The Unitarian Church in Westport
10 Lyons Plains Rd., Westport, CT 06880 - Ph: (203)227-7205 Sunday Services: 10:00 AM
Sometimes the mountain is hidden from me in veils of cloud, sometimes I am hidden from the mountain in veils of inattention, apathy, fatigue, when I forget or refuse to go down to the shore or a few yards up the road, on a clear day, to reconfirm that witnessing presence.
I came upon a child of god He was walking along the road And I asked him, where are you going And this he told me I’m going on down to yasgurs farm I’m going to join in a rock n roll band I’m going to camp out on the land I’m going to try […]
Who first invented work, and bound the free And holyday-rejoicing spirit down To the ever-haunting importunity Of business in the green fields, and the town– To plough, loom, anvil, spade–and oh! most sad To that dry drudgery at the desk’s dead wood? Who but the Being unblest, alien from good, Sabbathless Satan! he who his […]
You need not leave your room. Remain seated at your table and listen. You need not even listen; simply wait; just be quiet, still, solitary. The world will freely offer itself to you to be unmasked. It has no choice; it will roll in ecstasy at your feet.
One of the most calming and powerful actions you can do to intervene in a stormy world is to stand up and show your soul. Soul on deck shines like gold in dark times. The light of the soul throws sparks, can send up flares, builds signal fires, causes proper matters to catch fire. To […]
Out of every hundred people, those who always know better: fifty two. Unsure of every step: almost all the rest. Ready to help, if it doesm’t take long: forty nine. Always good, because they cannot be otherwise: four–well, maybe five. Able to admire without envy: eighteen. Led to error by youth (which passes): sixty, plus […]
I call the following collection of my favorite poems ‘Natural Selections,’ because these are among the poems that have survived in me; they are part of my sacred literature because they speak to me, they nurture my spirit. A recording of all of these poems is available on request. Table of Contents: Robert Frost: The […]
Table of Contents Musical Introduction Rumi: “One Night a Man was Crying” Ecclesiastes Psalm 23 Prayer of St. Francis Psalm 139 Chief Yellow Lark’s Prayer I Corinthians 13 The Successful Life, Emerson (attributed) The Desiderata, Max Ehrmann Psalm 121 Nancy Wood, “My Help is in the Mountain” Reinhold Neibhur, The Serenity Prayer Matthew 6 Wendell […]