The second sermon in the series "Lives of the Spirit" focuses on the life and teaching of Abraham Joshua Heschel.
Lives of the Spirit
The first sermon in the 11 part series, lives of the spirit.
How to form a Labor Union
A Labor Sunday sermon devoted to that ever important subject, "how to form a labor union."
Flower Celebration 2022
My homily from the 2022 Flower Communion service on gun violence and the rise totalitarianism.
Juneteenth
My sermon celebrating Juneteenth, 2023.
100 Years of the Flower Communion
Reflections on the 100th anniversary of the flower communion, and the ritual's connection to anti-fascism.
Joy
A sermon about joy and the Unitarian Universalist tradition.
A Day of Mourning
A sermon calling for the end to gun violence.
Ordinary/Extraordinary; an ordination sermon for J Sylvan
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
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...