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The Unitarian Church in Westport

10 Lyons Plains Rd., Westport, CT 06880 - Ph: (203)227-7205 Sunday Services: 10:00 AM

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February 23, 2021 by Charles

Blessing in the Chaos by Jan Richardson

To all that is chaotic in you, let there come silence. Let there be a calming of the clamoring, a stilling of the voices that have laid their claim on you, that have made their home in you, that go with you even to the holy places but will not let you rest, will not […]

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December 31, 2019 by Charles

Blessing For The Brokenhearted by Jan Richardson

There is no remedy for love but to love more. – Henry David Thoreau Let us agree for now that we will not say the breaking makes us stronger or that it is better to have this pain than to have done without this love. Let us promise we will not tell ourselves time will […]

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December 31, 2019 by Charles

Prepare by Jan Richardson

Prepare Strange how one word will so hollow you out. But this word has been in the wilderness for months. Years. This word is what remained after everything else was worn away by sand and stone. It is what withstood the glaring of sun by day, the weeping loneliness of the moon at night. Now […]

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December 17, 2019 by Charles

Through the Advent Door by Jan Richardson

With every step you take, this blessing rises up to meet you. It has been waiting long ages for you. Look close and you can see the layers of it, how it has been fashioned by those who walked this road before you, how it has been created of nothing but their determination and their […]

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May 12, 2016 by Charles

Blessing That Meets You in Love by Jan Richardson

It is true that every blessing begins with love, that whatever else it might say, love is always precisely its point. But it should be noted that this blessing has come today especially to tell you it is crazy about you. That it has been in love with you forever. That it has never not […]

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