Arlington Street Church — Attraction in Boston

It's a beautiful church and we decided to stop in to check out the sanctuary and the service. Even though there was a clear sign to enter through the side door, and an employee let us in, we were questioned as to how we got in, why we were there, what kind of masks we're wearing (despite being fully vaccinated) and felt totally unwelcomed. To top it off, when we went to the upper section, we were, in a very obvious way, followed by one of the employees... did they think we were going to steal the pews or something?? Overall, not a pleasant experience and I suggest enjoying the church from...

It's a good denomination, because it specifically reaches out spiritually to include gay people, and it makes that clear, as a central group of its membership. In fact, its name, as a religion, "universallist", IS the term for the plane of spiritual progress - of including everyone - above! the age of believers, which was Christianity (they only had one universalist, Jesus). However, in some way, they are waging "hell" on earth, and have been forever in the predicted tolerance of gay people, and are succeeding; so that many people might still need a more precise hope in a literally...

I attended a Sunday service when I was visiting my daughter.The building is beautiful. The sermon and the music were both uplifting. One of the musicians performed a Bob Dylan song in honor of his receiving the 2016 Nobel Prize in Literature "for having created new poetic expressions within the great American song tradition". I love this denomination because EVERYONE is welcome, reason is valued as much as faith, and inspiration can come from many sources. It's not about what you profess to believe, or what happens after this life, but about how we are now,...