There is much to do – this new year more than ever – in relation to the critically important issues that face our nation and the world. But whatever we do to contribute to this work, we can also “affect the quality of the day,” as Thoreau put it in Walden, naming this “the highest … Continue reading The Highest of Arts

Rev. Ken Read-Brown, who has served First Parish UU in Hingham (Old Ship Church) since 1987, will be preaching on “Necessary Beauty.”  Is beauty just a pleasant frill in our lives?  Or is beauty every bit as essential as truth and goodness to the health of our souls and the health of our shared lives … Continue reading Necessary Beauty