Other Writings and Reflections

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This page contains writings, meditations and poetry of ministers, members and guests of First Parish, past and present. To read recent sermons of our current settled minister, Rev. Dr. Jan Carlsson-Bull, please click here.

Megan Lynes

Guest Sermn

      •April 19, 2009 : A Promise Impossible to Break

Jory Agate,

Guest Sermon

• October 5, 2008, Welcoming Congregation Sunday: Living Out Loud
  Chalice reflection, Margie Brown

Woody Chittick,

Chalice Reflection

• April 13, 2008

Laura Sauter,

Chalice Reflection

• February 10, 2008

Elizabeth Terry,

Guest Sermon

• April 22, 2007: Sacred Spaces

Elisabeth McGregor,

Guest Sermon

• March 12, 2006: A Network of Mutuality

Eva Marx,

Guest Sermon

• February 26, 2006: A Piece of the Truth

Edwin Henneken,

Guest Sermon

• November 27, 2005: Abundance

Prof. Lincoln P. Bloomfield,

Guest Sermon

• September 18, 2005: The World and the U.S.: Empire or Community

Rev. Tricia Newport-Hart, Interim Minister (2002-2004)

Sermons:

• September 21, 2003: The Religions of our Past, and Present
• February 8, 2004: Islam I - The Sayings of the Prophet
• February 15, 2004: Islam II - Talking Together, Religiously

Rev. Elizabeth Tarbox, Former Minister (1997-1999)

Meditations:

• Gratitude
• Polar Vision
• Prayer for Compassion
• Ours is a Story of Faith

           From Evening Tide, Skinner House Books, 1998

Rev. Edward Atkinson, Former Minister (1968-1995)

Sermons & Poems:

• The Ministry of This Meeting House (poem)
• Just Words (meditations and poems)
• Ready to Love (sermon, Feb. 15, 1981)
• When Not to Help (sermon, Nov. 25, 1973)
• Celebration of Completion (sermon, May 31, 1970)

Rev. Roscoe E. Trueblood, Former Minister (1945-1949, 1951-1968)

Poems:

• Two Hundredth Anniversary
• The Silence Where Sound is Stored
• Sight Restored
• Say I Was Glad
• I Nearly Had a Thought
• Christmas in Two Parts

           From I Was Alive--And Glad,

           First Parish in Cohasset, 1971

Last Updated October 27, 2008