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February, 2008

Title	Presenter	Church	Date presented
Soul Power The Rev. Dr. Rebecca Parker, President of Starr King School for the Ministry, teaches that the history of Unitarianism and Universalism in America has been a history of unleashed soul power. From our founding, we have endeavored to cultivate all of the faculties of the soul to liberate, nurture, and heal our world. The Rev. Dr. William Ellery Channing spoke of the importance of "unfolding" these powers to find our salvation. Henry David Thoreau challenged humanity to "live life deliberately" to be truly alive to the world. This Sunday, we will explore and celebrate the lineages of ordinary prophets of liberal religion who shaped the movement we have inherited. How might we offer the powers of our souls to change the world?	Jeremy Elliott	All Souls Unitarian Church of Tulsa	02/24/2008
Living with a Golden Legacy UUs are often quick to embrace and list the revolutionary idealists that composed our UU "Golden Age." Who were they, where were they from, and why do we keep talking about them?	Rev. Fred Muir	Unitarian Universalist Church of Annapolis	02/24/2008
Love and Neighbors	Rebecca Johnson	First Parish in Concord, MA	02/24/2008
Searching for God	Rev. Bill Darlison	Unitarian Church Dublin	02/24/2008
Talking About Tough Issues: God	Rev. Anthony David	Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Atlanta	02/24/2008
Crossing Boundaries	Tim Temerson, Pete Tasker	First Parish Lexington Unitarian Universalist	02/24/2008
Memories of Tomorrow Our memories of how things might have been needn't be unfulfilled dreams. Our memories of tomorrow still inform us.	Rev. Matt Tittle	Bay Area Unitarian Universalist Church, Houston, TX	02/24/2008
…Let it Begin with Me	Rev. Charles Blustein Ortman and Rev. Judy Tomlinson	The Unitarian Church of Montclair (NJ)	02/24/2008
Commitment Lay-Led and Intergenerational Service. Valentine's Day has come and gone. Romance has been celebrated. Now, let's talk commitment. We will hear from members of the congregation on the themes of commitment, relating to Friends, Parents, Pets, Children, Dating Partners and Spouses.	Evan Rose and others	The Unitarian Church of Los Alamos, New Mexico	02/24/2008
Practicing Pluraism: How Our Differences Can Enrich and Not Divide The closing line of our Unitarian Universalist statement of Principles and Purposes says, "Grateful for the religious pluralism which enriches and ennobles our faith, we are inspired to deepen our understanding and expand our vision." This weekend we will explore the possibility that in order to be truly grateful and enriched, we need to continue to seek opportunities to move beyond mere tolerance of difference and into authentic engagement.	Karen Gustafson	First Unitarian Society of Madison (WI)	02/24/2008
Interfaith Hospitality Network	Guest Speakers from Interfaith Hospitality Network	UU Congregation of Somerset Hills	02/24/2008
Why God is Not a Democrat Last week, during Super Tuesday, my son came home from first grade asking questions about the difference between Democrats and Republicans. At first I was pleased to see that my son was beginning to take an interest in American public life. I began by asking what he knew. He explained that he had learned from his friend that, "Democrats don't believe in the Bible" Initially, I smiled and thought it was a cute story about some first graders and their interpretation of American politics and religion. Then, it came to me that this is what a lot of adults actually think too. When any religion becomes identified with a particular political party, that religion compromises its purpose, weakens its witness and becomes idolatrous. In this protracted primary season it can do us some good to think about the role of religion in American public life.	Rev. Marlin Lavanhar	All Souls Unitarian Church of Tulsa	02/17/2008
Mormonism: An American Faith The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, commonly known as the Mormon Church, is probably the most successful example of a uniquely American faith tradition. What exemplifies American religion and what can this particular tradition teach us about how religion has grown on this soil?	Reverend Nancy McDonald Ladd	Bull Run Unitarian Universalists, Manassas, Virginia	02/17/2008
Catch The Wind Inviting people to move into spiritual practice from three angles: Behavioral, Visionary, and Discerning. This sermon took place at the convergence of UUSC Guest At Your Table Sunday and a series of ReVisioning workshops led by Susan Still in an effort to help members and friends of the Unitarian Universalist Church of Annapolis claim and reclaim the future of their congregation.	Eric Kaminetzky	Unitarian Universalist Church of Annapolis	02/17/2008
Bronson Alcott: Experimenting With Life	Jenny Rankin	First Parish in Concord, MA	02/17/2008
Talking About Tough Issues: ABCs of Death	Rev. Anthony David	Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Atlanta	02/17/2008
Experiencing God	Rev. Manish Mishra	Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Fairfax, VA	02/17/2008
A Time of Common Need	Rev. Laura Cavicchio, Deborah Weiner Soule	First Parish Lexington Unitarian Universalist	02/17/2008
Be Transformed How to live a transformed life and create a transformative church.	Rev. Matt Tittle	Bay Area Unitarian Universalist Church, Houston, TX	02/17/2008
What it Means to Grow Up	Senior Youth Group	The Unitarian Church of Montclair (NJ)	02/17/2008
Service is its Prayer	Tracee Fisher	Pathways Church, Southlake, TX	02/17/2008
Service Is Our Gift	Dan Kane	Arlington Street Church, Boston, MA	02/17/2008
More Than a Vision: Commitment Had Moses come down the mountain with the two tablets and then left them behind a bush somewhere to languish, religious history might be very different. Who knows what would have happened if Mohammed had decided that Mecca was too far away?	Rev. Dr. Randolph W.B. Becker	Unitarian Universalist Fellowshop, Key West. FL	02/17/2008
The Nature of Worship	Rev. Bill Darlison	Unitarian Church Dublin	02/17/2008
Life Gets Messy Life gets messy sometimes. People blunder into each other causing hurt and anger. This is often followed by urgings to forgive. There is the fluffy forgiveness of hallmark cards that is too superficial to be useful. Forgiveness is deeper than six lines in a poem. Forgiveness allows us to live together over the long haul. This morning I want to talk about three components of forgiveness - grace, letting go, and reconciliation.	Rev Jim Anderson	Olympia Unitarian Universalist Congregation, Olympia, WA	02/17/2008
The Curse Of Small Gods Welcome to the Discworld, where any god a person might believe in exists . . . and people get the gods they deserve. Is your god too small?	Rev. John Cullinan	The Unitarian Church of Los Alamos, New Mexico	02/17/2008
Love and Death	Rev. Dr. Forrest Church	All Souls Unitarian Church of Tulsa	02/10/2008
A Sacred Spaciousness As we approach Valentine's Day, this we'll look at how we can not only be in deep relationship with one another, but leave room for sacred spaciousness between us.	Reverend Nancy McDonald Ladd	Bull Run Unitarian Universalists, Manassas, Virginia	02/10/2008
Darwin Day Sunday	Rev. Fred Muir	Unitarian Universalist Church of Annapolis	02/10/2008
A Season for Inventory	Gary Smith	First Parish in Concord, MA	02/10/2008
The Power of Music	Rev. Anthony David	Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Atlanta	02/10/2008
Prayer	Rev. Mary Katherine Morn	Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Fairfax, VA	02/10/2008
Love Sunday	The Ministry Staff	First Parish Lexington Unitarian Universalist	02/10/2008
Un Paso Más: Radical Hospitality Revisited	Rev. Charles Blustein Ortman	The Unitarian Church of Montclair (NJ)	02/10/2008
On Whose Authority? Religions vary widely over the question of authority: whose words, teachings and instructions, and which bodies of doctrine are followers obliged to heed? The Buddha famously urged seekers to "be lamps unto themselves." Hierarchical religions, on the other hand, vest significant authority in a small council of elders (Mormonism) or a single figurehead (Roman Catholicism). Although Unitarian Universalists are often said to have "authority problems," there are sources to which we, too, appeal.	Michael A. Schuler	First Unitarian Society of Madison (WI)	02/10/2008
The Quest of Truth is its Sacrament	Rev. Kathy Schmitz	Pathways Church, Southlake, TX	02/10/2008
Let the LIfe I Lead	Rev. Kim K. Crawford Harvie	Arlington Street Church, Boston, MA	02/10/2008
Toward the Unknown Regions: Exploration Perhaps the greatest contribution of Charles Darwin was not his work on evolution but his determination to seek and speak the truth despite strictures of religion and society.	Rev. Dr. Randolph W.B. Becker	Unitarian Universalist Fellowshop, Key West. FL	02/10/2008
Delving into Darwin	Rev. Julie S. Newhall	UU Congregation of Somerset Hills	02/10/2008
Brave New World	Rev. Bill Darlison	Unitarian Church Dublin	02/10/2008
Our Principles IV: Individuality and Interdependence In our final sermon on our Unitarian Universalist principles, we look at the "big two" -- the ones most of our members seem to remember more than the others. In the process, we'll get at the heart of the challenge of being a modern Unitarian Universalist -- how to hold up both individuality and interconnectivity without completely losing ourselves in one or the other.	Rev. John Cullinan	The Unitarian Church of Los Alamos, New Mexico	02/10/2008
Servant Leadership Most images of leadership (both moral and institutional) in our society have to do with big bossy folks getting their way. What kind of leadership could we share if we saw ourselves as servants to one another and to our world?	Reverend Nancy McDonald Ladd	Bull Run Unitarian Universalists, Manassas, Virginia	02/03/2008
100 Years and Going Strong! Recently, the 100th anniversary of Pentecostalism was noted by many. A significant event in the history of religion and for UUs since we have more in common with the Pentecostal movement than you might imagine. Come give a shout (!) and join me as I look at what Pentecostal religion has to teach us.	Rev. Fred Muir	Unitarian Universalist Church of Annapolis	02/03/2008
Healthy Families, Healthy World	Rev. Anthony David	Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Atlanta	02/03/2008
Dancing In The Streets	Rev. Mary Katherine Morn	Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Fairfax, VA	02/03/2008
The Language of Race	Rev. Dr. Tracey Robinson-Harris	First Parish Lexington Unitarian Universalist	02/03/2008
Spirit of Life How to you define and access the spiritual?	Rev. Matt Tittle	Bay Area Unitarian Universalist Church, Houston, TX	02/03/2008
The Quest for Peace and Justice	Rev. Charles Blustein Ortman	The Unitarian Church of Montclair (NJ)	02/03/2008
Afraid of the Dark One of Simon & Garfunkel’s better known songs begins with the line "Hello darkness my old friend, I’ve come to talk with you again…" The fact is, though, darkness is not considered the least bit "friendly" by most of us. The vast majority of our cultural metaphors for goodness, holiness and safety refer to light. Moreover, our preference for a well-lit environment has made it difficult, in many parts of the country, to recognize familiar constellations in the night sky. Darkness as a physical and figurative fact is our focus at our services this weekend.	Michael A. Schuler	First Unitarian Society of Madison (WI)	02/03/2008
Love is the Doctrine of this Church	Rev. Kathy Schmitz	Pathways Church, Southlake, TX	02/03/2008
Outliving Guilt	Rev. Kim K. Crawford Harvie	Arlington Street Church, Boston, MA	02/03/2008
More Than a Groundhog Shadow: Renewal Inner recognitions speak louder than outward signs when we seek to again find our path in life.	Rev. Dr. Randolph W.B. Becker	Unitarian Universalist Fellowshop, Key West. FL	02/03/2008
The man with a jar of water	Rev. Bill Darlison	Unitarian Church Dublin	02/03/2008
Eeek! I Am One! Our society traditionally looks at aging from only a biological model, thus most terms used to describe aging are negative: the "decline" of "old age," "old geezers and old hags," "senior moments." The Rev. Linda Kaufman, a UU Community Minister affiliated with the University Unitarian Church in Seattle, will challenge this negativity: Does this model fit the spiritual and psychological experiences of later life? What if we "saged" instead of "aged"? What are the spiritual tasks of the last half of life?	Rev Linda Kaufman	Olympia Unitarian Universalist Congregation, Olympia, WA	02/03/2008
Our Principles III: Compassion and Community In this third of four sermons, we'll explore Unitarian Universalist ideals of justice and compassion in personal relationships and in the wider world.	Rev. John Cullinan	The Unitarian Church of Los Alamos, New Mexico	02/03/2008

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