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Divergent Convergence By Jesse Greist Message for All January 27, 2019 Sam was a visionary, an adventurer and a dreamer. They loved nothing more than setting out into unknown territory on an unplanned day, heading towards an undiscovered destination. That’s just how Sam was. So, when Sam awoke on one such non-specific day, they … Continue reading Message for All: “Divergent Convergence”
TeleVisionary By Jesse Greist Presented as the Message for All on January 13th, 2019 In a land far away on the other side of possibility, there lived a people who only ever watched TV. They watched TV at home. They watched TV at school. They watched TV while traveling. They talked to each other through … Continue reading Message for All- “TeleVisionary”
December 2, 2018 Jesse Greist When the sun sets, darkness overtakes everything Fear, doubt, and worry grow bigger Seeming larger in our imagination than in real life We have a small tin of lamp oil, enough for one night Should we light it or save it? Our fear answers for us, and we strike … Continue reading Message for All: Chanukah
Message for All by Jesse Greist Honey, It’s a New Year! It was the start of a New Year for Rachel and her family. Like many Jewish families, Rosh Hashanah had always been a time of celebration for them. They shared new fruits like pomegranates and apples as well as bread dipped in honey around … Continue reading Honey, It’s a New Year!
June 3, 2018 Unitarian Society of New Haven Blessings in This Guise by Jesse Greist Rafael’s parents had high hopes that he would be a doctor, or a lawyer, an architect or an engineer. They got him legos and construx for his birthday, a real working stethoscope and a copy of Grey’s Anatomy for Christmas, … Continue reading Message for All- Blessings in This Guise
By Jesse Greist There are so many people that have opened hearts and changed our minds So many heroes whose brave faces fill our books and films and signs But we must also remember everyone who dared to came along Who filled the crowds and shouted loud whose voices sang the songs So I … Continue reading Message for All- March 18, 2018
As Unitarian Universalists, we hear a lot of amazing, inspirational stories, some as old as language itself, others that may be finding their way to our ears for the first time ever. We love stories about ordinary people doing extraordinary things. We listen with open minds and hearts to the teachings of religious and social … Continue reading Message for All: Young Martin Luther King Jr.
December 17, 2017 “Our Spirals” by Jesse Greist This piece is meant to be read while this video plays Time is a spiral, a synthesis of the circle and the straight line. Each moment is new, each day unlike any other that has come before Yet, we overlay the newness of experience on gently … Continue reading Our Spirals
