On International Women’s Day, join us for a service about forms of wisdom that often go unappreciated: the wisdom of intuition, the wisdom of nature, the wisdom of loss, and the wisdom of the body itself.

Poetry is far from the only means of human expression, but it is among our most flexible methods of conveying grand and difficult meaning succinctly. A little over two decades ago I arrived in Miss Idonia Cannady’s classroom with no interest in poetry, to speak of. But among her assignments that year was that we … Continue reading “Poetic Wisdom”

Resilience, ur spiritual theme for the month of February, as a literal meaning of being able to return to the same shape after being stretched or bent. Normally it brings to mind constance and sameness. But it can also be about the will and determination to keep going, keep moving, keep changing. Join us for … Continue reading “No Place to Stop”

Our annual Side With Love service is a multi-generational time for us to celebrate the force at the center of our covenant as a congregation and as Unitarian Universalists: love. This year, we will explore love’s endurance and capacity to withstand disappointment and loss.

          A Jewish folktale:           Once, there were two foolish brothers possessed of a little bit of money and a dangerous amount of time. They had been dispatched by one of their wives to the market in a distant town in order to buy a needed set of pans. On the way there, they reasoned … Continue reading “Sound Investments”

As Unitarian Universalists, and in particular as the members and friends of First Parish Church, we have a number of ideas and ideals that we affirm and aspire to. But what we say we are for is the blueprint of a shared community – not the edifice itself. Join us for a service about putting … Continue reading “A Blueprint for Community”

On the Sunday of Martin Luther Kind Day weekend, Rev. Kelly will reflect with us on MLK’s life as a model of fidelity to one’s faith and ideals – particularly in the way Dr. King himself understood the calling of non-violence in response to hatred and injustice.

In a world as complex and conflicted as ours, maintaining integrity requires constant effort. Being true to ourselves, and to our own ideals, can often be very challenging. One of the ways in which it can be most challenging comes in the conflict between our expectations, conflicts, or biases about a person or a group, … Continue reading “No Matter Who”

In 1845, the British explorer Sir John Franklin set out on an expedition to find the mythical Northwest Passage – a sea route for sailing from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean by passing north of Canada. Although these days, climate change is making that voyage into more of a realistic one, 175 years ago … Continue reading “Resolute”