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Rick Hoyt-McDaniels

Author, Artist, Composer

Category: Sermons

As a minister for thirty years, I wrote nearly a thousand sermons. These are the most recent. Sermons from August, 2022 on were written for the Unitarian Universalist Church of Studio City. I’m especially proud of the sermons I wrote during my last year (September 2024 through June 2025) when I tried to close my ministry with some final thoughts about fundamental spiritual issues.

Building Up a World

Posted on December 1, 2019 by Rick

Spiritual practice can be done in community (like at a church), or alone, or, also, in public.  Many Unitarian Universalists… Read more Building Up a World

The Soul of Nature

Posted on November 17, 2019November 17, 2019 by Rick

Second only, perhaps, to Sunday worship, communion with nature is the most common spiritual practice for Unitarian Universalists.  When we… Read more The Soul of Nature

For All That Is Our Life

Posted on November 10, 2019November 11, 2019 by Rick

Many folks make a personal spiritual practice of reflecting on their lives.  Mindfulness is a way of observing life closely… Read more For All That Is Our Life

I Will Pray

Posted on October 20, 2019November 11, 2019 by Rick

         We make space for prayer and meditation in our Sunday worship, but prayer is also an individual spiritual practice for… Read more I Will Pray

Let It Be a Dance

Posted on October 13, 2019September 14, 2020 by Rick

Dance and other forms of movement can be a spiritual practice.  Yoga explicitly is about joining the mind and body… Read more Let It Be a Dance

Let Us Break Bread Together

Posted on October 6, 2019October 29, 2019 by Rick

Many religions include a spiritual practice around eating a communal meal (The Eucharist, the Passover Seder) or not eating (fasting… Read more Let Us Break Bread Together

Come Sing a Song With Me

Posted on September 22, 2019October 29, 2019 by Rick

Making music is a powerful form of spiritual practice for many.  In church, Unitarian Universalists sing hymns, sing in the… Read more Come Sing a Song With Me

Come Sunday

Posted on September 15, 2019September 14, 2020 by Rick

The most familiar form of spiritual practice for most Unitarian Universalists is our Sunday gathering:  our communal practice of joining… Read more Come Sunday

Practice, Practice, Practice

Posted on September 8, 2019October 29, 2019 by Rick

Several years ago, after I had already been a minister for several years, I had a woman in my congregation… Read more Practice, Practice, Practice

Taxes

Posted on August 25, 2019November 5, 2019 by Rick

I’ve been having some fun this summer preaching about topics that don’t usually get talked about in polite society, or… Read more Taxes

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