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EASTER SURPISES, 2008 by Rev. Bob Hughes March 23, 2008 For many years, as a Lutheran pastor, on Easter Sunday, the first words I would say were, “Christ has risen!" The congregation would answer in reply, “he is risen, indeed!" After nearly 25 years of Lutheran ministry I discovered Unitarian Universalism and eventually transferred my ordination. Now, as a UU minister, I wonder what I can say on Easter Sunday! I know that, if I were to say, “Christ has risen!" you wouldn’t

March 16, 2008 by Liz Ross, JMU Campus Ministry As I sat on a plane writing this sermon, I struggled to think of where to start and how to begin. There are many different angles to cover and things to talk about when it occurred to me-there generally is no starting point in a connection. When one forms-it just keeps going, similar to the phrase or feeling of being connected to someone or something and you don't know where you end and the other person or thing begins. It's co

Presented by the HUU Board of Trustees February 3, 2008 Story for all Ages John Godfrey Saxe's ( 1816-1887) version of the famous Indian legend It was six men of Indostan To learning much inclined, Who went to see the Elephant (Though all of them were blind), That each by observation Might satisfy his mind. The First approached the Elephant, And happening to fall Against his broad and sturdy side, At once began to bawl: “God bless me! but the Elephant Is very like a wall!

by James J. Geary January 27, 2008 Good morning. The title of my talk is Evolution versus Intelligent Design. Maybe a better title would have been “Creationists Don't Give Up." I'm sure you understand that I can only touch on a few of the recent highlights of this protracted debate between evolutionists and creationists. It's been going on for nearly a century and a half. Intelligent design is just the latest effort of the creationists. UU minister Forrest Church, in a sp

Rev. Emma Chattin January 20, 2008 First Reading ~ From Isaiah 43:18, 19 “Forget the former things; do not dwell on the past. See, I am doing a new thing! Now it springs up; do you not perceive it? I will make a way in the wilderness and rivers in the desert. Second Reading From Zaid Hassan in The... Axioms of Social Change Problems are tough because they are complex in three ways. They are dynamically complex, which means that the cause and effect are far apart in spac