During the season of Halloween, we see images of mice, worms and other animals considered creepy crawly. However, these living beings have important lessons to teach us about family unity. This sermon engages with the seventh principal of respect for the independent web of all existence.

Francesca Cipriani is a second-year Master of Divinity candidate at Harvard Divinity School. Currently she is on a leave of absence, giving herself time to focus on some of the “big questions” around her life and theology. She works as a Church Administrator at a local Methodist Church and volunteers at the Cambridge Interfaith Sanctuary Coalition. Francesca is from New Jersey and loves boardwalk food and gardening.