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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.

Death

Posted on August 18, 2019October 25, 2019 by Rick

I’ve been preaching this summer about some of those big, fundamental, categories of our lives that we usually don’t talk… Read more Death

Sex

Posted on July 28, 2019October 25, 2019 by Rick

The summer months are technically the final months of the previous church year.  We haven’t begun the new year yet,… Read more Sex

Religion

Posted on July 21, 2019October 29, 2019 by Rick

Religious forces are behind many of the most serious conflicts and debates of our time.  What is it about religion… Read more Religion

Politics

Posted on July 7, 2019September 14, 2020 by Rick

A month ago, for the fourth of July holiday, my husband Jim and I attended a party at a friend’s… Read more Politics

It Is Good

Posted on June 16, 2019October 29, 2019 by Rick

At the end of each day of creation, according to Genesis, God looked at what God had made and pronounced… Read more It Is Good

Making Connections Through Music

Posted on June 2, 2019October 25, 2019 by Rick

Making music, listening to music, dancing to music, music brings people together like nothing else.  In worship, music connects us… Read more Making Connections Through Music

50th Anniversary of Stonewall

Posted on May 19, 2019November 13, 2023 by Rick

50 years ago, in the early morning hours of June 28, 1969, a Saturday, the New York Police Department launched… Read more 50th Anniversary of Stonewall

Asylum

Posted on May 12, 2019October 25, 2019 by Rick

Our UU value of world community puts us in partnership with people fleeing violence, poverty, and persecution in their home… Read more Asylum

From the Ground Up

Posted on April 28, 2019October 25, 2019 by Rick

Part One:  “A Flower Blooming at Your Door” I spent a week in Washington DC a couple of weeks ago,… Read more From the Ground Up

Love and Hope

Posted on April 21, 2019October 25, 2019 by Rick

Part One:  “A Flower Blooming at Your Door” I spent a week in Washington DC a couple of weeks ago,… Read more Love and Hope

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