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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The philosopher Martha Nussbaum talks about “concentric circles of concern” (Political Emotions: Why Love Matters for Justice, 2015). Usually our first circle includes those we love, such as family and friends. The next circle includes the communities we are part of including this congregation. From there we might include the circle of our town or […]
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Dear Friends, It was so good to see many of you over the past few weeks. There is a tremendous energy among us as we move into this transformative year. As I have been saying, being with one another is the glue that binds us together spiritually. Please make an effort to attend a service […]
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Hello friends – Over the course of the last year our congregation has been embarking on a process to select a name which best reflects our present reality and our highest aspirations as a spiritual community. At our best, our name should describe who we are and inspire us to our best collective selves. This […]
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Hello friends – I look forward to seeing many of you this coming Sunday September 11 at our annual Homecoming Service. Our service begins outdoors on the lawn with a calling of our leaders to come forward and carry the symbols of each ministry into the sanctuary. Our service will include special music and a […]
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Greetings, good friends: I, like so many of you, am outraged that the Supreme Court has rolled back reproductive rights and forced women, many poor and people of color, into forced motherhood. Forced motherhood is human enslavement. Plain and simple. This outrage may be the leading edge of other regressive measures designed to force Americans […]
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A while back someone gifted me with The New Yorker Book of Art Cartoons. I am looking at the one where a husband and wife are breathlessly rushing through the door of an art museum. They look at the guard and the husband says: “Which way to the Mona Lisa? We’re doubled-parked!” While it is […]
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The Japanese art of Kintsugi, illustrated here, highlights brokenness as a kind of natural beauty. Within the imperfections, there are blessings to be had. In a year of so much brokenness, it may seem impossible to imagine any blessings at all. But they are here. After each of the mass shootings in the last several […]
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It’s been such a hard Spring. Ukraine, Buffalo, the Supreme Court, Uvalde, TX. Lots of worry and lots of hardship. The way forward is not easy to see. Do we retreat into despair or try to find hope? Or both? The line between despair and hope, like the line between good and evil, depends a […]
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In a recent New York Times article author and philosophy professor Scott Hershovitz lays out the problem of why an all-powerful God would allow suffering to happen at all. He quotes his teenage son who says: “For real, God is pretend, and for pretend, God is real.” That is, we believe in God when it […]
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One day last week I came across a quotation that has stayed with me. “All great spirituality is about what we do with our pain.” This was penned by Richard Rohr in a book called Adam’s Return. It got me thinking about the various options: hiding our pain; denying our pain; projecting our pain; wallowing […]