Opening Words:  Albert Einstein – “The most beautiful experience we can have is the mysterious. It is the fundamental emotion that stands at the cradle of true art and true science. Whoever does not know it and can no longer wonder, no longer marvel, is as good as dead, and his eyes are dimmed. It […]

Opening Words: David Turnbull was a physicist who taught at Harvard for many years. In his retirement and as professor emeritus he wrote his autobiography…he lived 92 years. Near the end of his memoir he summarized his beliefs, attributing them to what he had learned growing up on a farm. “I am impressed ever more […]

Introduction: What the world needs now…is a sermon about love. So fasten your seat belt…hold on to your hat…here it comes. First we’ll introduce Valentine’s day and the romantic love which is responsible for most of our procreating activities…is it love, lust or a combination? We’ll hear a love letter written by a soldier in […]

Opening Words: ‘The Sabbath is simply a time to stop trying to alter the universe.’ Work, by definition, is the effort or energy we spend to try to do something…to accomplish something…to change things…to grow crops, cook a meal, wash the dishes, wash the clothes, build a building, balance a check book… A Sabbath for […]

Opening Words: Religion is like music – you begin with a structure, with an ordering of notes and with words, in the case of vocal music, and the singers and instrumentalists use their talents and the discipline of learning and practicing… It’s the same with religion – you begin with a structure, with an order […]

Chalice Lighting: Life is a gift that we keep unwrapping; may we be grateful for the friends who have helped us find our way, and may we learn to appreciate those who share the way, today and those we meet tomorrow. Opening Words: Someone said, “Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery. But today is […]

Chalice Lighting: We light our chalice, symbol of our Unitarian Universalist faith:  let it be for us a beacon of hope for the world and a symbol of the separate light each of us carries on our quest for truth, meaning and purpose as we move through the years facing whatever challenges come to us […]

While membership in the Unitarian Church in Westport will not guarantee a special place in heaven, it certainly will guarantee a lively discussion about the concept of heaven, and that conversation will inevitably involve naming characteristics of what it means to be a good person – what it means to live a good life. The […]

Matthew 1: 18 – 25 Now the birth of Jesus Christ took place in this way. When his mother Mary had been betrothed to Joseph, before they came together she was found to be with child of the Holy Spirit; 19 and her husband Joseph, being a just man and unwilling to put her to […]

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 […]