To be Alive is to be Vulnerable

To Be Alive is to Be Vulnerable © Reverend Janet Parsons Gloucester UU Church March 5, 2023     We have learned a lot these past three years. We’ve learned some science, and some medicine. We’ve learned a lot about our economy, and how dependent we are on the global...

General Assembly, 1969

General Assembly, 1969 Reverend Janet Parsons Gloucester UU Church February 19, 2023     “I’m not saying that a demonstration is going to solve the problems…It’s going to take something much more than a demonstration, but at least the demonstration calls attention to...

To Call Yourself Beloved

To Call Yourself Beloved Reverend Janet Parsons Gloucester UU Church February 14, 2023     “And did you get whatyou wanted from this life, even so?I did.And what did you want?To call myself beloved, to feel myselfbeloved on the earth.”                       ~~ Raymond...

The Crucible

The Crucible © Reverend Janet Parsons Gloucester UU Church February 5, 2023     I took time yesterday to stand and watch the sea smoke rising and blowing. At times it was so thick that the water was completely covered with a layer of swirling white. Huge puffy clouds...