When she died in November of 2010, Harriette Anderson had been a member of our church for 82 years! She officially joined in 1928 at age 17 and was a fountain of stories and church history. She loved to recall how the whole city of Concord closed up for the Unitarian May Day party and … Continue reading Hobos in the Church
The theme this month is Widening the Circle Check out the latest issue of Parish Notes for all the happenings that are happening this month. 😉 Click Here
The Concord Coalition to End Homelessness announced: The Emergency Winter Shelter opened on December 1! It runs out of the former First Church, where the Resource Center is also housed due to Covid. For the first 2 weeks the shelter was 100% run by CCEH employees, but since Dec.15 volunteers are welcomed once again for … Continue reading As winter shelter opens for season, housing crisis looms
Our theme for exploration this month is “Opening to Joy.” December is the month where we are most likely to feel pressure to be cheerful, to smile for the camera, go to parties, decorate, give gifts… but we can go through those motions without experiencing any joy at all. If we are depressed, grieving, stressed … Continue reading Opening to Joy
As Lucy Hone put it in her 2019 TEDTalk: “Resilient people get that ‘sh*t’ happens.” She had been studying resilience for over a decade, was familiar with the research, yet found it woefully inadequate when forced to find her own resilience in the aftermath of a car accident that killed her 12-year-old daughter. During the … Continue reading Cultivating Resilience
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I love The Energy Gang. Though motivated by the perils of climate change, it is the podcast that most consistently leaves me hopeful and upbeat about the future. This digest on energy, cleantech and the environment tackles topics as diverse as climate-focused venture capital, the clash of gas bans in buildings, and stopping the “money … Continue reading The Future is Electric
We had been walking for about two hours, leaving the town of Dilijan behind, heading into the surrounding woods, when we saw the ancient stones marking the entrance. We were standing before the Matosavank monastery, built in 1247. “Let’s go inside,” I nudged Daniel, my son, who had brought me to this place. It was … Continue reading Our Sacred Space
As I sit to write these words, it is a perfect summer day. A cool front has cleared out the smoke from the western wildfires, and my windows are open to take in the pleasant breeze. Yesterday’s meeting of the Pandemic Policy Team (PPT), however, still casts a shadow on my mood. We are returning … Continue reading Faith Development for Children in Uncertain Times
Throughout our lives, we are changing, learning, growing – we may feel we are pretty much the same person we were yesterday, and we may expect that we will wake up tomorrow as pretty much the same person we are now, yet in truth we are always in a process of becoming. This is true … Continue reading Becoming
