Archived Sermons
December 29th, 2009
Archived Sermons, Poems, and Meditations as of October 27, 2008
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This page contains sermons of our current settled minister, Rev. Dr. Jan Carlsson-Bull prior to Oct. 19, 2008. To read sermons, meditations and poems of former ministers, members and guests of First Parish, past and present, please click here.
Rev. Dr. Jan Carlsson-Bull
Sermons:
- October 12, 2008: Discovery
Chalice reflection, Edwin Henneken - September 28, 2008: Life Happens, Meaning Follows
- September 21, 2008: Family Circles
- September 14, 2008: Gifted
Coming of Age Ceremony
Chalice Reflection, Sarah Shannon - September 7, 2008: This Side of the Rainbow
Chalice Reflection, Jim Fitzgerald - June 15, 2008, Father’s Day: Dads Are Different
- June 8, 2008: Sing Your Heart Out
Chalice Reflection, Jane Goedecke - June 1, 2008, Graduation: Church Graduation Reflection , Katie Mack
Chalice Reflection, George Mack - May 25, 2008: Remembering Those We Love, Loving Those We Remember
- May 11, 2008, Mother’s Day: Nurses are Heroes — Ask Me, I Know One
Chalice Reflection, Annie Spang - May 4, 2008, Celebrating the Circles
Chalice Reflection, Jack Martin - April 27, 2008: Doing Church, Being Church
- April 20, 2008, Earth Sunday: Precious Trash
Chalice Reflection, Eric Kluz: Footprints on Black Snow - March 30, 2008: Henry Who Was Different
- March 23, 2008, Easter Sunday: Forgiveness and What Comes of It
- March 16, 2008, Palm Sunday: Forgiveness and What Comes First
- March 9, 2008: Conscience and Democracy in Our Association
- February 17, 2008: Seasoned Love
- February 3, 2008: Woulda Shoulda Coulda
- January 13, 2008: Blessed are the Peacemakers
- January 6, 2008: A New Song
- December 9, 2007: The Servant Candle
- November 25, 2007: Homily, Lincoln Bloomfield: The Changing Face of First Parish Liturgy
November 25, 2007: Rod Hobson: A Small Part of First Parish History - November 18, 2007: Harvest Home
- November 11, 2007: Armistice
- October 28, 2007: Ghosts
ChaliceReflection
Remarks by Jim Fitzgerald - September 30, 2007: Happy Birthday, Dear Rumi
- September 16, 2007: In Transition
- September 9, 2007: To Kindle One Flame
- May 20, 2007: Singing a Living Tradition
- May 13, 2007: My Grandmother’s Roses
A Mother’s Day Litany - May 6, 2007: Another Morning
- April 29, 2007: Legacy
- April 17, 2007: Standing in the Need of Prayer – Who Us?
- April 8, 2007: Easter
What Now? - March 25, 2007: Far-Off Voices
- March 18, 2007: Union Service
Reflection: Peace Among Nations - March 4, 2007: Open Hearts and…
- February 25, 2007: Chalice Lighting: Margie Brown
Sermon: An Uncommon Hope - February 11, 2007: Open Hearts
- February 4, 2007: Who What and Why
- January 28, 2007: Chalice Lighting: Carol Martin
- January 21, 2007: Why I Am A Missionary
- January 14, 2007: Working Our Souls
- January 7, 2007: Full Circle
- December 24, 2006: Christmas Eve Homily
- December 17, 2006: What Did You Expect?
- December 10, 2006: Less Is More
- December 3, 2006: So Many Names for the Holy
- December 3, 2006: Advent Blessing of the Animals
Homily: A Place for Everyone - November 12, 2006: Hear the Stillness
- November 5, 2006: The Other Who Isn’t
- October 29, 2006: Spirit Day – The Tradition
- October 8, 2006: Letting Go
- September 24, 2006: What is Your Ministry?
- September 17, 2006: An Uncommon Sense
- June 18, 2006: Circles
- June 11, 2006: Of You We Sing
- June 4, 2006: Spring’s Rain, Summer’s Sun
- May 28, 2006: Into the Garden
- May 14, 2006: Credo Sunday
Credo Statement: Tatyana Nakashima
Sermon: Credo
- May 7, 2006: Why Us?
- April 30, 2006: I Wonder
- April 16, 2006: Easter Sunday
First Story: The Daffodil Principle
Sermon: Hope is Eternal
- April 9, 2006: Truth and Why It Matters
- April 2, 2006: There’s No Place Like Home
- March 26, 2005: UUSC Justice Sunday
First Story: Rev. Dr. Jan Carlsson-Bull
Third Story: Rev. Ken Read-Brown
- March 19, 2006: The Bright Blessed Day
- March 5, 2006: Called
- February 19, 2006: The Muddy Stuff of Love
- February 5, 2006: Sacred Quilts
- January 29, 2006: In Praise of Heresy
- January 22, 2006: What is This Church?
- January 8, 2006: Resolved
- December 31, 2005: New Years Eve Homily
- December 24, 2005: A Christmas Homily
- December 18, 2005: Welcoming Angels
- December 11, 2005: Wrapping Our Gifts
- December 4, 2005: Setting Our Table
- November 20, 2005: Silver Bells
- November 13, 2005: What Matters
- October 23, 2005: The Spiritual
- October 16, 2005: The Spirit
- October 2, 2005: New Hearts, New Identities
- September 25, 2005: When Hope Is Found
- September 11, 2005: Remembrance and Possibility
- June 19, 2005: Summertime
- June 12, 2005: Crossing the Threshold
- June 5, 2005: The Wondrous Willow
- May 22, 2005: The Blessed You
- May 15, 2005: Recognition Sunday
Credo Statement: Abbott Cowen
Credo Statement: Nathan Wallace
Sermon:Our Children, Ourselves
- May 8, 2005: Our Mothers, Ourselves
- May 1, 2005: May Day
- April 10, 2005: Faith Works
- March 27, 2005: Again and Again
- March 20, 2005: Truth and Liberty
- March 6, 2005: On Our Watch
- February 27, 2005: What I Wish I Had Said
- February 20, 2005: Snow on Snow
- February 6, 2005: With Hand and Heart and Mind
- January 16, 2005: The Privilege of Power
- January 9, 2005: We Believe in Miracles
- December 24, 2004: A Christmas Homily
- December 19, 2004: The Tablecloth and More
- December 19, 2004: Room in the Inn.
- December 12, 2004: This Little Light of Mine
- December 5, 2004: Please, Thank You, Excuse Me
- November 21, 2004: A Shared Harvest
- November 14, 2004: Take Me Out to the Ball Game
- November 7, 2004: What Now?
- October 31, 2004: What’s Scary?
- October 24, 2004: Interesting Times
- October 10, 2004: From Ripe to Sere
- October 3, 2004: Never Take an Engineer to a Laundromat
- September 26, 2004: Hope
- September 19, 2004: Community
- September 12, 2004: Good Morning!
