by Christine | Jun 12, 2023 | Sermons
Pride: Celebration, Protest, and Fear© Reverend Janet Parsons Gloucester UU Church June 11, 2023 Little Kristin was five years old. One day she was playing with her sister in the family’s living room when her grandmother summoned her to dinner. “Girls, dinner’s...
by Christine | Jun 7, 2023 | Sermons
To Live in Communion© Reverend Janet Parsons Gloucester Unitarian Universalist Church June 4, 2023 “How would it beto live like the aspen,to know the selfas one expressionof a glorious, radiant whole,to live in communioninstead of competition…” Each spring, we...
by Christine | May 15, 2023 | Sermons
In the Image of the Creator © Reverend Janet Parsons Gloucester UU Church May 14, 2023 Yesterday, while procrastinating, I checked in online to see how my minister colleagues were doing. We often start commiserating on Saturdays about our writing process, how we...
by Christine | May 11, 2023 | Sermons
Blessed Are the Makers © Reverend Janet Parsons Gloucester Unitarian Universalist Church May 7, 2023 Today is a day of many blessings. We feel the blessing of the warm sun after what has felt like a prolonged cold and wet spell. But on a day like today, we can...
by Christine | Apr 24, 2023 | Sermons
Sacred Fire © Reverend Janet Parsons Gloucester UU Church April 23, 2023 “Every bush is a burning bush…”. (John Muir) It’s always fascinating, to look back at someone’s life, and try to understand how they were able to become who they were intended to be. Time...
by Christine | Apr 11, 2023 | Sermons
Now Let Us Rise Reverend Janet Parsons Gloucester UU Church April 9, 2023 “…maybe we are not so different than the leaves. …maybe we are also always being reborn to be something more then we once were. …maybe that’s what waking up each morning is.” (For the...
