A sermon reflecting on my recent participation in a border witness trip organized by Texas Impact.
Through Eyes That Have Cried (Houston)
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Remarks Celebrating the Installation of Solar Panels at the First Unitarian Universalist Church of Houston
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The remarks I gave at a press conference celebrating the installation of solar panels at the First Unitarian Universalist Church of Houston.
Love is the Spirit: Covenant Sunday, 2024
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A sermon for Covenant Sunday 2024 on the nature of First Unitarian Universalist's covenant.
A prayer for the 75th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human rights
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A prayer offered for the 75th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
New Horizons; Transformations, the eighth Principle
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This sermon was offered to the First Unitarian Universalist Church of Houston in advance of a congregational vote on the Eighth Principle.
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...
Our Covenant
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A sermon considering the proposed covenant of the First Unitarian Universalist Church of Houston.
Seeds
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A sermon reflecting on the nature of religious dissent in the 21st century United States.
Sermon List Updated
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During the peak of the pandemic I fell woefully behind on both posting the texts of my sermons and keeping my the list of my sermons up to date. One of my sabbatical projects is to work to rectify that situation. This morning, I finished updating my list of sermons. It now is complete from 2006 to the present (the list from 2001 to 2005 still needs work). The texts of many sermons still remain to...
London Libraries
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Since my purpose in visiting London was to conduct research, it only seems reasonable that I offer a blog post about the city’s libraries. I spent time at only a fraction of them. There’s probably well over a half dozen libraries that I could have made use of if I had had more time. But, because I was in the city for only two weeks of archival research, I focused my time on two places, the...