From Heart to Head and Back to Heart

From Heart to Head and Back to Heart Reverend Janet Parsons Gloucester UU Church March 31, 2019   “We were born with silence, and as we grew up, we lost the silence and were filled with words. We lived in our hearts, and as time passed, we moved into our heads…”...

Greening Power

Greening Power Reverend Janet Parsons Gloucester Unitarian Universalist Church March 17, 2019   Today is all about green. Each year Americans celebrate St. Patrick’s Day, taking to the streets to party, with parades, and green clothes, hair, face paint, and...

Encountering the Sacred Everywhere

Encountering the Sacred Everywhere Reverend Janet Parsons Gloucester UU Church March 10, 2019 On my very first morning in India, I found myself in a tour bus bouncing down the highway from the Varanasi airport to the hotel. Suddenly the tour guide called our attention...

Risking Trust

Risking Trust © Reverend Janet Parsons Gloucester Unitarian Universalist Church February 3, 2019   Recently a young woman wrote to a newspaper advice column looking for help in coping with the end of a romantic relationship. Her partner, who had been mentioning...

Answering the Knock

Answering the Knock Reverend Janet Parsons Gloucester UU Church January 20, 2019 Year after year, Martin Luther King Day is observed in various ways all across the country. Right here in Cape Ann a week ago, despite the ice, we had the march and service at the...