“I’m so busy” seems to be a universal refrain. According to Wayne Muller, “we say this to one another as if our exhaustion were a trophy, our ability to withstand stress a mark of character.” Perhaps it is time to reconsider the biblical injunction to “keep the sabbath.” Isn’t this something we all need? A … Continue reading Keeping the Sabbath
This year’s Earth Day Service, organized by the Green Sanctuary Committee, will be held on Sunday, April 19. For this service, we have been able to engage a prominent speaker: local attorney and long-time Select Board member Osler “Pete” Peterson. Mr. Peterson is the recipient of many honors by the legal profession, as well as … Continue reading Earth Day
Today there is still the conversation about the impact that gender stereotyping is having in considering women for top leadership positions. This conversation about women in leadership is not new, of course, and so on this Sunday we will look back to the Post-Civil war era and reflect on those women who dared to enter … Continue reading The Prophetic Sisterhood
