Is There Crabgrass in the Lawn of Your Life? - Thanksgiving Sunday November 22, 2105
on November 22nd, 2015
Thanksgiving Day is never a culmination. It is a stop in the journey each year reminding us that whatever the circumstances of our lives, we can give thanks that we are alive, that we have food to eat, a hand to grasp, and work to do. Read the full sermon here:... Read More
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Thoughtful Endings - November 8, 2015
on November 22nd, 2015
Over Thanksgiving, after the turkey and pies are finished, after you’vediscussed the relative merits of Donald Trump and Marco Rubio, Hillary Clintonand Bernie Sanders, and the Patriots’ chance of making Super Bowl 50, I invite youto have “The Conversation.” Make sure that the people you love have the space tosay what they need to say. Make sure you have the chance to say what you need tosay. Make... Read More
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Choose Your Mask - Sunday October 25, 2015
on November 22nd, 2015
Imagine what it was like for the first people who realized they could react differently to death on All Hallows’ Eve. Instead of hiding in fear, they could look Death in the face, or more exactly, wearing masks, they could look through the face of Death. What might it have been like walking those empty streets, feeling immune to the threat of the real returned dead who would have assumed you wer... Read More
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What?? Me Worry?? - October 4, 2015
on October 4th, 2015
"When we stop worrying, stop feeling that we are responsible and in charge, we are freed to work with others to make change, to help those in need, and to take the joy which comes. " .. Read the whole sermon here:... Read More
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The October 2015 Sloop's Log Newsletter
on October 1st, 2015
Click here to read the October 2015 Sloop's Log Newsletter... Read More
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What Binds Us? - September 27, 2015
on September 27th, 2015
Saying our covenant together Sunday after Sunday re-commits us to staying in relation with one another, to working out our differences, and being open to all the invitations to grow in love which come to us as individuals and as a larger whole. This covenant lived out will change each of us and change our church in ways we can’t always imagine, which we can’t always control, and which aren’t alwa... Read More
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Turning to Peace - A Sermon for Yom Kippur - Sept. 20, 2015
on September 23rd, 2015
Forgiveness gives us power to transform ourselves and our world. How might your forgiving someone who has hurt you open you to larger life? How might it open the heart of the other person? Read the whole sermon here:... Read More
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"Friends" by Lucia Berlin
on September 17th, 2015
Read the short story, "Friends" by Lucia Berlin for the upcoming 2nd Principle Meeting... Read More
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The September 2015 Newsletter
on September 10th, 2015
Read the September 2015 Sloop's Log Newsletter!... Read More
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June 2015 Sloop's Log Newsletter
on June 25th, 2015
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Summer 2015 Sloop's Log Newsletter
on June 25th, 2015
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We Give Thanks for Being Here Together (Annual Report Sermon) - May 31, 2015
on June 1st, 2015
And so it is – each renewing of the congregation considers what and how much to change in the life of the church. Each weighs what is essential and how to express it in their time. Read the whole sermon here:... Read More
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