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March 18, 2012: Excellence in Life (text coming soon) Preached by David Bryce and Doug Burden
March 04, 2012: The Hidden Self (text)
We live in a time when people are open about many things, witness the success of self-revealing talk shows and the public interest in the personal lives of celebrities and politicians. And revelations of identity have helped to bring about social change. Is it ever right to hide part of one’s self?
February 26, 2012: Thou Art That In the Chandogya Upanishad, a father teaches his son about nature and the divine nature. In revealing the divine within nature, he repeatedly says to his son, “Thou art that”. There are some implications if we are, indeed, that.
February 19, 2012: Utopian Interruptions (text) Rev. Victor Carpenter, Minister Emeritus
February 12, 2012: Love’s Question (text) Rev. Doris Hunter
February 05, 2012: What We Mean To The World (text)
What are the values of Unitarian Universalism and of this congregation that we want to see lived out in the world around us? How shall we see that they are?
January 29, 2010: The Free And Responsible Search For Truth And Meaning (text)
For each of us religious exploration is a lifelong experience. Each stage of life, each day, brings new circumstances and so new learning. What am I learning today?
January 22, 2012: Just Imagine: Visions of Partnership (text) preached by Livia Racz
January 15, 2012: Radical Message of Dr. King (text)
December 11, 2011: Having Hope Before Hope Is Born
December 04, 2011: Trangender Justice
Sometimes our birth biology and our psychology are not one and the same, or we do not physically or psychologically fit the categories of thought that other people may hold to. What is our religious response to those for whom this is true?
November 27, 2011: Thanksgiving 2011
November 20, 2011: Gratitude and Giving
November 14, 2001: We Need One Another (preached by Allison Palm)
November 07, 2011: New Member Sunday, November 2011
Today we celebrate new members entering into our community. But we also celebrate the community itself and the ongoing connection we feel with one another.
October 30, 2011: Tyr and Fenric
Tyr was a god who tricked Fenric, breaking a vow to do so. He did this for a very practical reason. But something is lost with every gain, and sometimes that is practical is less than proper.
October 23, 2011: Deep Appreciation (preached by Edwin Taylor)
October 16, 2011: Association Sunday 2011
October 09, 2011: Immigration Old And New
October 02, 2011: Satyagraha
September 25, 2011: Forgiveness
September 18, 2011: Living In Uncertain Times–Again
Our nation is in a time of uncertainty. Our economy has been rapidly shifting as we become part of the global economy; our political representatives cannot agree on the path to take forward; we fear a falling standard of living. Where is comfort in all of this?
April 24: Easter: rejoice in Life and Love
March 27: Richard Waring–Questions About Angels
March 20, 2011: The Iowa Sisterhood
Feb 21, 2011: Stars In Our Eyes
Jan 16, 2011: Martin Luther King Sunday
Jan 09, 2011: Two Dimensional Spirituality
Dec 05, 2010: Hanukkah And Hijra
Nov 28, 2010: Turkey Soup
Nov 21, 2010: Thanksgiving
Nov 07, 2010: New Member Sunday
Oct 31, 2010: Halloween And Samhain
Oct 17, 2010: Suspicion: Rama And Sita
Oct 03, 2010: Association Sunday
Sep 26: The Medium Is The Message
Sep 19: High Holy Days, 2010
May 09: Non-Violence and Just War
April 18: Loyalty
April 04, 2010: Easter
March 28, 2010: Passover and Palm Sunday
Feb 28, 2010: Hunger
Forty-five years ago America declared a War On Poverty; fifteen years ago we surrendered. It is (past) time to renew the effort.
Feb 21, 2010: Holy Conversations
There are times when discussions of certain topics are difficult. When we strongly disagree with others, we can feel deeply hurt by what seems to be a dismissal of our concerns. That can cause us to dismiss the concerns of those others, doing to them what we feel they are doing to us. Within Unitarian Universalism and within First Church in Belmont, we are bound together in covenantal relationship. That is easy to accept until we disagree deeply. How do we talk, share and listen, making even our differences part of conversations that are sacred and holy?
Feb 14, 2010: Poetry of the Heart and Hearth – Richard Waring
Feb 07, 2010: Evolution Sunday
Jan 31, 2010: Wishful Thinking
Jan 17, 2010: Haiti
Jan. 03, 2010: New Year, New Beginning, New Dreams
Dec. 06, 2009: Advent 2009
In the Christian calendar, Advent is the time of waiting for Christmas, of waiting for a great event. Whenever in our lives we wait for some major event patience and impatience, peace and anxiety struggle within our hearts. Some thoughts about all times of advent in our lives.
Nov. 29, 2009: Thanksgiving 2009
THANKSGIVING: Abundant food, abundant wealth, abundant life; these should give rise to abundant gratitude.
Nov. 15, 2009: Spiritual Currency
Rev. David Bryce
Nov. 8, 2009: When Walls Fall
Rev. David Bryce
Tomorrow, November 9, will mark twenty years since the opening of the Berlin wall when a people broke down barriers and a nation began the process of reuniting. Membership Sunday is a celebration of voluntarily opening ourselves to new experiences and new relationships.
Nov. 1, 2009: Remembrance
Rev. David Bryce
In a variety cultures autumn is the season of remembering the dead.Samhain in Celtic Europe, All Saints and All Souls Days in Christianity, Dia de Los Muertes in Mexico all have elements of this remembrance.
Oct. 25, 2009: United Nations Sunday
Rev. David Bryce
“Will you still need me, will you still feed me, when I’m sixty-four?” The United Nations was founded on October 24, 1945, sixty-four years ago yesterday. It was established with hopes and dreams for what it could be and what the future of humanity could be.
Like so many hopes and dreams, it has failed to come to full fruition. And like so many hopes and dreams, that is because we ourselves have blocked them.
Oct. 18, 2009: My Vision
Rev. David Bryce
Oct. 4, 2009: Losing One’s Head
Rev. David Bryce
Sept. 29, 2009: The Days of Awe
Rev. David Bryce
Sept. 20, 2009: Autumn
Rev. David Bryce