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An Austrian millionaire was in the news this month for giving away all of his fortune. Why? "For a long time I believed that more wealth and luxury automatically meant more happiness," he said....Sermon | By Vail Weller | January 21, 2015 | From WorshipWebTagged as: Generosity, Money, Responsibility, Stewardship, Transformation -
I had jet-lag. That’s my excuse—that, and it was a hot, humid Sunday afternoon in Chicago, the end of a three-day family reunion. All of us were well-fed and happy, but tired and...well, the family had been together for three days. When my aunt remembered that she needed to return the flower...Sermon | By Erika Hewitt | January 21, 2015 | From WorshipWebTagged as: America, Compassion, Generosity, Poverty, Stewardship
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What we try to express as Unitarian Universalists, are these truths: Each of us is unique. Each of us has gifts we were given at birth – we were born with these gifts; they are wired within us. Each of us has the responsibility to apply these talents to the world. Each of us must navigate how to...Sermon | By Beth Graham | January 21, 2015 | From WorshipWebTagged as: Calling, Canvass/Pledge, Meaning, Searching, Service, Stewardship, Vision
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Last spring, I got a message from the universe. Now I don’t get too many messages from the universe; sometimes I don’t even get my phone messages. But this message was very loud, and it came at four in the morning in the form of a tremendous thud from my closet. This particular message was one...Sermon | By Bonnie McClish Dlott | January 21, 2015 | From WorshipWebTagged as: Abundance, Direct Experience, Economy, Greed, Money, Redemption, Stewardship