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Past Sermons Delivered at First Parish
2009-2010
Sermon |
Web Audio | Date |
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| Flower Communion Rev. Ed Lane |
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June 13, 2010 |
| Coming of Age Service |  |
June 6, 2010 |
| What I Have Learned Molly Housh, Intern Minister |
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May 30, 2010 |
Ruddigore Reflections Soundtrack CD or DVD Play/View/Download |
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May 23, 2010 |
| Practicing Solidarity Molly Housh, Intern Minister |
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May 16, 2010 |
| Mother's Day by Cakes for the Queen of Heaven Group |
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May 9, 2010 |
| Are You a Mentor? Rev. John Buehrens |
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May 2, 2010 |
| Intergenerational Earth Day Molly Housh, Intern Minister |
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April 25, 2010 |
| Spirituality and Aging Rev. Gwen L. Buehrens |
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April 18, 2010 |
| Do You Believe in God? Rev. John Buehrens |
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April 11, 2010 |
Intergenerational Easter Story The Meanings of Easter |
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April 4, 2010 |
| Stories are not Just for Children Molly Housh, Intern Minister |
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March 28, 2010 |
| Parenting in Community: "It Takes a Village" | |
March 21, 2010 |
| Why Bother? Rev. Dr. Laurel Hallman |
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March 7, 2010 |
| The State of the Parish Rev. John Buehrens |
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February 28, 2010 |
| An Ubantu Spirit Molly Housh, Intern Minister |
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February 21, 2010 |
| Standing on the Side of Love Rev. John Buehrens |
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February 14, 2010 |
| Youth Sunday Human Rights |
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February 7, 2010 |
| The Cathedral of the Natural World Rev. John Buehrens |
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January 31, 2010 |
| Kindness and Kinship Rev. James Robinson |
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January 24, 2010 |
| A Stone of Hope Rev. William Sinkford |
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January 17, 2010 |
| Fragile and Bold Molly Housh, Intern Minister |
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January 10, 2010 |
| Let it be a Dance Rev. John Buehrens |
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January 3, 2010 |
Transformations, Young Adults of First Parish Speak Logan Reckert John Maxwell Chelsea Place Jon Minard |
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December 27, 2009 |
| Fear Not! Rev. John Buehrens |
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December 24, 2009 |
| Holiday Music Service Soundtrack | |
December 13, 2009 |
| Finding Peace and Joy Rev. John Buehrens |
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December 13, 2009 |
| What is Faith? Rev. John Buehrens |
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December 6, 2009 |
| The Perfect Turkey Sandwhich Molly Housh, Intern Minister |
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November 29, 2009 |
| When Gratitude is Hard to Find Rev. John Buehrens |
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November 22, 2009 |
| The Necessity of Despair Rev. John Buehrens |
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November 15, 2009 |
| Worthy And Dignified Rev. Sarah Gibb Millspaugh |
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November 8, 2009 |
| Love and Death Rev. John Buehrens |
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November 1, 2009 |
| A Global Crisis of Belonging Molly Housh, Intern Minister |
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October 25, 2009 |
| The Most Dangerous Myth Rev. John Buehrens |
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October 18, 2009 |
| Cantilevered Inference Rev. John Buehrens |
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October 11, 2009 |
| Progressive Church Emergent Rev. John Buehrens |
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October 4, 2009 |
| What Needs To Be Changed Rev. John Buehrens |
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September 27, 2009 |
| Hinenu - Here We Are Molly Housh, Intern Minister |
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September 20, 2009 |
| Non Zero Rev. John Buehrens |
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September 13, 2009 |
2008-2009
Sermon |
Web Audio | Date |
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| Report from Jerusalem Rev. John Buehrens |
August 16, 2009 | |
| Competition and Health Care Rev. John Buehrens |
July 19, 2009 | |
Flower Communion Story Homily Summer Farewell |
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June 14, 2009 |
| Human Good - The Faith that Sustains Me Lucas Hergert, Intern Minister |
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June 7, 2009 |
| Coming of Age | |
May 31, 2009 |
| Question Box Sermon Rev. John Buehrens |
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May 24, 2009 |
| Where Forgiveness Comes From Rev. John Buehrens |
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May 17, 2009 |
| In Memory of Her Lucas Hergert, Intern Minister |
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May 10, 2009 |
| The Measure of Our Success Rev. John Buehrens |
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May 3, 2009 |
| No Garden Without The Gardener Lucas Hergert, Intern Minister |
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April 26, 2009 |
| Streets of Dreams The Rev. Arthur R. Lavoie First Parish Church in Dorchester |
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April 19, 2009 |
Easter Stories Intergenerational Easter Service - Resurrections |
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April 12, 2009 |
| The God You Don't Believe In (And The One You May Not Know) Rev. John Buehrens |
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April 5, 2009 |
| The Invisible Hand Does Not Exist (Our Interdependence Does) Rev. John Buehrens |
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March 29, 2009 |
| A Religion of Balance and Trust Rev. John Buehrens |
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March 22, 2009 |
| Soul Work - of Generations Lucas Hergert, Intern Minister |
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March 15, 2009 |
| When the Times are out of Joint Rev. John Buehrens |
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March 8, 2009 |
| Richer for the Sharing Rev. Tricia Brennan |
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March 1, 2009 |
| The Figure Skater on the Public Ice Rev. John Buehrens |
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February 22, 2009 |
| The World We Want to Live In Kay Montgomery EVP UUA |
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February 15, 2009 |
| Work in the Invisible World Rev. John Buehrens |
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February 8, 2009 |
| Youth Sunday | |
February 1, 2009 |
| Tolerance Rev. John Buehrens |
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January 25, 2009 |
| America's New Segregations Rev. John Buehrens |
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January 18, 2009 |
| Love and Terror Lucas Hergert, Intern Minister |
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January 11, 2009 |
| Starting Over: Guilt and Shame Rev. John Buehrens |
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January 4, 2009 |
Transitions, Young Adults of First Parish Reflections Garrison Copley Patrick Banker Julia Maxwell Benjamin Blom Brian King |
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December 28, 2008 |
| Fear Not! (But I do!) Rev. John Buehrens |
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December 24, 2008 |
| The Gifts that Really Matter Rev. John Buehrens |
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December 14, 2008 |
| Believing and not Believing Lucas Hergert, Intern Minister |
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December 7, 2008 |
| Make Me Patient - Right Now! Rev. John Buehrens |
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November 30, 2008 |
| Grateful by Comparison Rev. John Buehrens |
November 23, 2008 | |
| At the Will of the Future Rev. Terasa Cooley |
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November 16, 2008 |
| Relinquishment as a Spiritual Discipline Rev. John Buehrens |
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November 9, 2008 |
| Rededication Sermon President of UUA William Sinkford |
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November 2, 2008 |
| Day of the Dead Homilies Lucas Hergert, Intern Minister |
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November 2, 2008 |
| Moral Clarity Rev. John Buehrens |
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October 26, 2008 |
| The Continuous Life Rev. John Buehrens |
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October 19, 2008 |
| The Religion of Things Lucas Hergert, Intern Minister |
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October 12, 2008 |
| Turning and Returning Rev. John Buehrens |
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October 5, 2008 |
2007-2008
Sermon |
Web Audio | Date |
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| Coming of Age Statements Coming of Age Group |
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June 1, 2008 |
| Love Life of Unitarian Universalists Lucas Hergert, Intern Minister |
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May 25, 2008 |
| The Times They are A-Changin' Rev. John Buehrens |
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May 18, 2008 |
| The Faith of our Mothers Rev. John Buehrens |
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May 11, 2008 |
| The Transformation of Education Rev. John Buehrens |
May 4, 2008 | |
| To Have a Message Lucas Hergert, Intern Minister |
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April 27, 2008 |
| Is there Democracy in Heaven? Rev. John Buehrens |
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April 20, 2008 |
| Love of the Earth Rev. John Buehrens |
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April 13, 2008 |
| Envy - The Velvet Oppression Rev. John Buehrens |
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April 6, 2008 |
| What Can Liberate Us? Tom Stites |
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March 30, 2008 |
| New Life Rev. John Buehrens |
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March 23, 2008 |
| The Tune Without Words: Hope Lucas Hergert, Intern Minister |
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March 16, 2008 |
| Dignity and Dependence Rev. John Buehrens |
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March 9, 2008 |
| Beyond the Horizon Rev. John Buehrens |
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March 2, 2008 |
| The Stranger in My Mirror Rev. Gwen Langdoc Buehrens |
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February 24, 2008 |
| HUNGER Rev. Ed Lane |
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February 17, 2008 |
| THIRST Rev. John Buehrens |
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February 10, 2008 |
| A Message to the Future Rev. John Buehrens |
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February 3, 2008 |
Youth Group to New Orleans Prelude Call to Worship Homily On Social Justice Reading 661 Homily A Mexican Odyssey Prayer Homily Helping Close to Home Reading Homily New Orleans Night Benediction |
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January 27, 2008 |
| Honoring Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. words and music of Ben Tousley |
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January 20, 2008 |
| To Be A Blessing Rabbi Jay Perlman |
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January 13, 2008 |
| By Another Way Rev. Earl K. Holt |
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January 6, 2008 |
Transformations, Reflections from First Parish Youth |
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December 30, 2007 |
| Where the Light Leads Rev. John Buehrens |
December 24, 2007 | |
| Theological Hospitality Lucas Hergert |
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December 2, 2007 |
| Why Religion Won't Go Away Rev. John Buehrens |
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November 25, 2007 |
| The Cost of Growing Inequality Rev. John Buehrens |
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November 18, 2007 |
| Needing Prophetic Peacemakers Rev. John Buehrens |
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November 11, 2007 |
| How Awkward Lucas Hergert |
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November 4, 2007 |
| They are not Gone Rev. John Buehrens |
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October 28, 2007 |
| Why Don't We Grow More? Rev. John Buehrens |
October 21, 2007 | |
| Secular Society and Religious Experience Rev. John Buehrens |
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October 14, 2007 |
| Holy Dissonance and Democracy Rev. John Buehrens |
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October 7, 2007 |
| Mustard Seed Lucas Hergert |
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September 30, 2007 |
| Presence and Absence Rev. John Buehrens |
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September 23, 2007 |
| Emergence Rev. John Buehrens |
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September 9, 2007 |
2006-2007
Sermon |
Web Audio | Date |
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| The church is leaving the building Rev. John Buehrens |
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June 10, 2007 |
| Coming of Age Youth Service | |
May 20, 2007 |
| Surprised by Love Maria Cristina Vlassidis |
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May 13, 2007 |
| Voices of the Spring, Voices of New England Vivian Montgomery, Rev. John Buehrens |
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May 6, 2007 |
| The Virtue and Wisdom of Love Rev. John Buehrens |
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April 29, 2007 |
| To Tell the Truth Rev. John Buehrens |
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April 22, 2007 |
| Good Grief, Charlie Brown! Rev. Gwen Langdoc Buehrens |
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April 15, 2007 |
| An Easter of the Soul Rev. John Buehrens |
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April 8, 2007 |
| Preparing for Passover Rev. John Buehrens |
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March 25, 2007 |
| The Color of Fear Maria Cristina Vlassidis |
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March 18, 2007 |
| Faith as a Virtue Rev. John Buehrens |
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March 11, 2007 |
| THE NOW GENERATION Youth Group |
March 4, 2007 | |
| Covenanted Community: What is it Worth? Rev. Dan King |
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February 25, 2007 |
| The Image of God Rev. John Buehrens |
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February 18, 2007 |
| Hoping Against Hope Rev. John Buehrens |
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February 4, 2007 |
| Confessing a Conservative Side Rev. John Buehrens |
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January 28, 2007 |
| Confessions of an Unabashed Liberal Rev. Edwin Lane |
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January 21, 2007 |
| Fairness | |
January 14, 2007 |
| The Law of Love Maria Cristina Vlassidis |
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January 7, 2007 |
| Finite and Infinite Games | |
December 31, 2006 |
| In A Dark Time The Eye Begins to See | |
December 24, 2006 |
| Courage | |
December 10, 2006 |
| Waiting | December 3, 2006 | |
| Our Universalist Heritage | |
November 19, 2006 |
| Want What You Have | November 12, 2006 | |
| Coffee and Power | |
November 5, 2006 |
| You In Others, Others In You | |
October 29, 2006 |
| When We Overestimate Our Powers | |
October 15, 2006 |
| The Evolution of Religion | |
October 8, 2006 |
| Mindfulness and Awe | |
September 24, 2006 |
| The Four Things That Matter Most Maria Cristina Vlassidis |
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September 17, 2006 |
2005-2006
2004-2005
Sermon |
Web Audio | Date |
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| Two Types of Faith | April 17, 2005 | |
| The Decision For Hope | March 27, 2005 | |
| What Would It Take For You To Believe You Are Loved? | February 13, 2005 | |
| Is America Going Fascist? | January 30, 2005 | |
| Love and Power | January 16, 2005 | |
| Why Conservative Churches Are Growing | December 5, 2004 | |
| Sweet Honey from Old Failures | November 28, 2004 | |
| Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant | November 21, 2004 | |
| It's All in the Telling | November 14, 2004 | |
| What Would Thoreau Think? | November 7, 2004 | |
| How We Honor Our Dead | October 31, 2004 | |
| Life Happens | October 17, 2004 | |
| What it Takes to Grow Up Spiritually | September 26, 2004 | |
| Holiness Beckons | September 19, 2004 | |
| Religion: I Too Dislike It | September 12, 2004 |
2003-2004
Sermon |
Web Audio | Date |
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| Keeping Body and Soul Together | February 22, 2004 | |
| Search for What Saves Us! | February 15, 2004 | |
| How the Coming Generation Is to Live | January 11, 2004 | |
| The Responsible Self | December 28, 2003 | |
| No Room in the Imagination | December 24, 2003 | |
| On Numbering Angels | December 14, 2003 | |
| The Dangers of Unitarian Universalism | November 16, 2003 | |
| On Being a Rational Mystic | October 12, 2003 | |
| Spiritual Resilience | October 5, 2003 | |
| Between Fear and Hope | September 28, 2003 | |
| Hubris and its Consequences | September 21, 2003 | |
| Hubris and its Opposites | September 14, 2003 | |
| Spiritual Dehydration | September 7, 2003 | |
| The Churches and the Wage-Earners: The Story of Clarence Bertrand Thompson |
August 10, 2003 |
2002-2003
Sermon |
Web Audio | Date |
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| Fellow Sufferer | June 1, 2003 | |
| Practicing Resurrection | April 20, 2003 | |
| Why The Stork Stands on One Leg | April 13, 2003 | |
| What if Nobody Forgave? | March 23, 2003 | |
| The Varieties of Grace | March 9, 2003 | |
| What Good is Guilt | February 23, 2003 | |
| What is Marriage for? | February 9, 2003 | |
| Why You Stopped Saying Your prayers | February 2, 2003 | |
| Taking Choice For Granted | January 26, 2003 | |
| How Good Do We Have To Be | January 5, 2003 | |
| Mind The Gap | December 8, 2002 | |
| How Much Do We Deserve | December 1, 2002 | |
| Living with Soul | November 24, 2002 | |
| Connections | November 17, 2002 | |
| Chaos and Its Heroes | October 27, 2002 | |
| Walking the Narrow Ridge | October 13, 2002 |
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