Dear Friends, There’s something intriguing and important about the controversy surrounding James Frey’s book, A Million Little Pieces.  I’m not sure why that is, exactly, but I’m sure that it is important.  Well, it’s important to me.  By trying to tell you why it’s important to me, maybe  I’ll gain a better understanding of it.  […]

Dear Friends, Several mild January days set us up to be hit on the chin by the reality of winter, again.  Driving through the icy, wet snow last Sunday morning I wondered if anyone else would be there.

Dear Friends, I got a wonderful, affirming message on the answering machine from our congregation’s first called minister, Arnold Westwood.  He said, “I just got two issues of Soundings and I read them from cover to cover, and I can’t tell you how proud I feel about what’s happening there.  It warms my heart…” His […]

Dear Friends, The telephone call from Alex last Saturday was like the Flexible Flyer I found beside the tree with my name on it when I was seven – a wonderful gift.

Dear Friends, ‘Twas the night before Christmas and all through the house…” You know the story.

Dear Friends, I was waiting at the light on the Post Road today when I saw my first truckload of Christmas trees; a reminder of the season.  Here it comes, ready or not.

Dear Friends, We try to have the two Sunday services the same, but there are a few times during the year when they are different.  This coming Sunday is one of those times:  the Coming of Age service will be at eleven; I’ll be preaching at nine.

Dear Friends, A brief history of my world would include the decision to leave teaching in order to prepare for Unitarian ministry.  That happened in the winter of ’69.  I started at B.U. school of theology in September, filled with enthusiasm, and lots of questions and nervous concerns.

Dear Friends; “What must I do to tame you?” asked the Little Prince.

Dear Friends, Katrina, and her younger sister, Rita, came crashing onto center stage, terrorizing those living in the hurricanes’ paths and upsetting the rest of us.  Lives were taken.  Life, for millions, was turned upside down, even as they count their blessings:  “At least we survived,” they said.