Sermons

Sermons

Here you will find published versions of sermons given by our clergy and visiting clergy, (listed by author.) You will need Adobe Acrobat to access these PDF files.

The Rev. Dr. Joshua Snyder

What Islam Has to Teach Us	January 22, 2012
Free at Last	January 15, 2012
Equality and Justice for All	January 1, 2012
Finding the Newness of Life in the Darkness	December 24, 2011
Youth: Our Future or Our Present?	December 11, 2011
Searching for the Innkeeper	December 4, 2011
We Give Thanks for the Precious Day	November 20, 2011
The New Universalism	November 6, 2011
Karma and Grace	October 30, 2011
The Way of the Force	October 23, 2011
What If It Happened Here?	October 2, 2011
The Future of Faith	September 25, 2011
Hearing the Call Again	September 11, 2011
Why Men Hate Church	June 19, 2011
Thor and Loki	May 29, 2011
What to Do With Your Aloneness	May 1, 2011
Easter Sunday - Resurrection and Other Mundane Events	April 24, 2011
Earth Day - The Jeweled Net of Indra	April 17, 2011
Every Little Thing Is Gonna Be Alright	April 3, 2011
Shaping the Next Generation	March 20, 2011
Irony of the Negative	March 6, 2011
Famous Unitarian Universalists PT Barnum	February 27, 2011
Bread or Stones	February 26, 2011
Wisdom and Listening	February 6, 2011
A Religion for the 21st Century - Relevant	January 23, 2011
A Religion for the 21st Century - Transformative	January 16, 2011
Religion for the 21st Century-Joyful	January 9, 2011
Christmas Carols for Unitarian Universalists	December 24, 2010 10:00 p.m.
Peace among Those Whom He Favors	December 5, 2010
The Evolution of Compassion	November 23, 2010
Paying in Sweat	November 7, 2010
Grief and Acceptance	October 31, 2010
Is There a 'There' There?	October 24, 2010
A Strange Freedom	October 17, 2010
The Desert of the Real	October 3, 2010
Hearing Voices in the Silence	September 19, 2010
To Boldly Go along the Path of Renewal	September 12, 2010
Called and Created: Ministry and Unitarian Universalism	June 20, 2010
We Remember	May 30, 2010
Egypt or Eden	May 23, 2010
Love Will Guide Us	May 9, 2010
Healthcare Is Making Us Sick	April 25, 2010
The Many Faces of Evil	April 18, 2010
Salvation by Character	April 4, 2010
UU Ancestors: Fredrick May Eliot	March 28, 2010
A Free Faith	March 14, 2010
Renew Beyond - We'll Build a Land	February 28, 2010
Renew Among - Beloved Community	February 21, 2010
Renew Within	February 14, 2010
Service of the Living Tradition	January 31, 2010
Simply Bow	January 24, 2010
Mercy Me Micah	January 10, 2010
Let Yourself Become Living Poetry	December 6, 2009
Put The Lady Down	November 22, 2009
It Could Never Happen Here	November 15, 2009
Day of the Dead	November 1, 2009
What's the Difference?	October 25, 2009
The Buddha in the Robot	October 18, 2009
On the Way to Mindfulness	October 4, 2009
Angels Unaware / Strangers in the Heart Rev. Dr. J. Snyder/Rev. B. Gadon	September 27, 2009
Covenants of Strength and Love	September 20, 2009
A Fish Tale	September 13, 2009
Flower Communion	June 7, 2009
Remembrance of Things Past	May 24, 2009
Can You Spare Some Change?	April 12, 2009
UU Ancestors Hosea Ballou	April 5, 2009
Hope and Courage	March 29, 2009
A Thousand Arms of Love	March 22, 2009
A New Direction	March 8, 2009
With Power and Purpose Part 3 - How Do We Relate to the Community?	February 22, 2009
With Power and Purpose part 2 - What Do We Expect of Each Other?	February 15, 2009
With Power and Purpose - Part 1 - Who Are We Anyway?	February 1, 2009
Martin Luther King and His Legacy	January 18, 2009
Service of the Living Tradition Part Two - Faith of a Mustard Seed	January 11, 2009
Service of the Living Tradition Part One	January 4, 2009
To Follow a Star	December 24, 2008
The Practice of Gratitude	November 23, 2008
Onward and Upward Forever	November 16, 2008
Democracy in America	November 9, 2008
Unto the Seventh Generation	October 26, 2008
How to Tame a Monkey	October 12, 2008
Association Sunday	October 5, 2008
Beyond Tolerance	September 28, 2008
Radical Hospitality	September 14, 2008
A Single Step	September 7, 2008
The Ministry We Do Together	April 27, 2008
The Buddha Laughs, The Buddha Weeps	April 20, 2008

The Rev. Alison Hyder

Breaking Some Eggs	January 29, 2012
Are You A Flake?	January 8, 2012
What's So Good About Feeling Bad?	December 18, 2011
Just a Reminder	November 27, 2011
A Broken Heart	October 9, 2011
A House is a Home	September 18, 2011
How Wrong Can You Be?	August 21, 2011
Ash Breeze	August 14, 2011

The Rev. Barbara Gadon

Who Could've Imagined? (Farewell Sermon)	June 12, 2011
What My Mother Gave Me	May 8, 2011
Fight What's Wrong	April 10, 2011
Blessing the Journey	March 27, 2011
A Mind is a Terrible Thing to Waste	February 20, 2011
A Courageous Life: Helen Keller	January 2, 2011
Let Peace Begin With Me	December 12, 2010
Gen X, Y, and Z	November 14, 2010
Graces Known and Unknown	October 10, 2010
Hard Times, Good News	September 26, 2010
The Rapture for Progressives	August 29, 2010
A More Interesting God	August 22, 2010
Salvation Right Now	August 1, 2010
The Spiritual Life of Food	July 18, 2010
Flowers in the Face of Fear	June 6, 2010
In Pain and in Joy	May 2, 2010
Spiritual Maturity	April 11, 2010
Shades of God: The Gifts of Humanism	March 21, 2010
Shades of God	January 3, 2010
The Menorah and the Wreath	December 13, 2009
Broken and Whole	November 29, 2009
What to Do About Lazarus	November 8, 2009
It's Not About You	October 11, 2009
Angels Unaware / Strangers in the Heart Rev. Dr. J. Snyder/Rev. B. Gadon	September 27, 2009
Persistent Miracles	August 30, 2009
The Joy of Doubt	July 12, 2009
A Response to Religious Hatred	June 28, 2009
Surrender, Dorothy	May 31, 2009
Love Your Enemies	April 26, 2009
Report from the Holy Land	April 19, 2009
You are the Light of the World	December 14, 2008
For All The Saints	November 2, 2008
Prayer: An Evolution	October 19, 2008
Spiritual Practice - Not Just for Yogis Anymore	Sept. 21, 2008
The Love that Casts Out Fear	August 24, 2008
Hunger and Abundance	June 22, 2008
Holding Both - A Sermon about the Holy Land	May 4, 2008
Service of the Living Tradition - Forgiveness	January 6, 2008

Lay Staff and Guest Speakers

The 8th Deadly Sin The Rev. Dr. Bill Shulz	November 13, 2011
Unitarian Universalism and Its Relevance Today Gini Courter	October 16, 2011
Conviction and a Call for Civility Rev. Rebekah Mongomery (no printed sermon available)	August 28, 2011
The Morality of Global Climate Change Chad Tolman	August 7, 2011
Building a Healthy Congregation The Rev. Dr. Richard Speck	July 24, 2011
Navigating Liminal Spaces Susan Madison	July 17, 2011
Can We Talk About Transcendence Jim Curtis, Ph.D.	July 10, 2011
The Abundance of Having Enough Rev. Lisa Ward	June 26, 2011
Embracing Being a Heretic for Love Rev. Rebekah Mongomery (no printed sermon available)	August 8, 2010
Twenty Years and Counting Rev. Dr. Richard Speck	July 25, 2010
A Note From Corinth Keith Goheen No printed sermon	July 11, 2010
Changing America: Prospects and Possibilities for a Fabulous Future Rev. Lyn Oglesby Ph.D.	July 4, 2010
Recapturing Sabbath Time Susan Madison No printed sermon	June 27, 2010
Where Are The Keys to the Kingdom? The Rev. Lisa Ward	Jan. 17, 2009
Meeting Our Edge Susan Madison	July 26, 2009
Keeping Our Balance The Rev. Libby Smith	July 5, 2009
A Cockeyed Optimist Shelley Page	June 14, 2009
Age of Reason Credos Catherine Williamson DRE & the 2009 Age of Reason Graduates	May 10, 2009
Cast Away and Everyman Susan Madison	May 3, 2009
Can You Hear Me Now? The Rev. Suzanne Marsh	March 15, 2009
Grace Happens The Rev. Lisa Ward	August 3, 2008