The Unitarian Church in Westport
10 Lyons Plains Rd., Westport, CT 06880 - Ph: (203)227-7205 Sunday Services: 10:00 AM in person and live online
Put the city up; tear the city down; put it up again; let us find a city. Let us remember the little violet-eyed man who gave all, praying, “Dig and dream, dream and hammer, till your city comes.” Every day the people sleep and the city dies; every day the people shake loose, awake and […]
As the wind sways slowly through the trees I play with the wind And it plays with me. The cool summer breeze touches my face And then the wind slowly fades away Carrying a faint laugh that I want to hear Again.
You do not have to be good. You do not have to walk on your knees for a hundred miles through the desert, repenting. You only have to let the soft animal of your body love what it loves. Tell me about despair, yours, and I will tell you mine. Meanwhile the world goes on. […]
Why it was wonderful: Why, all At once there were leaves, Leaves at the end of a dry Stick, small, alive Leaves out of wood. It was Wonderful, You can’t imagine. They came By the wood path And the earth loosened, the Earth Relaxed, there were Flowers Out of the earth! Think of it! And […]
Whom can I ask what I came to make happen in this world? Why do I move without wanting to, why am I not able to sit still? Why do I go rolling without wheels, flying without wings or feathers, and why did I decide to migrate if my bones live in Chile?
What lifts the heron leaning on the air I praise without a name. A crouch, a flare, a long stroke through the cumulus of trees, a shaped thought at the sky — then gone. O rare! Saint Francis, being happiest on his knees, would have cried Father! Cry anything you please But praise. By any […]
Table of Contents Musical Introduction Rumi: “One Night a Man was Crying” Ecclesiastes Psalm 23 Prayer of St. Francis Psalm 139 Chief Yellow Lark’s Prayer I Corinthians 13 The Successful Life, Emerson (attributed) The Desiderata, Max Ehrmann Psalm 121 Nancy Wood, “My Help is in the Mountain” Reinhold Neibhur, The Serenity Prayer Matthew 6 Wendell […]
I call the following collection of my favorite poems ‘Natural Selections,’ because these are among the poems that have survived in me; they are part of my sacred literature because they speak to me, they nurture my spirit. A recording of all of these poems is available on request. Table of Contents: Robert Frost: The […]
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