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As T. Thorn Coyle says, “Practice makes possible.” How can the practice of covenant help us to navigate relationships in our lives and in our congregations?Sermon | By Byron Tyler Coles | August 1, 2024 | From LeaderLabTagged as: WorshipPage/Article -
What’s the value of volunteering? What’s the meaning of shared ministry? What’s in it for me?Sermon | By Beth Casebolt | July 1, 2024 | From LeaderLabTagged as: WorshipPage/Article -
The Sermon of the Month series is an offering from your UUA Congregational Life Staff to help support small congregations with quality worship resources.Sermon | February 12, 2024 | From LeaderLabTagged as: WorshipPage/Article -
The 2022-2023 Archives for Sermon of the Month Subscription SeriesSermon | December 4, 2023 | From LeaderLabTagged as: WorshipPage/Article -
Your minister is not, cannot be, your friend.Sermon | By Dawn Skjei Cooley | June 8, 2022 | From WorshipWebTagged as: Friendship, Leadership, Limitations, Ministry, Relationships, Unitarian Universalism, WorshipWorship element -
In the Bible, there’s a pretty well-known story about David and Goliath. Goliath, a huge warrior from the side of the Philistines, challenged someone from the side of the Israelites to battle. David was chosen and he knew that even with all of the armor in the world, he would not be able to win...Sermon | By Karishma Gottfried | November 7, 2019 | From WorshipWebTagged as: History, Identity, Living Our Faith, Meaning, Prophetic Words & Deeds, Purpose, Revelation, Salvation, Seven Principles, Unitarian Universalism, Unitarianism, UniversalismWorship element -
Stories do three things.Sermon | By Kim Hampton | September 1, 2018 | From UU WorldTagged as: Arts & Music, General Assembly, Imagination, WorshipPage/Article -
We seek to reform Unitarian Universalism because we can never be the bearers of love and justice if the foundation that sustains us is still perpetuating the very problems we long to solve.Sermon | By Sofía Betancourt | September 1, 2018 | From SpiritTagged as: Anti-Oppression, Leadership, Ministry, Oppression, Reconciliation, RedemptionPage/Article -
Editor's note: This sermon was prepared for a white congregation, and thus speaks to those who identify as white, centering the dismantling of white supremacy from a white perspective....Sermon | By Amanda Udis-Kessler | July 27, 2018 | From WorshipWebTagged as: #BlackLivesMatter, Anti-Oppression, Race/EthnicityWorship element -
Given that Unitarian Universalists believe in the inherent worth and dignity of all people, not just black people, why should we say “black lives matter” rather than “all lives matter”? To answer this question, we must draw a distinction between a faith stance and a description of reality.Sermon | By Amanda Udis-Kessler | March 14, 2017 | From WorshipWebTagged as: #BlackLivesMatter, America, Anti-Oppression, Justice, Race/Ethnicity, SecularWorship element -
This sermon refers to, and includes, the emerging ritual of a "chocolate communion." If you're seeking to incorporate our Unitarian Universalist values into such a ritual, we recommend providing an organic fair-trade product like the one...Sermon | By Sarah Movius Schurr | August 14, 2016 | From WorshipWebTagged as: 1st Principle (Worth & Dignity), 4th Principle (Truth & Meaning), Body, Commitment, Direct Experience, Diversity, Food Justice, Humanism, Love, Relationships, Valentine's DayWorship element -
The statement Black Lives Matter might be hard to hear because it floats. It is a bit of hyperbole. There is no counter point, no balancing narrative. This is something our culture is not accustomed to. We are used to having a good guy and a bad guy, a protagonist and an antagonist. We’ve seen...Sermon | By Nathan Ryan | November 24, 2015 | From WorshipWebTagged as: #BlackLivesMatter, Anti-Oppression, Direct Experience, Faith, Oppression, Pain, Race/Ethnicity, Redemption, Salvation, Unitarian UniversalismWorship element -
We ascend, or descend, inextricably linked with all others.Sermon | By Celie Katovitch | May 14, 2015 | From UU WorldTagged as: Community, Membership in CongregationsPage/Article -
A little playfulness can go a long way.Sermon | By Anthony Makar | May 14, 2015 | From UU WorldTagged as: Children, Joy, PlayfulnessPage/Article -
Reading From The Hebrew Bible (Isaiah 40:1-11) Comfort, O comfort my people, says your God. Speak tenderly to Jerusalem, and cry to her that she has served her term, that her penalty is paid, that she has received from the Lord's hand double for all her sins. A voice cries out: 'In the wilderness...Sermon | By Robin Bartlett | February 19, 2015 | From WorshipWebTagged as: #BlackLivesMatter, Anti-Oppression, Christianity, Dignity, Equity, Race/Ethnicity, Seven Principles, Unitarian Universalism, ViolenceWorship element
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We are in the midst of advent, friends, and I have to admit how much I love this season. Like most clergy I feel that it is my job, 24/7/365 to orient the world to the best of my ability toward peace, love, hope and joy....Sermon | By Susan Maginn | February 19, 2015 | From WorshipWebTagged as: 2nd Principle (Justice, Equity, & Compassion), 3rd Principle (Acceptance & Spiritual Growth), 4th Principle (Truth & Meaning), 6th Principle (World Community), Anti-Oppression, Direct Experience, Doubt, Faith, Justice, Peace, Race/Ethnicity, Suffering, Unitarian Universalism, WisdomWorship element
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At the beginning of this sermon, pictures of the five black people killed by police officers were projected for the congregation to see as each was named. At the end of the sermon, photo portraits of each were placed on chairs as candles were lit for them. This is Tamir Rice. Tamir Rice is twelve...Sermon | By Seth Carrier-Ladd | February 3, 2015 | From WorshipWebTagged as: #BlackLivesMatter, 1st Principle (Worth & Dignity), 2nd Principle (Justice, Equity, & Compassion), 6th Principle (World Community), 7th Principle (Interconnected Web), Anger, Anti-Oppression, Prophetic Words & Deeds, Race/Ethnicity, Unitarian UniversalismWorship element
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“I wondered about what I espoused as a pacifist and as a lover of life. As a Unitarian Universalist I dug for answers. But I had no answers. I still felt scared, horrified, hurt, angry, and shocked.”— Tom Capo How has this attack on our safe and secure country affected us? When a catastrophe...Sermon | By Tom Capo | January 21, 2015 | From WorshipWebWorship element
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Once or twice a generation comes a tragedy so immense that our whole nation comes to a stop and some new day of infamy becomes ingrained upon our memory and calendars. Such a date now becomes September 11th. We fixate on the horror; and then fear, anger, and a kind of helpless despair follow, but...Sermon | By Peter S. Raible | January 21, 2015 | From WorshipWebWorship element
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I invite you to reach out and make contact with the person next to you, a hand on shoulder, hand in hand, arm in arm, arm around, that we might feel our human connection at this dreadful time of mourning. And I ask you to be silent with me in remembrance of those who died on Tuesday, Sept. 11, in...Sermon | By Elizabeth Ketcham | January 21, 2015 | From WorshipWebWorship element