Welcome!
This website is intended as a window into the community that is Church of Our Saviour. You will find information about our services and programs, about our activities for children, and our efforts to reach out to others. Beyond that you will read stories of our life together as a spiritual community that tells you a bit about who we are.
What makes us really want to be here, however, lies beyond these pages in the warmth and care of the people who make this their church. We hope you will join us on Sunday morning at 10 AM (childcare provided), and consider making Church of Our Saviour your spiritual home.
COS Reads: Summer Reading
June 6, 2009 •
Guest columnist this month for COS Reads is Joy Ackerman, Ph.D., Chair of the Department of Environmental Studies at Antioch University New England, who specializes in spirit and place. Her dissertation, about a place near and dear to many of us, was Walden: A Sacred Geography. Following are a few of her suggestions for summer reading. (more…)
COS Surfs: Radiolab
June 6, 2009 •
This month’s website recommendation is Radiolab, a show about curiosity, available for download as a podcast. Their website tells us “each episode is an investigation—a patchwork of people, sounds and stories centered on one big idea.” The shows often feature interviews with science types who explain the research related to the idea under discussion. It originates at WNYC and is heard on 150 stations around the country. Clearly, there are a lot of curious people around! If you’re one of them, catch up on recent episodes on Choice, Sperm, Race, Diagnosis, and Yellow Fluff and other Curiosities.
COS Reads: My Sister, Alicia May
May 2, 2009 •
From the Boston Globe comes news of a special book by a local author that will be of particular interest to families with young children. My Sister, Alicia May, by Nancy Tupper Ling, is the story of two young girls, one of whom has Down syndrome. Nancy Tupper Ling wrote this not just about these two real sisters, but about anyone who has a sibling or a friend. Although written for children ages 4-8, Ling does not over-simplify. As Beverly Beckham says, “It is the story of what it’s like to love someone. Sometimes the people you love most irritate you the most. Sometimes you want to pretend you don’t know them. Sometimes you don’t want them tagging along. Sometimes you’re so proud of them you want to tell the world.” (more…)
COS Surfs: Open Culture
May 2, 2009 •
Open Culture is a veritable goldmine! It describes itself as an aggregator for the best free cultural and educational media on the web. It links you to audio, podcasts, and videos. You will find hundreds of free audiobooks to download, collections of free university courses (from schools some of us know and love), links to all the available podcasts from major universities all over the world, and links to podcasts from major business and law schools. There are links to the audio, podcasts, or videos from cultural programs all over the world, such as the CBC’s Best of Ideas, France Culture: Répliques, Deutsche Welle: Inspired Minds, and the Council on Foreign Relations. If music is more your thing, there are links to concerts worldwide, including our own Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum and discussions in blogs and podcasts on everything from Yo Yo to Bono. Religion links of all kinds are found, of pretty good quality as indicated by a link to a certain talk given at Grace Cathedral in San Francisco. Something about Judas… Once you find this site there is simply no excuse for watching Law & Order re-runs! Check it out at www.openculture.com.
