Human beings see beauty everywhere: beautiful paintings, beautiful buildings, a beautiful sunset. Of course we recognize beautiful people, too, in… Read more A Beautiful World
Category: Sermons
It’s All in Who You Know
Social change begins with relationship-building. Reach out. Keep reaching out. Really listen. “Break not the circle of enabling love… ’till… Read more It’s All in Who You Know
Unfinished Business
Jesus died just as his ministry reached its most powerful point. Easter celebrates the miracle that Jesus lives again and… Read more Unfinished Business
Making Peace
Google “spirituality” and you’ll get images of quiet prayer, serene meditation, or a blissed-out moment of disconnection. We think of… Read more Making Peace
The Ability to Achieve Purpose
Because we reflexively think of power as “power over” power can be seen as a negative for Unitarian Universalists. But… Read more The Ability to Achieve Purpose
Laughing with the Buddha, and Others
Why is religion so serious? Ultimately, shouldn’t we be having fun? Jesus is usually portrayed as a sorrowful or suffering… Read more Laughing with the Buddha, and Others
The Deeper Mind
With a smart phone at hand, and a powerful search engine, we have banished the anxiety of not knowing. Now… Read more The Deeper Mind
The Face of God
Theology has much to say about the attributes of God, omnipotence, omniscience, love, justice, and so on, but what about… Read more The Face of God
Something Larger Than Myself
The first step of a spiritual life is recognizing that there exists something larger than myself, something which contains and… Read more Something Larger Than Myself
The Right Rules
Communities, large and small, thrive when they are ordered according to helpful, and respected rules. Drive on the right side… Read more The Right Rules