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Spiritual or Religious? How 'bout Both? - Sunday March 8, 2020
by FPUU Admin on March 9th, 2020
Spirit without religion is like breath without a body.  It’s like light without a refractor.  But by religion I don’t mean a system of doctrines to which one must assent.  By religion I mean the ways we try to make meaning.  Read the whole sermon here:   ...  Read More
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A Time to Turn - October 6, 2019
by FPUU Admin on October 6th, 2019
"Confessing our sins is not a “woe is me” action; it is not an act of self-flagellation.  It is a clear-eyed assessment of our power to help and heal and make whole ourselves and the world, of the ways we have not taken up the power which is ours, and of the ways we will move into our power more fully in the new year ahead.  Confessing our sins is an act of hope, promise, and strength.  It demonst...  Read More
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Flowers in the Crypt - October 29, 2017
by FPUU Admin on October 29th, 2017
"Halloween invites us to embody and engage our fear of death and that’s why we celebrate it here in church every year on the Sunday before All Souls Day:  The Universalist All Souls Day assures us that those we love who have died are still part of the love which holds us all, whatever each of us may believe about what happens after death.  The pagan Halloween reminds us that though we too must cro...  Read More
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When the Canoe Overturns - October 16, 2016
by FPUU Admin on October 16th, 2016
Every year in June, the church I served in Maine goes canoeing for a daydown the Saco River. I came to love this trip and miss it every spring, but I didn’talways look forward to it with pleasure. In the pictures taken in my first year inSaco, I’m easy to pick out. I’m the one in the life jacket.Seeing me so apprehensive, my congregation assumed I couldn’t swim.But in fact I swim just fine and I l...  Read More
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