by Christine | Apr 27, 2020 | Sermons
Radical Gratitude Kelly Knox “There is great joy in an unworn path” – this is according to Lord Byron – a poet from the 16th and early 17th century. He shared this with me from the other side via an herbal tea bag. An unworn path however, often causes great fear and...
by Christine | Apr 14, 2020 | Sermons
The First Easter Reverend Janet Parsons Today, probably more than any other day, our new way of daily life just feels wrong. We have been asked to make many sacrifices during the past few weeks. And the timing of that is appropriate, in its way, as we have just...
by Christine | Apr 8, 2020 | Sermons
Dreams in the Desert Reverend Janet Parsons Gloucester UU Church April 5, 2020 This week the two religious traditions that give us our roots are celebrating important holidays. It’s Holy Week in the Christian tradition: beginning today with Palm Sunday and...
by Christine | Mar 30, 2020 | Sermons
Sunday, March 22 2020 Call to Worship As Susan Taormina plays our opening hymn — wordlessly on piano— see if you can recollect singing the version in our hymnal, in which we sing in praise of the blue skies of our homeland, but then acknowledge that other people love...
by Christine | Mar 28, 2020 | Sermons
Singing Our Way to Hope Reverend Janet Parsons Gloucester UU Church March 15, 2020 A period of time spent wandering in the wilderness is one of the oldest and most common themes in storytelling. It is the idea of a quest: a journey into uncharted territory,...