The choir sang “In the Morning, Joy,” by the American composer Mark Hayes. This piece is an adaptation of Psalm 30 in the Hebrew...

Grace I begin with a heart felt thank you  to Mary Bopp and all the musicians who’ve brought us “Amazing Grace” in so many variations...

Rev. Josh's first drum kit (now collecting dust in the basement) Our March ministry theme is trust. This morning I want to share lessons...

There’s a reading in our hymnal by the Rev. Mark Morrison-Reed which tells us “the central task of the religious community is to unveil...

Over the last week of November, a story on social media caught my attention. The Rev. Ben Boswell, the white, senior minister of Myers...

“Welcome home, gather ‘round / All ye refugees, come in” – words from the Christian singer-songwriter, Sandra McCracken. I suspect she’s...

Our spiritual lives mirror the changing seasons.             Our spiritual lives take cues from the changes between seasons and the...

One Sunday morning in the early 1990s I sat in a pew at the (Unitarian Universalist) Arlington Street Church in Boston. I can still hear...

This past Tuesday our Policy Board held its regular monthly meeting. As we began, Peggy Webbe, our president, invited us into a guided...

For decades we’ve been singing “Dona Nobis Pacem” at the end of this annual midwinter holiday music service. I suspect we will continue...

First Reflection Finding a Balance: Dark and Light                         At our Thanksgiving Sunday service two weeks ago, Emmy...

After last Sunday’s sermon, a far-greater-than-usual number of you called or wrote or texted to thank me for my words and to say you felt...

I am going to speak about Tuesday’s election, but perhaps less about the election and more about what the United States of America means...

“Well I don’t know where it all begins / And I don’t know where it all will end / We’re better off for all that we let in.” [1]  Lyrics...

As you know, those of us present in the meeting house are going to conduct a fire drill as this service is ending. Zoomers: we tried very...

I shared with you earlier Jesus’ parable of the Messianic Banquet, also known as the Great Banquet, the Wedding Banquet, or the Great...

Spinoza talk by MFB delivered at UUSE Sunday 7/28/24. Title  “Spinoza’s God:  Wisdom from the 1600’s” I was struck dumb in the year 2023...

Last month, Saturday, June 22nd, 2025 (or 80.2% of) delegates to the Unitarian Universalist Association General Assembly, meeting online,...

Friends: this piece Dorothy has just played, “Deep River,” from the late 19th-/early 20th-century British composer Samuel...

i can see the galaxies / take me with you honestly / leave behind the color fleet / be my feet, be my feet—lyrics from Luke Harper’s...