The Unitarian Church in Westport
10 Lyons Plains Rd., Westport, CT 06880 - Ph: (203)227-7205 Services: Sundays at 9:00 AM and 11:00 AM
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Daily, it seems, we hear reports of how the economy is improving; the Dow Jones Industrials have crossed the twenty five thousand mark, earnings are up. Even the jobless picture seems to be improving; less people filing for unemployment this month than last. Economists tell us that a bullish stock market is a “leading economic […]
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CLICK HERE for video of this sermon At age 30 he had a vision. It was time to leave home, to wander in the wilderness in search of answers to life’s greatest mystery. Why are we here? Is there a God? Why must life end? For many years he wandered trying different spiritual practices until […]
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CLICK HERE for video of this sermon Just as the winged energy of delight carried you over many chasms early on, now raise the daringly imagined arch holding up the astounding bridges. Miracle doesn’t lie only in the amazing living through and defeat of danger; miracles become miracles in the clear achievement that is earned. […]
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CLICK HERE for video of this sermon I first heard of Steve Lopez during my early days in California. Steve is one of the LA Times most prolific and profound columnists and I followed him religiously. We were living in LA when Steve met Nathaniel Ayers, a brilliant Julliard trained violinist whose career had been […]
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CLICK HERE for video of this sermon I have played the lottery for many years. I always play the same numbers, my kid’s birthdates, even though the experts tell me that is the wrong way to play. Actually, the experts, those who I ought to be listening to, tell me that the lottery is hopelessly […]
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I have used the phrase Grace and Grit often in my writings. I originally borrowed the term from a book title by the transpersonal philosopher Ken Wilber who married Treya Killiam in 1983. Ten days after they were married she was diagnosed with stage 3 breast cancer. The book tells the harrowing account of her […]
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CLICK HERE for video of this sermon On Dec. 1, 1955 when Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat for a white man riding the Montgomery AL city bus, a sea change occurred. It was not the first time an African American had refused to give up their seat on the bus. It had […]
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CLICK HERE for video of this sermon At one time in my life, long before I had the notion to enter the ministry I found myself attending a Buddhist Sangha. A Sangha is the name of an intentional Buddhist Community – Buddhists say intentional to separate the community from the Mahayana or the Great Community […]
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Dear Friends: We begin 2018 with more than a little trepidation. Our national government seems dysfunctional at best while we are more than aware of how tenuous the rights are for so many in our society. That said, we might do well to consider what resolutions we might make to improve our lives. I am […]
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In 1991 Anita Hill, a law professor at the University of Oklahoma, came forward with accusations that Clarence Thomas, who had been nominated to the Supreme Court, had sexually harassed her. Hill had worked for Thomas years earlier when he was head of the Equal Employment Opportunities Commission. Hill charged that Thomas harassed her with […]