story has been handed down across time and distance, across languages and cultures. It climaxes unexpectedly: when three grieving women, returning to a tomb to dress the body of their murdered teacher, encounter a mysterious stranger. The body … Continue reading →

A couple of weeks ago, the President of Iran visited Rome. Since he was planning to visit the Capitoline Museum, it was decided, by someone – the news reports were a little vague — to cover up statues of classical … Continue reading →

 Question. My great friend Dr. Mike Sperber always asks huge questions. “So where did we come from?” he calmly asks as we speed down Rt. 128 – he’s taking me to a doctor’s appointment. Do you have a friend like … Continue reading →

One Monday morning some years ago, I was with a group of people from my home church, preparing to leave our sleeping quarters in New Orleans to head out to work on a flooded home.  “Don’t make lunch,” we were … Continue reading →

We are a nation in a time of great division – of starkly different visions.  When I see news reports of all the conflict we are experiencing these days, I am struck by a sense that America is living in … Continue reading →

The title of my presentation today is “A Variety of Poems – Some in the Key of U.U.”           [Unitarian Universalist] Cape Ann   Surrounded by sea on every side Ere at the mercy of storm … Continue reading →

A talk given by Roger Garberg on August 9, 2015: I want to greet you today with the typical Chinese greeting, which a public speaker uses to greet his or her audience.  Dàjiā hǎo.  The usual translation of this is … Continue reading →

A Poetry Service Given at the Gloucester Unitarian Universalist Church Sunday – July 26, 2016     by Ruthanne (Rufus) Collinson Water Over Stones  This morning, the ravenous sea reaches way out over the shore and pulls back again, powerfully driven to contain itself.    I hear the haul of water over … Continue reading →

        I have thought much in recent weeks about two very different emotions, about compassion and about hate. Into that mix of emotions add a helping each of fear and sorrow and a slice of hope. Sounds … Continue reading →