The Unitarian Universalist Congregation in Westport
10 Lyons Plains Rd., Westport, CT 06880 - Ph: (203)227-7205 Sunday Services: 10:00 AM
The day of opening night of the play Proof we got a letter in the mail addressed to the cast. I expected a ‘break-a-leg’ message; instead I it contained four web sites for fundamentalist Christian’s ‘proof’ that Jesus is Lord…and, by implication, ‘if you don’t believe it I’ll break both legs!’ Oh, well. Let’s talk […]
A son sees a father struggling to be the best he can be. What shall he tell that father? “Relax, Dad. Don’t sweat it.” And this might serve him for the anxiety and nervousness. “Pay attention to the little things, Pop.” And this, too, might serve him. Sometimes the growth of a relationship can be […]
She sat in front of the old black stove, alone, except for the gray cat who slept curled up on the small braided rug. The room was quiet, too, except for the muffled crackling sounds of burning wood. Eighty-five winters had come to her, and gone again, but they were with her still when memories […]
I am America — Take me away and you’ve removed a dream You’ve taken hope away — A vision and a promise. I am not the country. The country is carefully curled up in me. I am America, the dream that gave birth to a nation, To become a country among the nations of the […]
The gods got together to make this day happen– This is the day the good gods gave. They painted white cloud puffs across the blue autumn sky and sent a breeze; They dropped sweet-scented promises in late-blooming roses; They mixed memories in an ocean of dreams and scattered renewed hope across the sky; They turned […]
Suddenly, or so it seems, Snow, or the threat of a storm — Winter sleep… Then waking to see the new snow Fresh, clean, marveling at the whitewashed world; the snow Covering everything, painting bare brown branches Evergreens etched in white Earth, with a soft, silent winter blanket. Winter coat, woolen hat, gloves and scarf […]