The second sermon in the series "Lives of the Spirit" focuses on the life and teaching of Abraham Joshua Heschel.
Divine Pathos: Abraham Joshua Heschel
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Lives of the Spirit
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The first sermon in the 11 part series, lives of the spirit.
How to form a Labor Union
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A Labor Sunday sermon devoted to that ever important subject, "how to form a labor union."
Flower Celebration 2022
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My homily from the 2022 Flower Communion service on gun violence and the rise totalitarianism.
Juneteenth
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My sermon celebrating Juneteenth, 2023.
100 Years of the Flower Communion
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Reflections on the 100th anniversary of the flower communion, and the ritual's connection to anti-fascism.
Joy
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A sermon about joy and the Unitarian Universalist tradition.
A Day of Mourning
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A sermon calling for the end to gun violence.
Ordinary/Extraordinary; an ordination sermon for J Sylvan
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as preached February 26, 2023 at Bay Area Unitarian Universalist Church, Houston, Texas There is much in the ordinary life of a religious professional that more secular people find extraordinary. A friend recently reminded of this over dinner. A word about my friend, he is a well-known writer and war correspondent. Most of us would probably describe his life as extraordinary. He has reported from...
The Ground of Being
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as preached at the First Unitarian Universalist Church of Houston, November 6, 2022 We are in the midst of one of liberal democracy’s great civic rituals: the country’s biennial elections. Their stakes seem to be much higher than usual. In the past weeks, I have talked with more than few of you who have reported losing sleep about their possible outcomes. Pundits, politicians, scholars, and a...