Selected Sermons

Deep Breaths

“We can’t resist hatred with hatred. So…do not let them set the terms of how the world is – we get to decide what kind of world we want, and we have to do the work to bring that world about.”

First Parish Church, Kingston MA
November 10, 2024
Read the full sermon; Sermon starts at 29:55 in video below.

As If It Matters

“Liminal spaces…can be scary, they can be painful, they can feel not worth it at all - but they are also the place where change happens. They are places of rupture that create space for something new to be born.”

First Parish Church, Kingston MA
October 13, 2024
Read the full sermon; Sermon stars at 21:45 in video below.

Easter Sunday: Practice Resurrection

“We are always in some place on the spectrum of dying and being reborn. We are always practicing resurrection – even if we don’t realize it. This is where our hope lives and grows. Because resurrection is not a one-time event, but a process.”

First Parish Church, Kingston MA
March 31, 2024
Read the full sermon; Sermon starts at 16:35 in video below.

Time Has Changed

“Time has changed. Therefore, I think how we measure time should change too. And the judgments we place on ourselves about how we respond need radical transformation.”

UU Area Church, Sherborn MA
April 5, 2020
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See the Angel

“Your life and your meaning are bigger – so much bigger – than the struggle. Who you are matters to a whole lot of people; who are you matters, period. You are loved beyond measure.”

UU Area Church, Sherborn MA
February 2, 2020
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Aspen Aspirations

“Certainly the change of seasons reminds me… that the hard dark times of life (like winter) will eventually give way to spring. And what I can do in the meantime – what is always available to me – is the opportunity to learn from the sacred text of the world around me.”

First Parish Church, Kingston MA
February 18, 2024
Read the full sermon; Sermon starts at 16:20 in video below.

Four Steps to Curing Suffering

“The Buddha encourages me to drop all of that and pay attention to what is in front of me. Where am I, what can I see, and what do I want to focus on right now. That is the constant invitation – to bring my whole self into the present moment and notice what is around me.”

First Parish Church, Kingston MA
March 12, 2023
Read the full sermon; Sermon starts at 28:50 in video below.

How to Love

“There are countless ways, big and small, that people can express their love. Some are so small we often miss them. How much more love could we see if we started paying more attention?”

UU Area Church, Sherborn MA.
September 29, 2019
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Selected Prayers