A few days after Thanksgiving, thinking about Christmas coming up, I decided to buy some paper white bulbs, hoping that I could get them to bloom. I found a container … Continue reading Blooming Where We Are Planted

Sunday was a good day at the church. For the first time in over 18 months we had congregants back in the Sanctuary for worship. There were plenty of tears … Continue reading Coming Back: A Work in Progress

What a blessing the rain has been this month. First the weekend before last and then again earlier this week. It seemed as if our long hot summer had taken … Continue reading Welcome Rain

It has now been a couple weeks since we experienced the terrible heat wave, aka “the dome,” and the reality of its impact on our lives. It took a few … Continue reading The Heat Dome

We often say in church that there’s a lot going on here at First Unitarian. And indeed there is—all you need to do is look at the weekly enews or … Continue reading First Connections

The poet Mary Oliver died today—Jan. 17—at the age of 83 in Florida. It was in a Unitarian Universalist church service when I first heard a poem by Oliver. I … Continue reading Remembering Mary Oliver

This summer we have been worshipping in our historic Eliot Chapel so that construction work could take place in our Sanctuary. For years it has been a goal to make … Continue reading Sanctuary Upgrades