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.
Reclaiming Paradise: the Power of the Powerless
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Paradise Lost: Religious Dissent in Times of Defeat
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The November installment of the series "A Dissenting Tradition" focuses on how we might continue to dissent when the politics of cruelty are ascendent.
Is there no Holy Land?
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A sermon reflecting on the two year anniversary of the conflict in Gaza.
Widening Love’s Circle: Spirit Vision 2050
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The sermon I preached before the members of the First Unitarian Universalist Church of Houston voted to call me with a 97% yes vote.
The Dawn of Everything
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The second sermon in the series "Future Visions, Future Selves" explores relationship between religious freedom and Unitarian Universalism.
I Ask No Monument: The Legacy of Frances Ellen Watkins Harper (Santa Barbara)
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A sermon calling for a reimagining of the Unitarian Universalist canon.
Divine Pathos: Abraham Joshua Heschel
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The second sermon in the series "Lives of the Spirit" focuses on the life and teaching of Abraham Joshua Heschel.
Lives of the Spirit
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The first sermon in the 11 part series, lives of the spirit.
How to form a Labor Union
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A Labor Sunday sermon devoted to that ever important subject, "how to form a labor union."
Being, Becoming
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A sermon on the tension between Unitarian and Universalist visions of salvation.