The Unitarian Church in Westport
10 Lyons Plains Rd., Westport, CT 06880 - Ph: (203)227-7205 Sunday Services: 10:00 AM in person and live online
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CLICK HERE to listen to this sermon. Spring lays her hands firmly on our shoulders. Never mind that there is much in our lives that is still very wrong, at least the weather is cooperating again. Such is the place of Easter in our lives. It’s not so much the religious significance of the holiday […]
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CLICK HERE to listen to this sermon. My Friend Aaron Sawyer who runs a UU Blog shared this piece with me. Yesterday I was asked by a delightful young lady to attend her church, the “Evangelical Orthodox Church”. “Oh, I don’t think I’d like that,” I said. “No really,” she smiled back. “It’s not like […]
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CLICK HERE to listen to this sermon. Much of the story is hard to recall, but certain details are deeply moving. I have never liked prisons. OK, that didn’t come out right. I have never been in prison, nor should I have any reason to be in prison. Just that when I have visited prisoners […]
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CLICK HERE to listen to this sermon. Throughout this month we have been exploring the theme of resistance. I have implored you to join together as a people of resistance in facing the struggles for justice in our world. And you have responded. Over thirty of us joined the Newtown Action Alliance several weeks ago […]
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CLICK HERE to listen to this sermon. I spent a quiet New Year’s eve at home, thankful, I think to not be drinking more than I should. As one friend reminded me after a New Year’s eve when I had most definitely been over served by the bartender, “you know what happens when a drunk […]
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CLICK HERE to listen to this sermon. It is a haunting tale. The little match girl was sent out every day by her abusive father to sell matches on the street which the family made in the hovel of a home. If she did not return with all the matches sold and money in her […]
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CLICK HERE to listen to this sermon. Leopold Stokowski, one of the most innovative and talented conductors of the 20th century, spoke with an Eastern European accent, claimed to be of Polish decent and is said to have learned to play the violin his grandfather purchased for him in Poland. His biographer, Michael Holyrod discovered […]
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CLICK HERE to listen to this sermon. This past week William McEvoy shared this reading from my colleague Karan Anderson: “My friend Marcy and her boyfriend Brian recently ate dinner at a local Chinese restaurant. As they enjoyed a plate of lo mein, engrossed in conversation, a hand reached down and ushered away their platter […]
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CLICK HERE to listen to this sermon. Donald Curtis who many have called the founder of the American Unity Church, a liberal metaphysical religion with strong Christian leanings, was known throughout the world as a leader in the effort to bring the realms of science and religion closer together. I begin this morning not with […]
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CLICK HERE to listen to this sermon. Nobody ever joins a cult. One joins a nonprofit group that promotes green technology, animal rights, or transcendental meditation. One joins a yoga class or an entrepreneurial workshop. One joins a church. One begins practicing an Eastern religion that preaches peace and forbearance. But no one joins a […]