Surprised by Joy!

Inspired by CS Lewis’ autobiography Surprised by Joy, I began tracing my own life journey for memories of joy…. I am a product of adobe walls, dirt floors, canvas roofs, water wells, shadows and sunlight playing among the grape vines and pine trees, paraffin lamps...

Beyond Belief

Sermon delivered by Rev. Peter Morales at at the Unitarian Universalist Church of Arlington Virginia. As a child I attended a small Lutheran bilingual mission church in San Antonio’s west side Barrio – a tiny Protestant island in a vast Catholic sea. My mother...

Creating Peace

Sermon delivered by the Rev. Lilia Cuervo. December 7, 2014 First Parish in Cambridge Today the calendar reminds us of Pearl Harbor and the intricacies of the history surrounding it. As we might remember, Japan was at war with China. The United States was the main...