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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On Earth Day this year, we were blessed with the reflections of Sr. Kathleen Deignan, an Eco-theologian from Iona College. She reviewed with us the fact that we are in the period of the sixth extinction of species on the earth. As we watch the daily news regarding the continuous break up of arctic ice […]
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As Unitarians we are blessed with the rich reflections of our elder, Ralph Waldo Emerson. He invites us to experience our call to transcendental unity with nature: “We live in succession, in division, in parts, in particles. Meantime within man is the soul of the whole; the wise silence; the universal beauty, to which every […]
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“The point of experience is not to escape life but to live it. Each of us carries some wisdom waiting to be discovered at the center of our experience, and everything we meet, if faced and held, reveals a part of that wisdom. We have a language of truth growing in our heart that only […]
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CLICK HERE for video of this sermon CLICK HERE for a printable PDF of this sermon. My fellow travelers… COVID-19 is a common experience we have as a forced Sabbath. “The intimacy of experience is where the simplest teachers present themselves.” Stopped in our tracks by the presence of an unseen force, it moves amongst […]
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FROM AGING TO SAGING … Reflections of an Elder in process! A number of weeks ago, I was serving as the Pastoral Care Chaplain at our candle boat after our Sunday service. A middle-aged septuagenarian congregant came forward to share a dilemma he was facing. He shared: “Over the last three years, I have lost […]
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We are in the cycle of the year… when darkness is upon us and taking us into a time of waiting. As we move through this season both metaphorically and psychologically, there are many things about our current life that could depress us or leave us without direction. It is critical to stay focused on […]