PUBLISHED ESSAY · NOTRE DAME MAGAZINE
Memento Mori
A personal reflection on mortality, motherhood, faith, and the love that makes our finite lives matter.
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A bigger love.
A braver faith.
A more beautiful world.
For the questioners and the hopeful. For those who believe faith should make us more human, more courageous, and more committed to one another.
Faith is a verb.IN MY OWN WORDS
“I want to know that my treasure is not in what I have kept to myself, but in the love I’ve shared with others.”
— Rev. Robin Bartlett, Memento Mori · Notre Dame Magazine
Ministry is about showing up.A LITTLE ABOUT ME
Grace, grit, and the beautiful mess of being human.
I'm an ordained minister, preacher, writer, and public theologian serving as senior pastor of First Church in Sterling, Massachusetts.
My work lives at the intersection of faith, justice, belonging, and community. I believe questions are holy, love is public, and the Gospel should be good news for people who need good news most.
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Words for the world
we're living in.
Sermons rooted in scripture, honest about the world, and stubbornly hopeful about what love can do.
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ESSAYS & REFLECTIONS
The Bigger Love✳
A journal about faith, doubt, justice, grief, joy, and the messy work of loving our neighbors.
PUBLISHED ESSAY · QUEST FOR MEANING
And Not Grow Weary
On perseverance, suffering, and the work of holding onto faith.
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Keep the Faith
Faith, justice, community, and everyday life—explored in years of published columns for the Worcester Telegram & Gazette.
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FAITH IN PUBLIC
Love thy neighbor.
Out loud.
Faith doesn't stop at the sanctuary doors. Public theology asks what it means to practice compassion, justice, and solidarity in the world we actually inhabit.
IN THE NEWS
Press & publications
Reporting, interviews, and essays from a ministry committed to making love visible.
OCTOBER 28, 2026 · THE CLINTON ITEM
Bartlett follows her path with activism
By Danielle Ray · Print profile · Pages A2 and A5
Read article ↗2021 · STERLING MEETINGHOUSE NEWS
Operation: Food is Love Celebrates One Year and Over 22,000 Meals Provided to Sterling
By Danielle Ray · First Church community ministry coverage
Read article ↗2016 · RELIGION NEWS SERVICE
Tiny churches, big hopes: Why some thrive despite the odds
Coverage of church leadership and community
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PREACHING · RETREATS · CONVERSATIONS
Let's make room
for something good.
Interested in guest preaching, a retreat, a workshop, or a conversation about faith and public life? I'd love to hear from you.
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SAY HELLO
There's room
at the table.
For invitations, collaborations, and conversations, email me at robinwbartlett@gmail.com.
Email Robin ↗FEATURED WRITING · KEEP THE FAITH · MAY 31, 2025
Follow God to the Places the Forgotten People Are
A column by Rev. Robin Bartlett, published in the Worcester Telegram & Gazette.
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