The Unitarian Universalist Congregation in Westport
10 Lyons Plains Rd., Westport, CT 06880 - Ph: (203)227-7205 Sunday Services: 10:00 AM
In a world that feeds on moral outrage, we are here to cultivate moral courage In a time that prizes picking sides, we gather to draw a wider circle And in a culture that teaches us to get for what we give And to ask “what’s in it for me?” We come to practice generosity […]
I pray for you, world to come and find me, to see me and recognize me and beckon me out, to call me even when I lose the ability to call on you who have searched so long for me. I pray to understand the stranger inside me who will emerge in the end to […]
Let America be America again. Let it be the dream it used to be. Let it be the pioneer on the plain Seeking a home where he himself is free. (America never was America to me.) Let America be the dream the dreamers dreamed— Let it be that great strong land of love Where never […]
To sit and dream, to sit and read, To sit and learn about the world Outside our world of here and now– Our problem world– To dream of vast horizons of the soul Through dreams made whole, Unfettered, free–help me! All you who are dreamers, too, Help me to make Our world anew. I reach […]
Through the looking glass, down the rabbit hole, into the wardrobe and out into the enchanted forest where animals talk and danger lurks and nothing works quite the way it did before, you have fallen into a new story. It is possible that you are much bigger—or smaller— than you thought. It is possible to […]
The bud stands for all things, even for those things that don’t flower, for everything flowers, from within, of self-blessing; though sometimes it is necessary to reteach a thing its loveliness, to put a hand on its brow of the flower and retell it in words and in touch it is lovely until it flowers […]
There’s a thread you follow. It goes among things that change. But it doesn’t change. People wonder about what you are pursuing. You have to explain about the thread. But it is hard for others to see. While you hold it you can’t get lost. Tragedies happen; people get hurt or die; and you suffer […]
from Singing the Living Tradition: We need one another when we, mourn and would be comforted. We need one another when we are in trouble and afraid. We need one another when we are in despair, in temptation, and need to be recalled to our best selves again. We need one another when we would […]
April 3, 2024 Dear Members and Friends, Today I share a spiritual reflection on staying engaged with a hurting world and two readings that that keep me going when my heart is broken again and again. These follow an explanation of how the Congregation shall determine together the recipients for our Share the Plate Sundays. […]
My Heart is Moved by All I Cannot Save A person, in silhouette, stands under the sheltered lip of a strong waterfall My heart is moved by all I cannot save: so much has been destroyed I have to cast my lot with those who age after age, perversely, with no extraordinary power, reconstitute the […]
