Rev. Victoria Weinstein

Continuing in our series on the Seven Deadly Sins, we look at Greed, perhaps the most morally confusing of the vices. In America, greed also goes by the name “having it all,” and “the good life.” In a society afflicted by “affluenza,” do we really want to get well?.

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Rev. Victoria Weinstein

The resurrection story told at Easter is a mystical experience that was captured in time by the gospel writers thousands of years ago. Today we celebrate the Easter not as a one-time event centering on one man, but as rather a statement about how the Holy works in all our lives – and is still working in our lives. We are all being raised, and always being raised.

Rev. Victoria Weinstein

Another of the Seven Deadly Sins

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Rev. Victoria Weinstein

There is red-hot anger that burns non-productively, and the white-hot anger that theologian Rebecca Parker calls “benevolent rage.” Is Anger really a deadly sin? Not if it’s used in the service of transformation.

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Rev. Victoria Weinstein

In her second in the Seven Deadly Sins series, our minister looks at perhaps the most truly emotionally non-productive of the 7, Envy.

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Rev. Victoria Weinstein

In the first of a series on contemporary takes on the Seven Deadly Sins, we look at pride, the first of the bunch. We’ve heard that pride cometh before a fall, but life experience tells us that pride, legitimate pride, can also come after failure.

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Rev. Victoria Weinstein

On the anniversary of the founding of our congregation in 1642, we reflect on spiritual friendship and the inspiration and challenge we get from each other. I will share some passages written between two very dear Unitarian friends, James Freeman Clarke and Margaret Fuller.

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Rev. Victoria Weinstein

I have heard recently that loneliness is contagious, and I read an alarming study last year that claimed that obesity is contagious. My goodness. What with the H1N1 virus and all these warnings about catching loneliness and corpulence from each other, maybe we should all find a separate mountaintop and live there alone. My friends, the human condition is contagious, and thank God for that.

Rev. Victoria Weinstein

A reflection on the wilderness experience of teen life, and what it means to all of us.

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Rev. Victoria Weinstein

The season of Advent is all about finding the spirit of the child within. Philosopher Paul Ricouer coined the phrase “second naivete” to describe the religious faith we can develop after we have passed through the critical dismissal of literal beliefs.

Rev. Victoria Weinstein

Kodak Moments: Ordinary Life As a Work Of Art

Rev. Victoria Weinstein

Vampires are back in a big way, my friends. They’re stalking the New York Times best-seller list, topping the lists of DVD rentals, dominating television and cable network ratings, and raking in hundreds of millions at the box office.

Rev. Victoria Weinstein

Here is how Ralph Waldo Emerson described what I am trying to say:

"A person will worship something, have no doubt about that. We may think our tribute is paid in secret in the dark recesses of our hearts, but it will out. That which dominates our imaginations and our thoughts will determine our lives, and our character. Therefore, it behooves us to be careful what we worship, for what we are worshipping we are becoming."

Rev. Victoria Weinstein

We "gather in hope, compassion and strength/Gather to celebrate once again" our beloved community and its call to love and to serve. In consideration of the fortieth anniversary of the lunar landing, we reflect on peak moments in human and individual achievement, and the inevitable valleys of the same.