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The Unitarian Universalist Congregation in Westport

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December 24, 2022 by Rev. Dr. John T. Morehouse - Senior Minister

“A Precious New Beginning: A Christmas Eve Homily” – December 24, 2022 (audio, video and PDF available)

CLICK HERE for video of this sermon. CLICK HERE for audio of this sermon. CLICK HERE for a printable PDF of this sermon. In a Galilee far, far away in time and space, there were shepherds in the field “And, lo, the angel of the Lord came upon them, and the glory of the Lord […]

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December 18, 2022 by Rev. Dr. John T. Morehouse - Senior Minister

“The Antidote is Awe” – December 18, 2022 (audio, video and PDF available)

CLICK HERE for video of this sermon. CLICK HERE for audio of this sermon. CLICK HERE for a printable PDF of this sermon. How many times have you met someone who used the word awesome? “You drove here? That’s awesome. You would like the salad with the dressing on the side? Awesome!” Awesome is used […]

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December 4, 2022 by Rev. Dr. John T. Morehouse - Senior Minister

“Waking Up to Wonder” – December 4, 2022 (audio, video and PDF available)

CLICK HERE for video of this sermon. CLICK HERE for audio of this sermon. CLICK HERE for a printable PDF of this sermon. As we enter into this Advent season I am acutely aware that December can be a very dark time for some. Those of us in the so-called helping professions know that the […]

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November 27, 2022 by Rev. Dr. John T. Morehouse - Senior Minister

“Change in the Service of Inclusion” – November 27, 2022 (audio, video and PDF available)

CLICK HERE for video of this sermon. CLICK HERE for audio of this sermon. CLICK HERE for a printable PDF of this sermon. I remember my early years of seminary with a mixture of nostalgia and shame. I was in my early thirties in Chicago back in graduate school after a ten-year early life sojourn […]

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November 20, 2022 by Rev. Dr. John T. Morehouse - Senior Minister

“Rescuing Thanksgiving” – November 20, 2022 (audio, video and PDF available)

CLICK HERE for video of this sermon. CLICK HERE for audio of this sermon. CLICK HERE for a printable PDF of this sermon. I grew up in a time when the Thanksgiving story was celebrated as a national myth; a foundation of “discovery” that said to this nation, the white pilgrims came to this land […]

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November 13, 2022 by Rev. Dr. John T. Morehouse - Senior Minister

“Be the Change” – November 13, 2022 (audio, video and PDF available)

CLICK HERE for video of this sermon. CLICK HERE for audio of this sermon. CLICK HERE for a printable PDF of this sermon. John Murray began his early career in the early 1700s as an Anglican priest in England. An avid reader, and critical thinker Murray was greatly influenced by his first wife who believed […]

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November 6, 2022 by Rev. Dr. John T. Morehouse - Senior Minister

“Are We a Liberal Religion or a Religion of Liberals?” – November 6, 2022 (audio, video and PDF available)

CLICK HERE for video of this sermon. CLICK HERE for audio of this sermon. CLICK HERE for a printable PDF of this sermon. Every year five thousand UUs from around the country gather in a mid-sized city and engage in debate and celebration.  The general assembly is focused on learning and setting a direction for […]

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October 23, 2022 by Rev. Dr. John T. Morehouse - Senior Minister

“Ordinary Courage” – October 23, 2022 (audio, video and PDF available)

CLICK HERE for video of this sermon. CLICK HERE for audio of this sermon. CLICK HERE for a printable PDF of this sermon. He was crouched in the doorway of the business next to my shop. His hands were over his head. It was a small town not a big city but I was surprised […]

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October 16, 2022 by Rev. Dr. John T. Morehouse - Senior Minister

“The Courage to be Good Trouble” – October 16, 2022 (audio, video and PDF available)

CLICK HERE for video of this sermon. CLICK HERE for audio of this sermon. CLICK HERE for a printable PDF of this sermon. I first learned to vote when I was 9 years old. My father, for all his other shortcomings, believed in the rights of the people to determine their future. And so, with […]

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October 9, 2022 by Rev. Dr. John T. Morehouse - Senior Minister

“The Courage to Doubt” – October 9, 2022 (PDF available)

CLICK HERE for a printable PDF of this sermon. After a bumpy flight, fifteen men dropped from the Montana sky. They weren’t skydivers. They were smokejumpers: elite wildland firefighters parachuting in to extinguish a forest fire started by lightning the day before. In a matter of minutes, they would be racing for their lives. The […]

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