Being at Home in the World

Being at home in the world.  A homily for the Gloucester UU Church. -Karl Frank, July 31, 2022     This title came to me when I read a book, “The disappearance of ritual”. The author is Byung-Chul Han, born in South Korea, now the head of a University in Berlin,...

Sermon 7/3/2022

by Holly Tanguay Instead of speaking about America today I am going to tell you about a great American, Paul Farmer, a physician, writer and teacher who died this last February at the age of 56. In his short life he established first class health care systems serving...

Flower Communion Elements and Reflection

Elements from Flower Communion on June 19, 2022 Lucille LePage   “Wisdom Moment” story   Almost 100 years ago, in Czechoslovakia, Dr. Norbert Capek and his wife Maja started the Unitarian Church of Czechoslovakia in Prague. There, in 1923, Norbert Capek created the...

Just Peacemaking

Proclaim051522JustPeacemaking – Gloucester Rev. Art McDonald After graduating from college, I served in the US Army Reserve from 1969-1972, receiving an honorable discharge 3 years early, being released from what was a 6-year commitment, to enter seminary. The 3 years...

Don’t Say Straight

Reflection: Don’t Say Straight, for Gay Pride Sunday, 06-05-22, Charles Nazarian About a month ago a controversial statute was passed in Florida and signed by Governor Desantis that has been widely called the “Don’t Say Gay” law in the media.  It criminalizes and...