The Unitarian Universalist Congregation in Westport
10 Lyons Plains Rd., Westport, CT 06880 - Ph: (203)227-7205 Sunday Services: 10:00 AM
One of the basic ingredients to the holiday season, especially Christmas and Hannukah, has to do with gift giving. In order for there to be gift giving, there must be gift purchasing or making…which requires decisions…and often leads to some anxiety. A certain amount of that ingredient – anxiety – is a necessary part of […]
Dear Friends, The earth has made another trip around the sun. What a trip!
Religion can be complicated, but it doesn’t have to be. The key to religion is simplicity. It’s not about beliefs, those constructs of the imagination which help us to pretend we know all the answers. It’s not about belonging to the right religion, or reciting the creeds…or affirmation…it’s not about memorizing the best poems or […]
Dear Friends, I’ve hiked where the trail is so clearly apparent that there’s no danger of getting lost among the trees. I’ve hiked where I’ve had to follow the painted markings on trees in order to stay on a particular trail – thankful for those who ‘blazed the trail’ for me to follow.
You know the story – how Moses was born a Jew when the Israelites were in bondage in Egypt, and the Hebrew people were getting ‘too strong,’ the Pharaoh said, so he told the midwives to kill the male children when they were born; how his mother put him in a basket and floated it […]
Dear Friends, There were 21 in this year’s Coming of Age class. On Saturday night each of them stood at the candle table, individually, and spoke to their family, telling them what they most appreciated about them – to thank them, and to express their love.
Dear Friends, While walking along Compo beach this morning I watched a bright red ball emerge from the east end of Long Island Sound. It was a little after seven o’clock. I was tempted to stop to watch the colorful show, but walkers don’t stop until the course is finished.
Opening Words: When we honestly ask ourselves which person in our lives means the most us, we often find that it is those who, instead of giving much advice, solutions, or cures, have chosen rather to share our pain and touch our wounds with a gentle and tender hand. The friend who can be silent […]
Introduction: When I heard Michael Schuler, my colleague, minister of the congregation in Madison, Wisconsin, deliver a sermon at last summer’s General Assembly – the gathering of Unitarian Universalists from across the country – I thought: “I’d like the folks in Westport to hear this.” I hope to give you a good taste of the […]
Dear Friends, Every two weeks I have the opportunity to tell you what’s happening in my life, or in the life of the congregation, or to respond to things going on around the world – in other words, to keep in touch.
