Blending Our Callings

Rev. Tony Lorenzen reflects on the process of blending his calling to ministry with the congregation’s call to ministry and how this requires practicing healthy communication skills important to any committed relationship.    

Hope and Resistance

Rev. Tony Lorenzen reflects on the life and work of Rev. Norbert Capek and how his ministry during the Nazi occupation of Prague might inspire us in living out our own faith today.

Coming of Age Credos 2016

Hopedale Unitarian Parish’s Coming of Age class share their credos – or personal faith statements – with the congregation as part of their Coming of Age ceremony.  Analogous to a Christian Confirmation or a Jewish Bar/t Mitzvah, the Unitarian Univeralist Coming of Age process is seen as a first major step into becoming an adult […]

Through the Other’s Eyes

Rev. Tony Lorenzen reflects on the grace or blessing we receive when we are open to seeing the world through another’s eyes and how privilege affects our ability and inability to hear and accept as valid the experience and perception of “the other.”

The Grace Scale and Emergent Universalism

Rev. Tony Lorenzen reflects on the “Grace Scale”, a sociological tool developed by the late Catholic priest and novelist Andrew Greeley that demonstrated strong positive correlations between people’s image of God and world view, cultural attitudes, and political preferences. Rev. Tony suggests Unitarian Universalism is helping to generate a more grace filled religious landscape and […]

A Thought that Changed the World

Rev. Tony Lorenzen reflects on the theological concept of Grace as understood by the early Christian Church, classical Universalists, and contemporary theologians such as Philip Gulley and U2. Grace is still a viable spiritual foundation for Unitarian Universalism in the 21st century.

Turn the World Around

Rev. Tony Lorenzen and Dona Neely reflect on the global climate crisis and how what seem to be like small changes in our individual and group behavior can truly turn the world around for the better and help to heal our damaged planet.

Welcoming the Stranger

Rev. Tony Lorenzen reflects on welcoming the stranger, the meaning of home and family, refugees, immigration and how radical welcoming requires treating new comers as family not as guests.

Installation of Rev. Tony Lorenzen (entire worship service audio)

The audio of the entire worship service installing The Rev. Tony Lorenzen as the 16th settled minister of Hopedale Unitarian Parish.

Wide Awake, Into the World

Rev. Josh Pawelek of Unitarian Universalist Society: East in Manchester, CT preaches shared missional ministry at the installation of Rev. Tony Lorenzen.  Rev. Pawelek encourages Hopedale Unitarian Parish and Rev. Tony to move beyond the walls of the church, take the “red pill,” wake up from the Matrix, and be a people on mission to […]