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First Parish Universalist Church
790 Washington Street, P. O. Box 284, Stoughton, Massachusetts 02072 
(781) 344-6800
Worship: 10:30 AM
Children's Chapel:  10:30 AM
Church School: 10:45 AM
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Sermons
Archived Sermons
  1989 + 10 = ?
2000 Years of Christian History: Blessing or Curse?
The 21st Century Kaballah
After the Deluge
Albert Schweitzer, a Prophet of Interdependence
Alive Again, Naturally
All We Need Is Love?
Amazing Grace
And He Taught Them To Pray
Are Men Being Stiffed?
Are We a Cult?
The Arrogance of Power
Babel-ing On and On
Be Not Afraid
The Beauty of Rumi
The Beauty of the Beatitudes
Believing Thomas
A Bible Full of Holes
Blaming the Jews
The Blessed Refractions of Faith
The Blessing of Being Down to Earth
Bold Conspirators of the Light
Born to Dance
A Bouquet of Saints
Bringing Down Goliath
Burma’s Fight for Freedom
But Where Shall Wisdom Be Found?
Can Money Buy Happiness?
Can We Get Along?
Chairman Mao and the Sparrows
“Church Ain’t Shucks to a Circus!”
A church for all reasons...and all seasons
Columbine:   Six Months Later
Columbus’ Choice
Come On Up for the Rising
Coming of Age Sunday 2007: Belief Statements
Coming of Age Sunday 2008: Belief Statements
The Cost of Commitment
Cracking Through to Easter
The Dance of Anger
Dancing With Eternity
Dancing with the Mystery
Daring To Hope
Decoding The Da Vinci Code
A Desert Kind of Spirit
A Different Kind of Christmas
Do We Need a War On Drugs?
Do Whatever He Tells You
Do You Believe in Atheists?
Does God Believe In Us?
Does Religion Matter Any More?
Dorothy Day: Entertaining Angels
Dreams of Our Fathers
Easter For All Seasons
Ego: Friend or Foe?
The Eight Sins of Gandhi
Eleanor Roosevelt: First Lady of the World
Elevator Speeches
Embracing the Darkness
Emerson and the Transcendentalists
The End of Irony
Ethics 101:  Putting First Things First
Everything I Ever Needed to Know I Learned from Baseball
Examining 'The Purpose Driven Life'
The Fabric of Our Lives
     250th Anniversary Quilt Dedication - Susan O'Connor and Dianne Heberling
The Face of Evil
Father Mychal Judge: The Saint of September 11th?
Finding God In Everything
Five Years Later
Forgive Us Their Trespasses
Forgiveness: The Great Change of Heart
From Generation to Generation
Gentle Radical of Our Souls
The Gift of Insignificance
A Gift to Be Simple
Ginger or Mary Ann?
Give Them Not Hate, But Hope and Courage
Global Village or Global Pillage?
The Glorious Impossible
The Goal of World Community?
God Bless the Dissidents
God’s Politics
The Gospel According to Michael Moore
The Gospel of the Simpsons
Great Mother, Great Mothers, Just Mom
The Great Turning: The Miraculous Story of Immaculee Ilibagiza
Half Full or Half Empty
Happy Birthday, Emily (Dickinson)!
Happy Earth Day to Us!
Here’s to Epiphanies, Great and Small
Hip Hop: Trash or Treasure?
Holy Creativity
Holy Lands
The Hope of Hanukkah
Hopes for the Millennium
How Jewish Are We?
A Human Menorah
If Julia Howe Were Alive Today...
In Defense of Food
In Praise of Motherhood
Inner Ritual/ Outer Ritual
Is Everything For Sale?
Is Peace Inevitable?
Is There Someone Else, Narcissus?
Is This All There Is?
Islam and the West
Jacob's Ladder or Sarah's Circle?
James Reeb--No Greater Love
Jesus and Buddha
Journey to Narnia
The Joy of Imperfection
The Joy of Patriot Watching
Jubilee! A Time for Reconciliation
Judge Not?
Judging Columbus
Just a Coincidence?
Just War?
Leaping Forward or Fading Away?
Learning to Be White: Race, Class and God in America
Legal Murder?
The Lessons of Halloween
Letting Go of Summer
Life is Good?
Light One Candle
Live From Death Row:  The Case of Mumia Abu-Jamal
Living in an Interdependent World
Long Journey to Freedom (2002)
Long Journey to Freedom (2007)
A Look at Kabir
A Look At Kosovo
The Lord is My Shepherd
Martin Luther King, Jr.—Instrument of Peace
The Miracle of Forgiveness
Mother of Us All, Mother In Us All: A Creative Look at Mary
Mother Teresa’s Dark Night
A Myth to Call Our Own
A Nation of Immigrants
Never Sailed Before
A New Bottom Line
No Works, No Faith
The Not-So-Sudden Death of the Lone Ranger
Nourishing Our Souls
Of Devils and Dust, and Mothers and Sons
Of War and Peace
O Night Divine
On the Road with Jack Kerouac
One World, One Religion
Only Kindness Matters
Orwell Was Right
Our American Skin
Pagan Is Not a Four-Letter Word-1999 (1999)
Pagan is Not a Four-Letter Word-2002 (2002)
Pagan is Not a Four-Letter Word (2005)
Perfectly Imperfect
The Plague of Pessimism
The Poetry of War
The Power of Silence
The Power of “I Don’t Know”
Powers of Darkness
Prayer: It's Power, Use and Abuse
Prophets or Profits?
Radical Hospitality
The Real Passion of Jesus
Reclaiming the Bible
Reflections on 25 Years in the Ministry
Reempowering Our Families
Religion and the Presidents
The Religion of Charles Dickens
The Religion of Star Wars
Remembering September 11th
Remembering the Sabbath
Responding to Our National Emergency
Righteous Gentiles
Rituals of Joy
The Road Goes Ever On and On: Reflections on Ten Years in Stoughton
The Road to Bethlehem
Sacred Spaces, Sacred Places
RUAUU2?
Saving Jesus
Saving Starfish
Sbohem, Vaclav Havel!
Science and Religion: Never the Twain?
Second Acts
Self Worth & Net Worth
Serendipity and Synchronicity
Sexuality and Religion
Sharing Our Stories
Silent Night, Holy Night
SimpleGifts
The Sin of Multi-tasking
Singing Songs of Zion
Sins Old & New
Spiritual Feng Shui
The Spiritual Legacy of John Paul II
The Spirituality of Martin Luther King, Jr.
The Spirituality of Tolkien
Spring Cleaning of the Soul
Springsteen’s Magic
The State of the Earth; The Fate of the Earth
The State of the World
The Steps of the Buddha
Suffering Servants
The Tao of Now
Tasting God:  A Spirituality of Food
Telling True Messiahs From False
Thanks-Giving or Thanks-Getting
Thoughts From a Wayside Pulpit
Three Cheers for Harry (Potter, that is!)
Three Cups of Tea: Making All the Difference We Can
The Thriller Within
Tidings of Comfort and Joy
The Ties That Bind
Time Famine
The Tragedy in Littleton
The Transient and Permanent in Religion
The Trouble With Islam
Under God?
Understanding the Tsunami
Universalism—The Biggest Word in the Language
Unplugging the Christmas Machine
Unsung Hero Sunday 2001
Waiting
Walking Humbly
Was Jesus a Communist?
Was Rev. Wright Wrong?
Watching Roots
Welcome to Tomorrowland
What I Learned At the Movies
What Is A Church? Who Is The Church?
What Is the Life Abundant?
What S.H.A.P.E. Are You?
What Shall We Do With Our Jewish Heritage?
What We Can Learn From Islam
When Bad Things Happen to Good People
When Good Things Happen to Bad People
While We Wait
While We’re Making Other Plans
Who Are You to Think You Can Change the World?
Who Would Jesus Vote For?
Why All Americans Should Stand Up For Gay Marriage
Why History Matters
Why Not Celebrate?
Why Poetry Matters
Why the Chalice Burns
Why the Pope Should Have Known Better
Why the Serenity Prayer Says It All
Why We Hate the Yankees
Will Clones Have Souls?
Will the Real Abe Lincoln Please Stand Up?
Will the Real Slim Shady Please Shut Up?
Will We Be 'Left Behind'?
Wiping the Slate Clean
With Open Arms
Without a Song
The Word According to Eve
Women's History--Our History
The World That Lies Beyond
Wrestling With Angels
You Be Glad at that Star!
You Can't Teach An Old Dog New Tricks
Zerrissenheit!
Zip Codes or Rip Cords?
 
Meditations
 
  Archived Meditations
   


All Is Holy
All Roads Lead to God
All That We Need
Already Five Years
The ancient song within
As We Face a New Year
At the Rue du Bac
At the Top of God's Mountain (2002)
At the Top of God’s Mountain 2005)
Atop the holy mountain
Awaiting Joy
Be Still...
Be The Change
Being On Both Sides
The Best of Times, or Worst?
Body and Soul
Body and Spirit
Breathe in the Atmosphere of Love
By living it most simply
A Children’s Sunday Meditation
The Choice in Every Moment
Choosing To Answer to Our Calling
A Christmas Eve Prayer (2000)
A Christmas Eve Prayer (2002)
A Christmas Eve Prayer (2005)
A Christmas Eve Prayer (2006)
A Christmas Eve Prayer (2007)
A Christmas Prayer (2001)
A Christmas Prayer (2004)
A Christmas Prayer (2006)
The City At Night
Clearing the Impediments
Clinging to the Spirit
Come to the Feast! (2004)
Come to the feast! (2008)
Creation Shimmers (2003)
Creation Shimmers (2007)
The Darkness Inside
The Deep and Beautiful Darkness
A dish for the gods
The Divine Human Journey
The Divine Will
Each Living Creature Is a Prayer (2003)
Each living creature is a prayer (2006)
An Earth Day Prayer
Earth, Our Holy Land
An Easter Meditation (2006)
An Easter Prayer (2001)
An Easter Prayer (2002)
An Easter Prayer (2003)
An Easter Prayer (2007)
An Easter Prayer (2008)
Faith Opens Our Eyes (2005)
Faith Opens Our Eyes (2005)
A Father’s Day Call to Worship
Feel the Stillness of the Air
Finding Joy
For Dedication Sunday
For Martin Luther King Day
For Our Church School and Our Church
For United Nations Sunday
The Gift of Discernment
The Gift of Silence
The Gift of Wickedness
Gifts of Darkness
Gifts of Life
God Is At Home
Grace Along the Way
The great change of heart
The great divine choice
The Greatest Miracle of All
The Heart of Christmas is Love
The heart of our civic culture
The Helmet of Right Vision
The Hidden Flower
A Holiday Prayer
The holy land within
The Holy, Wholly Mystery
Holy mystery, wholly mystery
In Memory and In Hope
In Praise of Humility
In the emptiness inside
In the Sanctuary of the Soul
Invocation of the Cauldron (2004)
Invocation of the Cauldron (2005)
It Is In Our Unity That Our Salvation Lies
It is in the emptiness inside
It Is Unity We Seek
Joy and Pain Lie Close
Just these few score years
The Kingdom is Neigh
A Lenten Meditation
Lest We Dissolve in Bliss
Let the Holy Dance Begin
Let Us Be One
Letting go of the Small
Letting Our Love Shine
Life in the Present
Life Is a Gift
Like drops of rain, grace falls (2001)
Like drops of rain, grace falls (2006)
Listen to the Voice
Listening Inside
Listening For the Winds of Change
The little sacrifices we make
The Living Icon
Living in the Present Moment
Living On the Boundary
Living the Epic That Is Our Lives
Looking with the Eyes of Heaven
Magnifying Glasses For God
May God's Peace Descend
Meditation for 3/4/2001
A Meditation for Homecoming Sunday (2004, 2006)
A Meditation for Martin Luther King Day
Meditation for Mother's Day (2001)
A Meditation for Mothers’ Day (2008)
Meditation for the Earth
A Meditation for the New Year (2000)
Meditation for November 11, 2001
The Meeting
Meeting the Messiah
A Memorial Day Prayer (2002, 2006)
A Mother's Day Meditation (2002)
A Mother's Day Meditation (2003)
Never to stop till day is through
The New House of the Spirit
A New Year’s Meditation (2003)
A New Year's Prayer (2001)
A New Year's Prayer for the People of the World (2000)
No Victory Without the Journey
Not Stopping 'til the Day is Through
Not Too High A Price To Pay
Old Enough for Real Living
On the journey
One In the Love of God
One Prayer from the Heart
One with the garment of time
One Year Later
Our Deepest Calling
Our Human Connection
Our Living Symphony
Our Natural Connection
A Palm Sunday Meditation
The Pathway Inside
People of Our Own Times
Perhaps a holy plan
The Power of Beauty
A Prayer for Advent
A Prayer for Children’s Day /2007)
A Prayer for Coming of Age Sunday (2001)
A Prayer for Coming of Age Sunday (2003)
A Prayer for Coming of Age Sunday (2007)
A Prayer for Coming of Age Sunday (2008)
Prayer for Our Church
A Prayer for Our Church--Canvass Sunday (2003)
Prayer for Our Church--Unsung Hero Sunday
A Prayer for Our Church (2003, 2004, 2007)
A Prayer for Our Church (2004)
A Prayer for Our Church (3005)
A Prayer for Our Church (2006)
A Prayer for Peace
A Prayer for Peace (2006, 2007)
A Prayer for Pentecost
The Preciousness of Who We Are
The Radiance of Love
Really Listening
Reflecting on the Love of Life
Reflections of the Divine
Responsibility
The responsibility of selfhood
The Road Ahead
The Road Ahead
The Road of Life
The Road To Freedom
The Road We Walk
The Sacred Radiance of Love
The sacrifices of love
The Season of the Unmanifest
Seasons of the Heart
Seeds Will Grow
Seeing the Beauty
September 11th
The sign of our unity
Sing out this day!
Slow Me Down Lord
The Smile of God
Soul Clutter
The Soul is All
The Symphony of Our Lives
The Tapestry of Peace (2004)
The Tapestry of Peace (2005)
Tasting God
Temples of the Spirit
A Thanksgiving Meditation (2002)
A Thanksgiving Meditation (2003)
A Thanksgiving Prayer (2001)
A Thanksgiving Prayer (2001)
A Thanksgiving Prayer (2004)
A Thanksgiving Prayer (2006)
That There Is So Much Good Within Us
That Which Truly Abides
There Are Those Frightening Highways
Things Worth Clinging To
This hour of grace
This Life is a sacrament
This life wounds us
This Luminous Creation
To Soar Together Like Spirits
To Taste the Holy
To Treat All Things As Symbols
Together
Transforming our times (2007)
Transforming our times (/2007)
Truth will out
Turning Back
Twist and Turn Toward the Holy
Until We Know That Each Moment Is Holy
Until We Know That Each Moment Is Holy (2005)
Until we know that each moment is holy (2008)
Waiting Patiently for Spring
Walking a bridge to the future
Waters of Creativity
Weaving the Tapestry of Peace
We are called
We Are Called by the Almighty Voice
We Are Greater Than We Know
We are joined as one
We are mighty rivers
We Are Never Alone
We Are Not Alone
We Are One (2001)
We Are One (2006)
We Are One (2006)
We Are One (2007)
We will not be guided where we dare not go
We yearn to be made new
What Gifts We Hold!
What Is Truth?
What Really Matters
What Simeon Saw
When a deed is done for goodness
When We Build A Bridge
Which god?
Who Can Do Anything But Dance?
Who We Are Inside
Why Fear Pleasure?
Why Look Further For Mystery Than This?
Why the Rush and Hurry?
Windows Toward Heaven
Wintering
The World Is Waiting
The World Is Waiting (2003)
A World That Has Changed
The Yearning To Be Made New
Yes or No to Life
Yom Kippur 1999

 
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