Unitarian Universalism
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If you are here for the first time, it might not be unreasonable for me to assume that you were expecting to hear about a certain Christian doctrine that many (not all!) but many strands of Christianity affirm: the bodily resurrection of Jesus. For many folks, Easter and Jesus’ physical resurrection go together like peanut…
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Part 1 Some time ago I posted on Facebook one of my all-time favorite Unitarian Universalist jokes: How many UUs (that’s how we shorten our VERY LONG NAME) does it take to change a lightbulb? Here’s the answer: We choose not to make a statement either in favor of or against the need for a…
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PART 1 When I am frightened, will you reassure me? When I’m uncertain, will you hold my hand? Will you be strong for me, sing to me quietly? Will you share some of your stories with me? Because: When a parent or spouse or partner is soon to die, or has died…. When it…
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Dear Robert Fulghum, You don’t know me, but I’m a big fan. You’re a Unitarian Universalist minister, like me, and years ago I had the chance to meet you at one of the annual business meetings of our Association, held in June. I was walking down a wide hallway, and the crowd I was in…
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I bring you greetings from this church’s partner in America, West Shore Unitarian Universalist Church in Cleveland, Ohio. All the love of West Shore, all its prayers, all its congratulations and blessings on this joyous occasion which I am capable of conveying, I convey with all my heart. And, in these next few moments, I…
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The End of Roe vs. Wade?
This was not the sermon I had planned to preach this Sunday. This is a sermon I had hoped to never preach. But here we are. Yet another shellshocking moment in our time of explosions: The COVID-19 pandemic, the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol, the Russian invasion of Ukraine, and more. And now…
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Egy Az Isten
Late last July and early August, I had the great honor of bringing greetings from West Shore to our partner church in the little village of Bagyon, in the Transylvania region of Romania. The minister there, Rev. Bela Fekete, invited me to lead a Sunday service. Since the Unitarianism there is primarily Christian Unitarianism, my…
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Journey Towards Wholeness: Exploring the 8th Principle
If you’ve been following our “Reading the Bible Again for the First Time” sermon series this year, you know that we’ve spent significant time with the story of the ancient Israelites and how they became enslaved in the land of Egypt. Through God’s might, and with the leadership of Moses, they escaped and, after 40…
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On this Easter Sunday, our year-long journey through the world’s great religious traditions, appropriately enough, stops at Christianity. But it would be an important stop for us at any time of the year, since Christianity is our direct spiritual ancestor; its very specific spiritual DNA is ours. Judaism is our grandparent tradition, and we have…
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March 28, 2021 Dear Ruth Bader Ginsburg, I wear this lace jabot in honor of you this morning, as I pen these words to your spirit which I heartily believe continues on, even as your body has ceased functioning. For 87 years, it was your dwelling place and focus for all your energies. Until the…
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