Have Faith in Democracy First Parish of Sudbury Rev. Katie Lee Crane, preaching Make a religious commitment to democracy. Have faith and vote! OPENING WORDS, Rev. Katie Lee Crane Sound the alarm early and loud. Wake the nation. Fill the car with neighbors. Drive...
Linus Shaw: Patriot and Prophet? Our worthy fathers bled In freedom's cause: That we, their offspring might Enjoy this glorious light, Of Liberty and right And equal laws. - The Rev. Mr. Linus Shaw, 1831 OPENING WORDS Today, I'm going to talk about the eighth minister...
First Parish Reflects on Margaret Fuller, the “great woman” behind Emerson and Transcendentalism.
Margaret Fuller (1810-1850) was an author, editor, journalist, literary critic, educator, Transcendentalist, women’s rights advocate, mother, and life-long Unitarian. Her work is still largely forgotten or ignored except by scholars. Rev. Katie Lee Crane “discovered” Fuller’s work accidentally when she was assigned to write a college paper on one of the Transcendentalists. Everyone else on the professor’s list had already been selected by the other students; only Margaret Fuller remained. It sent one young student on a quest of discovery that led to a life-long fascination with the person she believes was “the great woman” behind Ralph Waldo Emerson and the movement he is credited with founding: Transcendentalism. For more about Fuller, see: www.margaretfuller.org .
We Are All Heretics; The Gnostic Gospels Sunday Worship, Feb. 11, 2007 Ms. Alorie Parkhill and Rev. Katie Lee Crane Truth is as mysterious as God, and as sacred. It sustains and kills. It is always dangerous. Source unknown OPENING WORDS There are a lot of stories...