Hope is the thing with feathers..." wrote poet Emily Dickenson.  But what happens in those times when we can't hear or feel hope fluttering inside us?  Does hope really die, or can it evolve?  We will explore these and other questions and seek a fuller understanding of what it means to hope.

Janet Parsons is currently serving as the intern minister at First Parish in Waltham.  She is a graduate of Andover Newton Theological School, and is planning for her ordination in March.  Janet's call to the Unitarian Universalist ministry evolved over the past several years, through active lay leadership, as a staff member at a local UU church, and through extensive service work in the Gulf Coast in the wake of Hurricane Katrina.  She is devoted to her two young adult sons, to Unitarian Universalism, and to fostering and sustaining community and connection across boundaries.