First Parish Unitarian Universalist Church - 330 First Parish Rd, Scituate MA 02066
September 2018 Sloop's Log
on September 6th, 2018
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July-August 2018 Sloop's Log
on July 5th, 2018
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June 2018 Sloop's Log
on May 31st, 2018
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A UU Diet - May 6, 2018
on May 6th, 2018
A healthy diet for body, mind and spirit seems ever harder to achieve.  In most households, adults are working full-time out of the home, and if someone is staying at home, that can be a full-time job too.  I get to the end of the day, to that window for cooking and eating dinner before heading out to a meeting or scouts or soccer practice, and even when I’ve planned a balanced meal, I often find ...  Read More
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May 2018 Sloop's Log
on May 4th, 2018
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Journey to a New World - April 29, 2018
on April 29th, 2018
"John Lothropp left England for a new world in America, but perhaps the greatest journey he made was in his village in Kent, when he dismantled the framework of belief which confined him to journey into what he felt was a life-giving faith. "  Read the whole sermon here:...  Read More
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Staying Safe/Staying Open
on April 23rd, 2018
Type your new text here. "One of my favorite Charles Addams cartoons shows a college quad with a banner hung between pillars – “Welcome Class of ‘54”. Gathered below is the reuning class of ’54 – scruffy, in patched clothes, not a pin-striped suit or polished loafer among them. In the caption, one alumnus says to another: 'I thought it was me, but maybe the school’s no damn good.'I am thinking abo...  Read More
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April 2018 Sloop's Log
on April 5th, 2018
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A Wrinkle in Resurrection - Easter Sunday April 1, 2018
on April 1st, 2018
"This is the good news the angels offer to the women at the empty tomb and that they, beyond the bounds of the story, offered to the other disciples.  Love – love which calls them back into their stories as actors, spreaders of the good news of the power of love, beings of love incarnate, as Jesus was and every other dancer of Life.  And this good news comes to us also, inviting us into the dance,...  Read More
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Why Are You Weeping? - Easter Sunrise April 1, 2018
on April 1st, 2018
“Why are you weeping?” the angels ask Mary.  And she answers with the facts – because they have taken away my Lord and I do not know where they have put him.  But it seems the answer isn’t good enough, because Jesus asks her the same question in his guise as the gardener.  He’s standing right there, so he’s obviously heard her first answer.  But he asks again, “Why are you weeping?”  This time she...  Read More
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Listen to What Breaks your Heart - Palm Sunday, March 25, 2018
on March 25th, 2018
Type your new text here. "Black Panther and the story of Palm Sunday are ultimately both about power and suffering – how we use our power to respond to a suffering world.   Do we let our hearts break open or do we keep them closed?  Do we place ourselves in the midst of the suffering or above it?"  Read the whole sermon here:  ...  Read More
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Paying Attention = Prayer
on March 18th, 2018
"Pay attention.  When you listen deeply to someone, so deeply that you feel what they are feeling, so deeply that you are not thinking about what you will say next but only holding them in your love, you are praying.  When you feel grateful for a kindness offered to you or for a luxury or privilege you enjoy, you are praying.  When you regret something hurtful you said or did – or something helpfu...  Read More
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