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November 10, 2012 by Rev. Frank Hall - Minister Emeritus

Living the Good Life – October 21, 2012

A familiar passage from the book of Micah, an Old Testament prophet from about 800 BCE, says: “Come, let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, to the house of the God of Jacob; that he may teach us his ways and we may walk in his paths… He shall judge between many […]

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October 16, 2012 by Rev. Frank Hall - Minister Emeritus

Frost Advisory – October 14, 2012

Frost is in the forecast…Robert, that is. An advisory is usually a warning of some kind, and this sermon might fit that category. The warning is that Robert Frost is intent on being duplicitous, and he says so, himself. So, take my advice – don’t believe what you hear or read at first blush, at […]

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October 8, 2012 by Rev. Frank Hall - Minister Emeritus

A Time to Keep Silence – October 7, 2012

“To everything there is a season and a time to every purpose under heaven. A time to be born and a time to die…a time to keep silence and a time to speak…” The book of Ecclesiastes is also called ‘the teacher,’ and it is attributed to King Solomon, the wise. It’s included in that […]

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October 1, 2012 by Rev. Frank Hall - Minister Emeritus

Oh, God – September 30, 2012

Opening words from The Tao te Ching, Lao Tzu The Tao that can be told is not the eternal Tao. The name that can be named is not the eternal name. The nameless is the beginning of heaven and Earth. The named is the mother of the ten thousand things. Ever desireless, one can see […]

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September 25, 2012 by Rev. Frank Hall - Minister Emeritus

High Holy Days – September 23, 2012

Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur are referred to as ‘the high holy days.’ Rosh Hashanah is, of course, the Jewish New year: literally ‘head of the year.’ But it means more. It is the anniversary of the creation of the world. The Jewish legend says that God created the world 5773 years ago, as a […]

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September 17, 2012 by Rev. Frank Hall - Minister Emeritus

Swerving Into the Future – September 16, 2012

The New England Transcendentalist, Margaret Fuller, liked to summarize her religious philosophy by declaring, “I accept the Universe.”   Thomas Carlyle, a Scottish friend of Emerson, had a reputation for irascibility, combined with a well-honed sense of humor, was told of Margaret Fuller’s declaration, “I accept the Universe,” and responded, “Ye, gads, she’d better.”   […]

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September 14, 2012 by Rev. Frank Hall - Minister Emeritus

Congregation – September 9, 2012

The word congregation is from the Latin congregatio, from the verb congregare, ‘to herd together…to collect into a flock.’     That sounds dangerously like a herd of sheep, which any self-respecting Unitarian Universalist rejects out of hand. Our Congregation is more like a gathering of shepherds, not sheep!  Like our U.S. declaration of independence we […]

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June 19, 2012 by Rev. Frank Hall - Minister Emeritus

“Promises to Keep, and Miles to Go” – June 17, 2012 – Father’s Day

First, a brief history of Father’s Day:  It was founded on June 19, 1910 by Sonora Smart Dodd in Spokane, Washington.  Her father, William Jackson Smart, a Civil War veteran, was a single parent who raised his six children. It had a rocky start – Congress turned down several attempts to formalize it, fearing that […]

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May 30, 2012 by Rev. Frank Hall - Minister Emeritus

On Loneliness and Love – May 27, 2012

The first chapter of Genesis is the story of the creation, when God makes everything, including a man and a woman.  In the second chapter man is without the woman; it’s a different creation story from the one used in the first chapter.  Genesis 2 says: “Then the LORD God said, “It is not good […]

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May 22, 2012 by Rev. Frank Hall - Minister Emeritus

Good Grief – May 20, 2012

Yesterday my granddaughter, Hannah Jean Hildreth, graduated from Hampshire College in Amherst, MA She’s a dancer…she waltzed across stage with a big grin. At least it appeared to me that she was dancing. She was always dancing as she grew up. I watched her take her first steps and I’ve been watching as she steps […]

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