Rev. Otto Concannon
  • Home
  • About
  • Sermons
  • Publications
  • Media

Video can’t be displayed

Why We Tell Stories

Stories are how we make meaning together, how we connect with each other, how we see each other’s humanity, and how we can change this world. Given at First Parish in Malden the week after Charlie Kirk's murder.

Video can’t be displayed

A Prayer for Atheists

Given at Sanctuary Boston about whether or not atheists can pray. Sanctuary Boston is a community of mostly young adults and has a more casual worship style, as you'll see in the video.

Video can’t be displayed

How to Talk About Grief

It’s something we all experience, so why is it so hard to talk about? Let’s go beyond platitudes like “they’re in a better place” and “everything happens for a reason” and explore what it really means to talk about grief, your own or someone else’s. Given at First Parish in Malden

Video can’t be displayed

A Conversation About Race

Revs. Aisha Ansano and I share a conversation about race and racial justice, and the ways it shows up in our lives and world on Martin Luther King Jr. Day weekend. Given in lieu of the sermon at First Parish in Malden.

Video can’t be displayed

Our Ancestor's Wildest Dreams

Discusses a lot of my research about Rev. Sylvanus Cobb, the first Universalist Minister of First Parish in Malden. This sermon is now officially part of the Malden Public Library historical collection.
More sermons are available on the First Parish in Malden YouTube Page.