Because a congregation is a voluntary association of free individuals, with different needs and passions, living in diverse contexts, with… Read more The Work of a Church is to Be
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.
Who’s Calling?
Mission, whether a personal mission or the mission of an institution like a church, lies at the intersection of self-identity… Read more Who’s Calling?
On the Eve
Christmas Eve is the day before the world changes, the last day before the miracle comes. Because Jesus was born… Read more On the Eve
Jesus as Leader
Unitarian Christians regarded Jesus not as a supernatural savior, but as a role model of how an enlightened human person… Read more Jesus as Leader
A Leader Inspires
To know the good we can do, the joy we can bring, the beauty we can make, and so on… Read more A Leader Inspires
A Leader Models
Unitarian Universalists see the usefulness of Jesus not in a divine sacrifice, but in a human life that we can… Read more A Leader Models
Leading from the Middle
Picture a leader and perhaps you see a figure standing at the front of a group. The leader leads, the… Read more Leading from the Middle
Community First
As I begin my 26th year of ordained ministry, I am convinced that the primary work of our faith is… Read more Community First
From Generation to Generation
By the sixth or seventh decade of its life, a church enters into a time in which no member of… Read more From Generation to Generation
A New Way
Founded in 1943 as an Unity church, by the 1960s our church had become Unitarian, and later Unitarian Universalist. This… Read more A New Way