A celebration of Jane Austen's 250th birthday!
A Fondness for Reading
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Reclaiming Paradise: the Power of the Powerless
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In this sermon on the dissenting tradition I reflect upon lessons from Václav Havel's text The Power of the Powerless and the importance of the free pulpit.
Dissent as a Family Value
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In this next sermon on the tradition of religious dissent, I consider how dissent can be a family value.
Paradise, Now or in the Next World
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The third sermon on the dissenting tradition focuses on dissenting from the politics of cruelty.
Protest as Practice
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as preached on September 14, 2025 at the First Unitarian Universalist Church of Houston If you pass by First Unitarian Universalist on weekday mornings then you are probably familiar with a sight. For the past five years, two members of our congregation have been keeping regular vigil near the corner of Fannin and Southmore. One of them bears sign that reads, “Stop the Zionist Genocide, Micah 2:1...
Día Del Trabajo
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Homilía del 31 de Augusto, 2025 para la Primera Iglesia Unitaria Universalista de Houston Creo que somos la única iglesia en Houston que tiene un servicio con música del movimiento sindical para el Día del Trabajo. En un estado y un país donde los malos gobiernos están en contra del movimiento sindical y no tienen cuidado por las vidas de los trabajadores pienso que es importante hacer esto...
New Ways of Being: The Religion of the Future
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This sermon celebrates the "No Kings" protests while inviting us to imagine the future of religion.
Easter: The Crucified God
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In this Easter sermon I consider and challenge the claim that the death and resurrection of Jesus sits at the center of history.
The War on The Poor
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Under the current President the United States is moving from the War on Poverty to the War on the Poor.
A Future Amongst The Stars
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In this installment of "Future Visions, Future Selves" we consider lessons we might glean from science fiction, particularly the works of Octavia Butler and Star Trek.