Ash Wednesday For you shall go out in joy, and be led back in peace; the mountains and the hills before you shall burst into song, and all the trees of the field shall clap their hands. Instead of the thorn shall come up the cypress; instead of the brier shall come up the myrtle; and […]
Devotionals
Lenten Devotionals – 2025
Lenten Devotional 2025: Deep and Wide: Becoming Beloved Community Again, this year, Edwards Church will create our own Lenten Devotional, with a reflection available each day during Lent (via email, Facebook, and on the website). We need your creativity to make this happen! Your reflections could be in the form of a prayer, a poem, […]
UCC Environmental Justice Minister to Teach Effective Federal Advocacy Techniques for Climate Legislation
With the new presidential administration starting, many have been moved to get more actively involved in important social justice issues such as the Climate Crisis. On December 17, 2024, Peggy Harrison and Ronda Yeomans represented the Environmental Justice Team (EJT) at a Climate Justice Advocacy webinar presented via the UCC national church. The webinar featured […]
Climate Caroling at Logan Airport
Singing Christmas carols with new lyrics reflecting the climate emergency we find ourselves in has become an Extinction Rebellion Boston annual event. XR, as it is also called, is an international grassroots organization formed in 2018 that aims to raise awareness of the rapid warming of our planet and promote a sustainable future. Supporting East […]
Sustainable Gifting
A More Sustainable Gifting Experience? I don’t know about you, but around about this time of year, I become cynical and saddened by the commercialization of Christmas. This year, the Environmental Justice Team had an idea. How about giving folks some ideas for a meaningful & more sustainable holiday experience? Here are some ideas […]
Celebrating our impact
In recent weeks, the Justice and Love in Action Team (formerly the Board of Wider Mission) has received correspondence from several organizations we support, letting us know that our efforts make a huge difference. Here are some updates. For several years, the African Community Education Project in Worcester has received Seeds of Grace grants […]
Gardening in the Alley
Matthew 25:34-40; Luke 15:3-6; Matthew 11:28-30 They took us to the alley–and the doorways and the park bench and the late-night restrooms. Garrett and Leigh–one homeless, one recently housed, both on the staff of common cathedral’s City Reach youth weekend. I have attended the overnight twice, each time with a confirmation class. Garrett took Jacob […]
What has Open and Affirming Meant for Me?
A Devotion by Willie Sordillo I write on the evening of the day one of my closest friends for over 40 years died. George was a multi-talented musician whose primary instrument was piano, but who also played double bass, clarinet, sang and could tap dance if called to. He was my musical partner on many […]
Kind Notes
A Devotion by Willie Sordillo The poet Naomi Shihab Nye says: Before you know what kindness really isyou must lose things Before you know kindness as the deepest thing inside,you must know sorrow as the other deepest thing. More than two months into the altered world of sheltering in place and social distancing, we’re all too […]
10 Years Later…
A Devotion by Liz Garrigan-Byerly Start children off on the way they should go, and even when they are old they will not turn from it. Proverbs 22:6 Tenth grade was a tough year for me. I was going through a lot personally and to protect myself, I wore an armor of sarcasm and self-sufficiency […]