Posted in Sermon on Mar 1st, 2009 No Comments »
Sermon by Guest Preacher Reverend Mary Higgins (UU District Executive) on the need for more compassion, generosity and determination in the struggle and tension between the ideals and hopes that we always hold in our hearts and the cynicism and despair that come to us easily when we put too fine a point on detailing all the difficulties of our lives, especially in these times.
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Posted in Sermon on Feb 22nd, 2009 No Comments »
Sermon by Reverend Sarah C. Stewart on her upcoming sabbatical (Until September 2009) and what it means for both herself and the congregation. For both, there will be growth and learning as one will have a journey of scholarship and discovery and the other will be collectively taking the responsibility for a community’s continued spiritual growth and outreach.
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Posted in Sermon on Feb 15th, 2009 No Comments »
Sermon by Reverent Sarah C. Stewart on the reasoning and rationalization behind torture and capital punishment and how these compare with what justice and faith say about the inherent worth and dignity of every person
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Posted in Sermon on Feb 1st, 2009 No Comments »
A sermon by Reverend Sarah C. Stewart on the different ways that we meditate and pray, from Zen Buddhism to the prayers and Rosary Beads of christianity, and how they all strive for a kind of higher understanding of ourselves and of spirituality.
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Posted in Sermon on Jan 25th, 2009 No Comments »
Sermon by Reverend Sarah C. Stewart: Reflections on the symbolism of the week’s Inauguration and how it contrasts with the continuing struggle for equality and justice for racial and ethnic minorities, women, and people of lower incomes and disadvantaged backgrounds
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Posted in Sermon on Jan 19th, 2009 No Comments »
Sermon by Alex Livingstone on Economic Injustice, Poverty, and Racism - We can make a difference. Quotes from Martin Luther King, Jr. as spoken by the congregation are included after the sermon (at 7 minutes).
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Posted in Sermon on Jan 11th, 2009 No Comments »
A sermon by Reverend Sarah Stewart on the upcoming selection of the President of the Unitarian Universalists. Who should represent us? Is it time for a woman?
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Posted in Sermon on Jan 11th, 2009 No Comments »
Sermon by Reverend Sarah Stewart on the End of the World. Will it all end as written in the New Testament’s Revelations, or as written by our poor treatment of fellow humans and the Earth itself? Are the Revelations just predictions or a call to action?
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Posted in Sermon on Dec 21st, 2008 No Comments »
A sermon by the Reverend Sarah C. Stewart about the winter solstice.
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Posted in Sermon on Dec 14th, 2008 No Comments »
A sermon by the Reverend Sarah C. Stewart about biblical and contemporary discrimination against women
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