as preached at the First Unitarian Universalist Church of Houston, November 17, 2024 My text for this Sunday consisted of three separate segments: a pulpit editorial, a set of readings created with the assistance of ChatGPT, and a sermon. Pulpit Editorial Some Unitarian Universalist congregations have the tradition of pulpit editorials. These are short theological reflections by a minister on...
The sermon I preached before the members of the First Unitarian Universalist Church of Houston voted to call me with a 97% yes vote.
To launch the 2024 stewardship campaign, I invite people who are not yet members to consider joining the First Unitarian Universalist Church of Houston.
The seventh sermon in the series Lives of the Spirit focuses on Fannie Lou Hamer.
The fourth sermon in the "Lives of the Spirit" series focuses on the life and teachings of Howard Thurman.
The third sermon in the series "Lives of the Spirit" was delivered by the Rev. D. Scott Cooper. It focuses on the life and philosophy of the founder of the Catholic Worker movement, Dorothy Day.
A sermon celebrating the launch of the First Unitarian Universalist Church of Houston's 2023 capital campaign.
My homily from the 2022 Flower Communion service on gun violence and the rise totalitarianism.
as preached at the First Unitarian Universalist Church of Houston, September 11, 2022 It is good to be back in the pulpit. It is good to share this morning with you. It is a special morning for me. It is my first Sunday back from sabbatical. And it is my first time preaching to you or anyone else since we held our flower communion back in June. I am glad to be with you, to see longtime members of...
We, the Unitarian Universalist Ministers of the greater Houston area, decry the decision of the Supreme Court of the United States to overturn Roe V. Wade. The first two principles of our faith state that we believe in “the inherent worth and dignity of every person,” and “justice, equity, and compassion in human relations.” To respect someone’s worth and dignity and afford them justice, equity...