Monthly Archives: April 2011

Tony just needs more love

Posted on April 25, 2011 by Pastor P

Here’s the letter I wrote to the New York Times responding to Ross Douthat’s “A Case for Hell” before I realized they had a 150-word limit for letters to the editor.  We’ll see if they print the 150-word version, in … Continue reading →

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Tenebrae: the First Noble Truth

Posted on April 20, 2011 by Pastor P

Boston Globe columnist Alex Beam recently wrote a beautiful piece about Tenebrae and his affection for the service in his church.   Our service at First Parish in Milton (7pm on Friday April 22) consists of a simple communion, after which … Continue reading →

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Back of the bread

Posted on April 15, 2011 by Pastor P

Back of the bread is the flour and back of the flour is the mill and back of the mill is the wind and the rain and the Father’s will This is a season for the celebration of what saves … Continue reading →

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Hungry

Posted on April 7, 2011 by Pastor P

God bless to us our bread and give bread to all those who are hungry and hunger for justice to those who are fed God bless to us our bread There’s a beautiful sung litany of this common prayer with … Continue reading →

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Deepening the well

Posted on April 4, 2011 by Pastor P

Yesterday, a group of ten youth in our church celebrated their Coming of Age. Traditionally, Unitarian Universalist youth come of age by undertaking a period of study and discernment and then writing a credo statement, a statement of individual beliefs. … Continue reading →

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