It has not even been a week since Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg died. She is already a legend, and we mourn her loss.
The news coverage has been intense. Many stories recap her life. Many more (it seems) offer speculation on her successor, and when and … read more.
Some of my favorite ‘Opening Words’ are by Rev. Kathleen McTigue.
“We come together this day to remind one another
To rest for a moment on the forming edge of our lives,
To resist the headlong tumble into the next moment,
Until we claim for ourselves … read more.
As we approach the first Sunday of the church year, I feel the excitement of past years. I picture folks hearing the opening hymn and sensing a return to shared community. My mind walks again and again through the planned service and I wonder, ‘Will … read more.
Something just feels “off” as we approach Labor Day.
September has long been the month when we return to our routines. Maybe we do so reluctantly, not wanting the warm, relaxing days to end, yet we are often ready to make the shift. This year feels different.
I’m … read more.
Our service on Sunday, September 13th will be our “welcome back” service and will include our annual Water Communion ceremony, adapted for virtual format. While we won’t yet be able to gather in person, we will celebrate the beginning of the new church year with … read more.
Greetings to all of you with ties to the congregation, and to those of you checking us out!
As we begin our church year and the return to our rhythms of fall, I find myself the reluctant to let summer go. Of late, I’ve been wondering … read more.
Sermon by Rev. Sue Browning, April 8, 2018
One hundred years ago is hard to imagine. And yet we have two UUFE members who were alive in 1918: Carol Kabler who would have been two years old, and Jack Scott who was born in February 1918.
100 … read more.
(Sermon by Rev. Sue Browning, March 25, 2018)
In the Bible there is a proverb (Proverb 4:26) which says, “Give careful thought to the paths for your feet and be steadfast in all your ways.”
It’s a call to pay attention and to be intentional in your actions, … read more.
(Sermon by Rev. Sue Browning, February 25, 2018)
Let’s start with a few scenarios on excitement. I want you to picture a big string across the front of the sanctuary. ‘Excites Me’ at one end and ‘Nightmare – Are You Kidding Me?’ at the other end.
Imagine … read more.
(A note on this sermon: I preached an earlier version of this sermon at the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship at Easton on February 11. In light of the school shooting in Parkland, Florida, I modified the sermon before offering it at the UUs of the Chester … read more.
