Sunday, November 30
With Rev. Bruce Taylor and the Marlborough Baha’i Community
This Sunday service represents a collaboration between our two faith communities. Together we will share some of the treasures of our traditions in word, song and silence. We will reflect on the meaning of gratitude as a cornerstone of our faiths, [ … ]
Sunday, November 23
A Soul Matters Sharing Circle
Gratitude is essential. It’s not simply a nice “extra” to get around to when we can. Or to put it another way, we aren’t built for constant striving and the pursuit of more. Instead, we need moments of pause in which we are filled and [ … ]
Sunday, November 16
With Rev. Dr. Cynthia Landrum and Rev. Bruce Taylor
In this week’s service, our congregation welcomes members and leaders of First Parish Church of Stow & Acton into our sanctuary, deepening our friendship as we consider the possibility of merging. This joint service will include musical gifts from both congregations, [ … ]
Trees are letting go of their leaves, and days are letting go of hours of sunlight. It is natural, we say. It is autumn. Yet, when the seasons of our lives change, whether slowly or abruptly, we often find it hard to let [ … ]
Sunday, November 2
With Rev. Bruce Taylor
This Sunday, at the cusp of harvest time, we will welcome Cotter and Vivian McAvoy into the heart of this faith community. Then we will reflect on the Indigenous teaching of three sisters – corn, beans and squash – and their life-giving example of [ … ]
Compassion is not just niceness and thoughtful feelings. It’s about something deeper: an impulse that drives us to action. Indeed, that may be compassion’s defining characteristic; it is distinguished by doing. To feel the pain of another, empathy has that covered. But compassion takes it [ … ]
