Category: Sermons

• “Learning to Work Construction”

  

  What does working construction have to do with the Trinity? …

  HAT

  June 5, 2023

  Sermons

  Christian ideas and practices, church, discipleship, God, Haggai 2:1-9, Holy Spirit, Jesus, Matthew 28:16-20, Trinity

• “Wisdom’s Story of Creation”

  

  a sermon for the First Unitarian Church, Louisville, Kentucky … From pure Joy springs all creation; by Joy it is sustained, towards joy it proceeds, and to Joy it returns. Upanishads – but probably not the Mundaka after all I feel I need to include some words of introduction about this sermon, so that people…

  HAT

  May 22, 2023

  Sermons

  Unitarian Universalist, wisdom literature, Proverbs 8:1-4, interfaith, Rg Veda, Proverbs 8:22-31

• “Still Unknown”

  

  There are some consequences of accepting the idea that God is the One “in whom we live and move and have our being …”

  HAT

  May 15, 2023

  Sermons

  1 John 4:8, Acts 17:16-31, Ecclesiastes 5:2, exegesis, God, humility, mystery, philosophy

• “Growing-in-Grace Pains”

  

  The Apostles demonstrate a low threshold for drama …

  HAT

  May 8, 2023

  Sermons

  Acts 6:1-8, Christian ideas and practices, Christian living, church, commentary, conflict resolution

• “Resisting Ourselves”

  

  and saving democracy by listening to people …

  HAT

  May 1, 2023

  Sermons

  common good, polarization, politics and religion, Robert B. Talisse, spirituality

• “Teaching on the Move”

  

  Jesus might have been giving a less “Christological” reading of “all the scriptures” than some people think on that road to Emmaus

  HAT

  April 24, 2023

  Sermons

  Bible, Christian ideas and practices, Hebrew Bible – Old Testament, Luke 24:25-26, the Word

• “Messengers of Great Joy”

  

  “Rejoice!” … literally a word of greeting like “Hey, you-all!” …

  HAT

  April 10, 2023

  Sermons

  Christian ideas and practices, Easter, exegesis, Jesus, Matthew 28:1-10, resurrection

• “Waiting Well”

  

  These stories about resurrection all start with death …

  HAT

  March 27, 2023

  Sermons

  Ezekiel 37:1-14, faith hope and love, John 11:1-45, resurrection

• “Beautiful Eyes”

  

  What DOES God see when God looks on the heart in this story …?

  HAT

  March 20, 2023

  Sermons

  1 Samuel 16:1-13, David, grace, ordination

• “Hidden Resources”

  

  Sometimes the wilderness has more resources than we realize …

  HAT

  March 13, 2023

  Sermons

  change, Exodus 17:1-7, providence, the Church

• “Thinking Ahead”

  

  here’s a story that we almost never read in church … though maybe we should …

  HAT

  February 27, 2023

  Sermons

  Genesis 4:2-16, gospel, Jesus Christ, redemption, sin, violence

• “Fear or Familiarity”

  

  Why are the disciples afraid when they experience the Transfiguration, and what does that mean for us? …

  HAT

  February 20, 2023

  Sermons

  Exodus 24:9-18, Matthew 17:1-9, transfiguration

• “Vital Separations”

  

  We might want to hear “the law and the prophets” differently …

  HAT

  February 6, 2023

  Sermons

  context, exegesis, Jesus, Matthew 5:13-20, Sermon on the Mount

• “Cultivating Our Center”

  

  If we go in search of ourselves, what are we likely to find? …

  HAT

  January 30, 2023

  Sermons

  character, ethics, humanity, International Holocaust Remembrance Day, personal responsibility, Unitarian Universalist