The Unitarian Universalist Congregation in Westport
10 Lyons Plains Rd., Westport, CT 06880 - Ph: (203)227-7205 Sunday Services: 10:00 AM
Opening Words: The Pasture, Robert Frost I’m going out to clean the pasture spring; I’ll only stop to rake the leaves away (And wait to watch the water clear, I may) I shan’t be gone long. – You come too. I’m going out to fetch the little calf That’s standing by the mother. It’s so […]
The notable African-American poet Lucille Clifton spoke at Chautauqua Institute a couple of summers ago and she told a story of sitting at the kitchen table, weeping, the day Kennedy was killed. Her little children saw her and asked, “What’s the matter?” “President Kennedy has been killed,” she said. One of the children replied, “We […]
The Easter story is central to Christianity. Some Christians believe the story in a literal sense; some see the story as symbolic – a combination of mythology, theology, history and hope. In an informal conversation with some clergy colleagues this week, one of the Christian ministers asked a Christian colleague, “What would you say to […]
It’s Palm Sunday, an important day in the Christian calendar. The ancient story says that Jesus rode into Jerusalem on a donkey, as predicted in Hebrew Scripture. Matthew 21: 4 “This took place to fulfill what was spoken by the prophet saying, ‘Tell the daughter of Zion, behold, your king is coming to you, humble, […]
The sermon title is from Richard Holloway’s latest book, “Between the Monster and the Saint: Reflections on the Human Condition.” Holloway, you may recall, was an Anglican bishop, the primate bishop of Scotland, a position from which he resigned, in part because of his church’s stand against the ordination of gay/lesbian clergy, and in part […]
Reading: Exodus, Chapter 20. “And God spoke all these words, saying: ‘I am the LORD your God… ONE: ‘You shall have no other gods before Me.‘ TWO: ‘You shall not make for yourself a carved image–any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in […]
My colleague and friend, Fred Wooden, who preached for us last Sunday with great enthusiasm, said that the heart of religion requires three things of us: to free the mind, to grow the soul, and to change the world. When things are working as they should, the preacher and the listener engage in a process […]
The book of Daniel opens with the ambitious King Nebuchadnezzar invading Babylon, a city-state of ancient Mesopotamia, the remains of which can be found in present-day Iraq, 55 miles south of Baghdad. In the story, Daniel is saved because he interprets the nightmarish dream of the king, but his friends, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, defy […]
Marcel Proust said, “The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes.” Life is the great voyage of discovery, and there’s always something new to discover, but there are old things whose meanings we can ‘uncover,’ if we look through new eyes. It never ceases to amaze me […]
Opening Words: Mary sings a lullaby to her little one in the manger, his cradle, his bed…a soothing song to bring a sense of calm, after the long journey, after the uncertainty, after the anxiety, the fear; like our own long journey; like our own uncertainty, anxiety and fear. So she’s singing to us: “Sleep […]
