Many of us were shocked and saddened by the unexpected outcome of this last election. The fear and anger we are feeling is real. As I have sat with many of you over the last several weeks, I have felt your anguish and your worry not only for those we know and love but for […]

Like many of you, I have been deeply troubled by the rhetoric, hatred and outright lies that have been paraded before us this election season. It seems that all decency and hope for a civil society has given way to a reality television show peddled by our media. Indeed, with the concern for refugees growing […]

Its been a busy summer for many of us including your senior minister. After attending a powerful General Assembly in Columbus, OH in June (more about that this fall), Francis and I spent several weeks in Maine where I wrote and recharged. I was back in early August with a few other shorter trips between […]

My colleague Galen Guengerich, the esteemed Senior Minister of All Souls Unitarian Church in New York, shared this quote recently in one of his daily meditations: “One must live in the middle of contradiction because if all contradictions were eliminated at once life would collapse. There are simply no answers to some of the great […]

Our spiritual theme for May is “Blessings”. We are afforded blessings every day. Most of what we call life is a struggle punctuated by moments of brilliant blessing. The secret is to hear the blessings for what they are and welcome them into our lives. Blessings are rendered unto us all the time. The angels […]

This is an exciting time to be a part of our congregation. After several years of transition from the distinguished and long tenure of Frank Hall through the interim ministry of Roberta Finklestein to calling me as your new senior minister this congregation is rightfully relieved to be “happily moving on” as one leader put […]