The first questions of spirituality are the questions of identity: “Who am I?” and “Who are human beings?” The Christian holiday… Read more At My Core
Category: Sermons
A Christmas Carol
The Christmas scene is so simple and so human. It’s just a family: two young parents, a new baby. The setting is… Read more A Christmas Carol
Sacred Texts
The first source of our UU faith is our personal direct experience. That will probably always be the most… Read more Sacred Texts
Goals Worth NOT Fighting For
Behind the Hanukkah story of miracles and lights is a story of religious oppression and a group of believers waging… Read more Goals Worth NOT Fighting For
Prayer and Spiritual Practice
Spiritual practice is part of the action of a faith life, how we “do” our religion. For UUs that includes… Read more Prayer and Spiritual Practice
The Personal and the Plural
The American character wrestles (very visibly, lately) between the poles of individualism and community. These poles are present, too, in… Read more The Personal and the Plural
Life and Death
As we approach the season of holidays from many traditions that reckon with the afterlife we will look at several… Read more Life and Death
Masks
Lately, we’ve all gotten to learn what it feels like to wear a mask: uncomfortable, constricting, distancing. But even without… Read more Masks
The Existence of a Higher Power
The basis of any spiritual system is the recognition of something greater than yourself: something beyond you that also includes… Read more The Existence of a Higher Power
Hello, Again!
This morning I’ll say, “Hello” for the first time to most of you. But we already know each other in… Read more Hello, Again!