The Boston City Council has a tradition of inviting in local clergy & spiritual leaders from across the city to offer a prayer or reflection. I am grateful for my fabulous city councilor Matt O’Malley for inviting me. Here is my prayer for our city. Marriages are not simply the joining of two people, but the joining …
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Memorial for Marcia Deihl & Dedication of a Ghost Bike Sunday March 22, 2015 4pm, corner of Putnam Ave & Allston Street, Cambridge MA Rev. Laura E. Everett A note: I’ve officiated funerals, but I’ve never presided at a memorial and dedication of a Ghost Bike before. I am grateful to be entrusted with such holy work, as …
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Remembering Mayor Tom Menino, urban theologian Boston’s Mayor Tom Menino, now of blessed memory, was a religiously complex man. He grappled publicly with his tradition even as he was informed by it. He was a devout Roman Catholic who occasionally argued loudly and publicly with the leadership of his church. As the Washington Post recounted, “A Catholic in …
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