“So Many Years” Rev. Megan Lloyd Joiner Unitarian Society of New Haven December 17, 2017 Don’t let the light go out. It’s lasted for so many years. The events in the story of the Maccabean Revolt took place over 2000 years ago. The birth of Jesus of Nazareth, which many of us celebrate at … Continue reading Sermon: So Many Years
USNH Dec. 3, 2017 Beth Robins Roth, APRN, SEP Sermon: Buddhist Perspectives on Hope and Faith This Unitarian congregation, along with many other Unitarian congregations throughout the country, has chosen the theme of HOPE as the focus for the month of December. I am speaking this morning about hope from a Buddhist perspective, relating hope … Continue reading Sermon: Buddhist Perspectives on Hope and Faith-Beth Robins Roth
“Wild Forces Within Us” Rev. Megan Lloyd Joiner Unitarian Society of New Haven December 10, 2017 Reflection I know about love the way the fields know about light, writes the mystical Sufi poet Rabia. Words we will hear set to music this morning. Rabia al Basri lived in ancient Iraq in the 8th … Continue reading Sermon: Wild Forces Within Us
Reading: Passover: A meditation by Lynn Ungar Sermon Wade in the water… God’s gonna trouble the water… Powerful words that would have seemed like a harmless song to overseers were, in fact, for enslaved people, a sophisticated message of strategy and timing of escape. You see, dogs can’t follow a scent in water. And when God’s gonna trouble … Continue reading Sermon: Stars in the Desert and Other Terrible Blessings
For the Occasion of Linda Pawelek’s Spring 2017 Music Sunday Unitarian Society of New Haven April 30, 2017 Linda Pawelek came to USNH to fill in for two weeks. That was forty-five years ago. For forty-five years, she has been a mainstay here, sharing the ministry of Sunday services, choir rehearsals, musicals, life’s ups and … Continue reading Sermon: “You’ve Got To Have A Song”
Unitarian Society of New Haven Rev. Megan Lloyd Joiner November 29, 2017 Reading: “Gaia” by Jezibell Anat Sermon: For the beauty of the Earth, for the splendor of the skies. It is one of my favorite hymns. Perhaps one of yours, too. As I thought what hymn we might sing together this Earth Day weekend, I … Continue reading Sermon: So Much More Than Beauty
Wherefore This Gratitude? By Jesse Greist I have lost family to disease, forced to say an early farewell So now I give thanks for each day of good health I have lost dear friends to simple misunderstandings So now I give thanks for each word clearly spoken I have stood in awe while a … Continue reading Message for All: “Wherefore This Gratitude?”
