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It’s Okay to Pray

June 2, 2013 | Filed under: Ministry, Sermons, Spiritual Practice

I want us to talk this morning about the spiritual practice of prayer. I want us to think about what it might mean to us to pray. And I want to invite us to pray together. When it comes to spiritual practice, prayer and meditation are the two big ones, …

Inward and Downward (As Needed)

December 5, 2011 | Filed under: Ministry, Pastoral Care

It’s early December and the days grow shorter. Where I live in Northern California, our “winter” doesn’t consist of snow and single digit temperatures, but the quality of sunlight is nevertheless different, many of our trees are dropping leaves, and the rains will inevitably come. The natural world is entering …

Do we all have a call?

November 21, 2011 | Filed under: Ministry, Pastoral Care, Prophetic Outreach

When you go to college, people start asking you, “What’s your major?” When you enter the ministry, people start saying, “Tell me about your call.” The idea of having a “calling” or receiving a “call” comes from the Hebrew and Christian Bibles and is described pretty thoroughly here, beginning with this …

The Relentless Presence of God

November 6, 2011 | Filed under: Ministry, Pastoral Care

The number one question I am asked in my work as a chaplain to people struggling with thought and mood disorders is some version of “Why does God let me suffer?” What I affirm again and again is that it’s a good question, that it’s okay to feel angry with …

Are We Christian?

July 24, 2011 | Filed under: Sermons

Unitarianism and Universalism both began as Protestant Christian traditions. Our beliefs have broadened beyond these origins, but what is our relationship with Christianity today? What does it mean when we sing Christian hymns during worship? Let’s reflect together on what our relationship to Christianity might be. Click here to listen …

Tiptoeing Into God Talk

August 22, 2010 | Filed under: Sermons

Sometimes it seems that Unitarian Universalists are able to talk about anything and everything but God. We have so many varying beliefs, it can feel safer not to share our ideas about God with each other (including the idea that there is no God). But we are not people to …

In Praise of the Goddess

July 11, 2010 | Filed under: Sermons

Neopagan traditions recognize the cycles of the moon as visible expressions of how the Goddess works in our lives. Let’s honor tonight’s new moon with reflections on the visibility and invisibility of the Divine Feminine. Click here to listen (file length is 22:46): Sermon 2010 July 11

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