The fourth sermon in the "Lives of the Spirit" series focuses on the life and teachings of Howard Thurman.
The common Good: Howard Thurman
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A Day of Mourning
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A sermon calling for the end to gun violence.
The Blessed Fool
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as preached at the First Unitarian Universalist Church of Houston, April 9, 2023 When I was in my early twenties, I used to take part in a lot of mass mobilizations. It was an era of giant puppets and papier-mâché. On the streets of Seattle, Chicago, or, say, Washington, DC, it was not uncommon to find massive figurines–sometimes requiring a whole team to transport and...
Troubling the Truth (Easter 2022)
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In my Easter sermon for 2022 I challenge us to go beyond the idea that there is such a singular thing as the truth.
Finding each other on the road to emmaus
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My 2021 Easter sermon.
A Unitarian Universalist Response to Evil
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The policy choices that led to the winter storm disaster in Texas are a moral evil. In this sermon, I argue why.
Sermon: The Resurrection of the Living
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as preached for the January 24, 2021 online service of the First Unitarian Universalist Church of Houston Something rather momentous occurred since I was last with you. The United States has a new President and a new Vice President. A man with almost five decades of experience in government is now the country’s chief executive. A woman is now in the nation’s second highest office. The new cabinet...
Ingathering: Water Communion 2020
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Like a deer crying for water,
my soul cries for You, O God;
my soul thirsts for God, the living God;
O when will I come to appear before God!
My tears have been my food day and night;
I am ever taunted with, “Where is your God?”