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...

A Meditation on Grace (Rev. Josh Pawelek) Where are my keys? I gotta go. I gotta go. Have you seen my keys? Did you look on the key hook...

First Part: Interdependence as a Fact of Life Our ministry theme for April is interdependence. This term has been capturing the spiritual...