A sermon reflecting on the two year anniversary of the conflict in Gaza.
Is there no Holy Land?
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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...
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 Dream Deferred
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A sermon in advance of the inauguration of the 47th President of the United States, preached in honor of Martin Luther King, Jr.
Death
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as preached at the First Unitarian Universalist Church of Houston, January 12, 2025 Thank you for joining us this morning. I do not typically begin my sermons with an expression of gratitude. Today is different. The subject promises to be heavy. I know that many of you come on Sundays seeking uplift and a smidgeon of hope. And today’s focus… well, death is difficult to face. Death is difficult to...
The Next Revolution
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as preached at the First Unitarian Universalist Church of Houston, October 13, 2024 Next Sunday, you will be holding a special meeting to call me as First Unitarian Universalist’s settled Senior Minister. If the vote goes ahead as I hope it will, I will be the eighth person in the congregation’s history to hold that role. This morning and next, I want to spend our time together reflecting on our...
Grace Lee Boggs: The Next American Revolution
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The ninth sermon in the series Lives of the Spirit focuses on the Detroit based activist Grace Lee Boggs.
The River is Our Blood: Mary Brave Bird
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The eighth sermon in the Lives of the Spirit series focuses on the Sicangu Lakota leader Mary Brave Bird.
Crying for America: Fannie Lou Hamer
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The seventh sermon in the series Lives of the Spirit focuses on Fannie Lou Hamer.
Haggadah
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A sermon about Passover preached at the Unitarian Universalist Society of Cleveland in 2008.