Rev. Kendyl Gibbons

What Love Says

Feb 18, 2024

Beloved Community, Sermon, Spiritual Biography, Unitarian Universalism

church planting, megachurch, megachurch envy, Pathways Church, Perfectionism, Rainer Maria Rilke, Rev. Bill Sinkford, Rev. David Bumbaugh, Rev. Kendyl Gibbons, Tom Bandy, UUA Rapid Start Large Church Project

Have you ever learned anything the hard way? You’re past it, right now, and, as you look back over your shoulder, you go, “Whoa! That was hard–and I learned so much.” If you’ve ever learned anything the hard way, say with me “OH YEAH” OH YEAH. Now maybe, this minute, you’re in the messy middle…
Religion For Atheists

Apr 2, 2023

Love and Justice, Science and Spirituality, Sermon, Spiritual Biography, Spirituality, Unitarian Universalism, World Religions

Absolute Atheism, Alain de Botton, Albert Camus, Atheism, Humanism, Relative Atheism, Rev. Kendyl Gibbons

When I was 15 years old, I considered myself the most open-minded person around. Oh, I did. I was intelligent, well read, and don’t forget, sensitive. I was a figure skater, after all. This was not an opinion shared by my high-school English teacher, however. Mrs. Starkey was short and solid, had a flip in…