I was at a meeting earlier this week with my minister colleagues from the Unitarian Universalist churches in this area. … Read more If We Agree in Love
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.
In Times of Change
For the next few weeks, I want to focus in our worship on the issue of leadership. What qualities are… Read more In Times of Change
Who’s In Charge?
Today, we worship just two days before the mid-term elections. I could add to the incidents of violence that we… Read more Who’s In Charge?
UUCLB History
One Hundred and Five years ago, this church, was founded. Here’s how the event is described on our church’s website:… Read more UUCLB History
Good Enough, Smart Enough, Strong Enough
Twentieth Century Unitarianism took on a strong humanist bent that continues to influence (if not define) us today. Has the… Read more Good Enough, Smart Enough, Strong Enough
The Rainbow Connection
The fringe Unitarian theology of Transcendentalism (which eventually took over the whole of the faith) holds that every human has… Read more The Rainbow Connection
Love and Justice
The core theology of the Universalist side of our history is that God’s primary character is love, not justice. So… Read more Love and Justice
At Most One God
The nominal theology of our historic faith, that God is a unity not a trinity, may seem obscure to us. … Read more At Most One God
Wellness of the Body
Lastly we arrive at the wellness dimension of the physical body, our strength and our capacity to bounce back from… Read more Wellness of the Body
Wellness of the Heart and Soul
From wellness of the mind, last week, we turn this week toward the dimensions of wellness that lie in the… Read more Wellness of the Heart and Soul