Ben Soule

Ben Soule

Ben Soule is a life-long UU, attending First Parish in Lexington since childhood. He is a Worship Associate, allowing/requiring him to put finger to keypad. He apologizes to those in other parts of the world that his perspective is unabashedly New England-centric.

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We light this chalice, the symbol of our faith, knowing that this morning many others across this land and around the world are doing the same. For us and for our far-flung kin it is a light of peace, of justice, and of love....

Chalice Lighting | By Ben Soule | January 7, 2019 | From WorshipWeb
Tagged as: Commitment, Connections, Faith, Hope, Interdependence, Justice, Living Our Faith, Love, Peace, Sacred, Unitarian Universalism, Worship
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We feel the season turning. The early sunset glancing through the red-tinged leaves. The newspaper arriving in the cool morning air. The flock of migrating swallows. A feeling of being on the edge of something new. These are the Days of Awe. A time to welcome a new year and a time to make the old...

Opening | By Ben Soule | January 7, 2019 | From WorshipWeb
Tagged as: 3rd Principle (Acceptance & Spiritual Growth), Awe, Conscience, Contemplation, Judaism, Mindfulness, Peace, Reconciliation, Rosh Hashanah, Sacred, Wonder, Yom Kippur, Worship
A night sky with a band of stars

Let us hold a quiet moment now as we light our Chalice. Henry David Thoreau wrote in his journal on February 2nd, 1841: "A child asked his father what became of the old moon, and he said it was cut up into stars." Consider the light. Light out of darkness. Light begets light....

Chalice Lighting | By Ben Soule | March 15, 2018 | From WorshipWeb
Tagged as: Awe, Humanism, Science, Secular, Unitarian Universalism, Unitarianism, Wonder
On a bare, frozen branch, a bubble forms frost patterns

Let us hold a quiet moment together as our chalice is lit. As the wild wind bites, so does the still flame warm us. As the deep snows block our doors, so does the gentle flame bring us out....

Chalice Lighting | By Ben Soule | January 23, 2018 | From WorshipWeb
Tagged as: 3rd Principle (Acceptance & Spiritual Growth), Challenge, Community, Earth-Centered, Imbolc / Brighid's Day / Candlemas, Integrity, Relationships, Winter, Winter Solstice / Yule
On a kitchen towel, a basket of eggs and a jar of deep red pickling liquid.

Hold fast to summer. Enjoy with heightened appreciation these still-warm September days. Create more memories, take more pictures. Enjoy a bit of denial. Suck all the summer sweetness out of your sun-warmed garden tomatoes. Smile at someone. Squeeze a hand. Put up some jam or pickles....

Affirmation | By Ben Soule | December 14, 2017 | From WorshipWeb
Tagged as: Autumnal Equinox, Beauty, Earth, Earth-Centered, Gratitude, Joy, Nature, Summer, Wonder
From a distance, a group of people is silhouetted by a vibrant sunset.

Out of the darkness, light. Out of the light, warmth. Out of the warmth, joy. Out of the joy, togetherness. May this flame hold us for the time we are here with one another.

Chalice Lighting | By Ben Soule | February 7, 2017 | From WorshipWeb
Tagged as: Caring, Community, Connections, Joy, Presence, Unitarian Universalism, Unity
Seen from above, a person's hands cradle a mug of cocoa. Also visible is their torso wrapped in a wool blanket.

Now has come hard winter, With whip of wind and slash of snow and the diamond-bright stars in the black ice of the heavens. Just as we resist the season with shovel and scraper, wool and windbreaker, we embrace it with sled and snowboard, cocoa and comforter. Winter is here: let us find warmth in...

Opening | By Ben Soule | February 7, 2017 | From WorshipWeb
Tagged as: Acceptance, Balance, Beauty, Direct Experience, Earth-Centered, Grace, Nature, Secular, Winter

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