A memento of yesterday’s dinner. Also some evidence that a vegetarian Thanksgiving dinner is possible and (I hope you’ll agree) attractive.
Category: Holidays
A prayer for All Souls Day
Today is All Souls Day; evn with my low blogging I couldn’t let the day pass. I wrote about the Universalist history of All Souls day last year, here. Eternal God, as we come of one source, so prepare us for a common future, that all souls may enjoy your gifts and grace.
Today is Universalist Memorial Day
As we lope to church, let’s recall that the Universalist General Convention commended so many years ago that the first Sunday of October, in each year, be set apart as Memorial Sunday, for commemorating those friends who, during the year, have been taken away by death. I think it’s place there to anticipate the great… Continue reading Today is Universalist Memorial Day
On Ascension Day 2014
Ascension Day, which marks Jesus’ return to God in the heavens, should be more dear to Universalists. Jesus’ disciples, at his departure, returned to Jerusalem, to the Temple, and praised God. Though hard labor, trials of discipline and persecution would follow, they — and we — have in Jesus’ ascension an idea of our future:… Continue reading On Ascension Day 2014
“A little Easter message of hope”
A LITTLE EASTER MESSAGE OF HOPE Written to the young people of the Universalist Church by Dr Charles Hall Leonard, Dean Emeritus of Crane Theological School, Tufts College Mass. An Easter Message — that is what the Easter message ought to be amid the world’s darkness and doubts. How dark soever, Hope ought to shine… Continue reading “A little Easter message of hope”
I can do all things through Christ who strengthened me.
[Paul] had a broad vision and a comprehensive grasp, and his thirty years’ ministry as an ambassador of Christ attests his intelligence not less than his zeal. He was grandly equipped for his work, not alone by his exalted faith and consecration, but also by his rare intellectual skill and strength, and his acquisition of… Continue reading I can do all things through Christ who strengthened me.
It is like a dear home meal…
It is like a dear home-meal, a family supper, where the Elder and the younger brothers meet around their Father’s table. It is like a farewell meal just before a dear one goes away from home on a perilous journey. The breaking of bread together, the cup of wine together, the beautiful words of remembrance… Continue reading It is like a dear home meal…
Taras Shevchenko bicentennial
Thanks to Stefan Jonasson I learned that today is the 200th birthday of Ukrainian national hero and poet Taras Shevchenko. Since I live very close to the Shevchenko memorial here in Washington D.C. I took our dog Daisy for her morning walk to visit the memorial. After all, the Ukraine is much on our minds… Continue reading Taras Shevchenko bicentennial
Use Universalist celebrations to flesh out your church year
Even though you occasionally hear about Unitarian or Universalist preachers using a lectionary — indeed, a handful of churches have a well-established lectionary tradition — most UU preaching is topical, with the sermon and other observances hanging off of a holiday. If there is one to be had. Otherwise it’s Preacher’s Choice: which can be… Continue reading Use Universalist celebrations to flesh out your church year