Dear Friends, Keith and Scott Coleman worked together at Cantor Fitzgerald on the 104th floor of the World Trade Center. When it was clear that they would not be found alive in the ravenous rubble, I talked with their brother Todd, at whose wedding I co-officiated last October.

Dear Friends, The war against the terrorists who turned planes into bombs has moved from rhetoric to rockets. No doubt many among us will feel some sense of satisfaction, a catharsis. Some may even see the military action as a cause for rejoicing. It isn’t.

Dear Friends, By the time you read this we will have statistics about the terrible, infamous events that occurred a few hours ago in New York and Washington.

Dear Friends, Summer is to the calendar year what Sunday is to the week. We pause. Reflect. Slow down and take a little more notice.

Dear Friends, “A penny for your thoughts,” we used to say. As I sat in the sanctuary during the R.E. service I had lots of thoughts whirling through my head.

Dear Friends, We had dinner in the Northup Room with Arpad Szabo, bishop of the Unitarian Church of Transylvania. Yes, Virginia, the Unitarians in Transylvania do have a bishop.

Dear Friends, I was out of town the week that the death of Weston’s Superintendent of Schools, Dr. Janet Shaner, rocked and shocked the community.

 Dear Friends, I’m often asked about our Sunday morning candle lighting. I’ve listened to colleagues and lay people wrestle with questions and issues around it. Ministers are sometimes reluctant to invite people to come forward, afraid they may take too much time, or may make political speeches.

Dear Friends, Jack Riemer recently wrote in the Houston Chronicle: “On Nov. 18, 1995, Itzhak Perlman, the violinist, came on stage to give a concert at Avery Fisher Hall at Lincoln Center in New York City. If you have ever been to a Perlman concert, you know that getting on stage is no small achievement […]

Dear Friends, Easter was celebrated with an Easter basket for each of us, hidden in an easy-to-find place, and filled with candy in the shape of eggs, bunnies and chickens.