April 29, 2018 The Rev. Heather Janules “You are God’s beloved dust, and to dust you shall return.” At a recent clergy retreat, my colleague, Robin Bartlett, shared her experience of leading the Ash Wednesday ritual in her congregation, First Parish Sterling, a federated church affiliated with the Unitarian Universalist Association and the United Church … Continue reading To Live in the Layers: The Spirituality of Aging
Reading – “Standing in a Doorway” By Molly Brewer, Intern Minister of the First Universalist Church of Auburn, Maine and seminarian at Meadville Lombard Theological School What do Unitarian Universalists talk about, when we talk about being Pagan? As someone who holds both of these spiritual identities in balance—and sometimes in tension—I wonder about this … Continue reading Honest Pagans: The Sixth Source
MeToo and the Radical Notion Food for Thought Carol Cashion How common is the experience of sexual harassment? Here is some Food for Thought, the results of a new online survey launched in January by the nonprofit, Stop Street Harassment. 81% of women and 43% of men have experienced some form of sexual harassment during … Continue reading #MeToo and the Radical Notion
Leadership as a Spiritual Practice “’Doing Right Things’: Leadership as a Spiritual Practice” March 4, 2018 The Rev. Heather Janules This morning, Rebecca told us a story about a boy named Bobby. I want to tell you a story about my friend Zach. Zach and I met when we were both teenagers. Over time, … Continue reading “Doing Right Things”: Leadership as a Spiritual Practice
Words Works and Worship– The Third Source “Words, Works and Worship: The Third Source” February 18, 2018 The Rev. Heather Janules One of the great joys of being a Unitarian Universalist minister is the freedom to draw from many sources for insight, for wisdom, for encouragement in our spiritual lives. In this democracy … Continue reading Words, Works and Worship: The Third Source
Their Souls Would Not Be Satisfied Reading: An address by “King Janos Sigismund” My new friend, Madame Preston, was going to tell you about this famous painting that is also printed in what you call the “order of service.” It depicts the Edict that I apparently made 450 years ago and includes many of my … Continue reading Their Souls Would Not Be Satisfied: Torda 450
Coworkers with God.docx “’Co-Workers With God’: MLK, Ministry and Community” January 14, 2018 The Rev. Heather Janules “When the history books are written in the future, somebody will have to say ‘there lived a race of people, a black people, a people who had the moral courage to stand up for their rights.’” The Rev. … Continue reading ‘Co-Workers With God’: MLK, Ministry and Community
A Knock at the Door – Dec 3rd, 2017 December 3, 2017 “A Knock at the Door: Prayer, Hope, Love and the Fourth Source” The Rev. Heather Janules Before I begin, I wish to acknowledge our choir, unusually absent from the sanctuary. They are at the Arlington Street Church in Boston, joining their choir … Continue reading A Knock at the Door
Say Their Names November 26, 2017 “Say Their Names” The Rev. Heather Janules “If they ask me ‘what is his name?’ what shall I say to them?” As the ancient story tells us, Moses poses this question to the bush that burns but is not consumed, this miracle a sign that Moses stands, … Continue reading Say Their Names
Sermon 11-5-17 “’A Soldier’s Heart’: Healing the Warrior’s Soul” November 5, 2017 The Rev. Heather Janules “When a soldier kills He must dig two graves: One in the earth for the dead And one in his soul, As he will not return.” This poem by Larry Winters, an American who served in the … Continue reading ‘A Soldier’s Heart’: Healing the Warrior’s Soul
