Rev. Dan’s Writing
From the Associate Minister of RE – Rev. Dan Harper
Midweek meditation
Several months ago I was rehearsing with the choir, which generously welcomes sporadic participants like me, when we turned to a piece I knew I’d sung before. It turned out that the choir had sung it at my installation here, 13 years earlier, and then it came back to me: I had been a choir ...Midweek Meditation
Midweek MeditationMidweek meditation
There are lots of hymns that express my religion. And there are lots of popular-genre songs that express my thoughts on various and sundry secular matters. But what’s rare is a song that sings like a pop song while also getting right to the heart of religious questions. Jessica Martin, with what she calls “an ...Susan Owicki
We come to UUCPA to transform ourselves, each other, and the world. What I love most about this church right now is that all of you are helping me work on transforming myself. It’s all because of the election. In recent years, I’ve pretty much avoided news, especially political news. It’s a mental health choice. After the ...Weaving the Web
Where did our benediction come from? Dan and I were talking one day about different ways to end the service. For a long time it has ended with applause, which feels like a strange sound to have ringing in our ears as we leave—as if we have been to a performance. I wanted something that ...