First Parish Malden

Sermons from First Parish Malden, Unitarian

Podcasting since 2024 • 51 episodes

First Parish Malden

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Pride: A First Parish Holy Day - June 7, 2026

Pride is a Holy Day at First Parish in Malden. This year we’ll explore hidden history: how Queer people have always been a part of myths and how their stories often still aren’t told.

June 08, 2026 • Season 2 • Episode 28 • 14:59

The Truths and Lies of the Hero's Journey - May 17, 2026

In 1949 Joseph Campbell identified what he called a “universal story structure” of the hero’s journey that involves a hero going on an adventure, facing a crisis, and coming home changed. We’ll explore this idea, how it’s infiltrated our ideas ...

May 18, 2026 • Season 2 • Episode 27 • 14:18

The Anti War Origins of Mothers Day - May 10, 2026

UU poet and abolitionist Julia Ward Howe held the first mother’s day as an anti-war protest as a reaction to the American Civil War and the Franco-Prussian war. She believed that women held a responsibility to help shape the world we live in. I...

May 11, 2026 • Season 2 • Episode 26 • 14:53

This is How it Begins - May 3, 2026

As we explore the hero’s journey this month and finish our pledge drive we turn to the future. Who are we called to be in this moment? What possibilities lie ahead? Where are we going?

May 04, 2026 • Season 2 • Episode 25 • 19:35

Salt - April 19, 2026

The extraordinary in the ordinary. The thing that makes things more themselves. We’ll explore the spirituality of salt and how it connects us to the earth and the sacred.

April 20, 2026 • Season 2 • Episode 24 • 13:51

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