CLICK HERE to listen to this sermon. Donald Curtis who many have called the founder of the American Unity Church, a liberal metaphysical religion with strong Christian leanings, was known throughout the world as a leader in the effort to bring the realms of science and religion closer together. I begin this morning not with […]
Will the Truth Really Set Us Free? – October 25, 2015 (audio available)
CLICK HERE to listen to this sermon. Nobody ever joins a cult. One joins a nonprofit group that promotes green technology, animal rights, or transcendental meditation. One joins a yoga class or an entrepreneurial workshop. One joins a church. One begins practicing an Eastern religion that preaches peace and forbearance. But no one joins a […]
From Your Senior Minister: Facing Grace – November 1, 2015
November is one of my favorite months, not only for the last burst of fall color before winter, but because it contains my favorite holiday, Thanksgiving. Thanksgiving is the one holiday that conveys a spiritual truth in a secular guise. Leaving aside the unfortunate circumstances of that first thanksgiving, most of our nation does pause, […]
From Your Senior Minister: Facing Grace – October 7, 2015
We begin our second month of ministry together and I am very pleased with how enthusiastically we are embracing our mission. All around the church there is a buzz as we dream of what we could be and begin new programs. Our worship services have been especially vibrant; through music, words and song, folks are […]
Hope and Sacrifice of Reason – October 4, 2015 (audio available)
CLICK HERE to listen to this sermon. My mother, God rest her soul, was one to extol the benefits of wash and wear clothing, sadly mostly polyesters. For women of her age, wrinkle guard fabrics and treatments released her from the toils of ironing all those shirts. She thought it a great liberation from the […]
“Out of Many One” – September 27, 2015 (audio available)
CLICK HERE to listen to this sermon. “So you’re a preacher” he said. It was late about 9:30 in Chicago and it was cold, the January wind tearing at my jacket. I was standing on a train platform waiting for my two hour commute back to northern Indiana where I lived. I told him that […]
The Promise of Forgiveness – September 20, 2015 (audio available)
CLICK HERE to listen to this sermon. On October 2, 2006, Charles Roberts IV, a milk tanker driver, distraught over the death of his infant daughter, pulled up to the West Nickel Mines Amish school house in Southern Lancaster County, walked through the door carrying a semi-automatic pistol and ordered the teachers out and the […]
Ministers All – A Homily for Homecoming – September 13, 2015 (audio available)
CLICK HERE to listen to this sermon. There was a time I was considering becoming the minister of the Edmonds WA UU Church. The story was told during my time with them that their previous minister, Robert Fulghum (who wrote “Everything I Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten”) decided after asking his congregation, that […]
Good Work – September 6, 2015
I began my career cutting lawns. As a boy I had quite a little business cutting grass. I was so successful in fact that I hired my friends to work under me, neither of which was very good for the money or our friendships. In college, I mopped floors at night. When I finally graduated […]
From Your Senior Minister: Facing Grace – September 9, 2015
Francis and I have landed successfully in our new home and I have been hard at work getting to know many of you and the groups of our very busy church. I am refreshed and optimistic about the good work we will do together. Our Small Group Ministries and our Worship program will focus on […]