Sermons, Poems, and Meditations
This page contains recent sermons of our current settled minister, Rev.
Dr. Jan Carlsson-Bull. To read sermons, meditations and poems of ministers,
members and guests of First Parish, past and present, please click here.
Rev. Dr. Jan Carlsson-Bull
Sermons:
- 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 27, 2008: Story of Marie Sandford, M.D.
- 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!
Last Updated May 19, 2008
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