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Letting Go by Tom Endress June 23, 2008 This talk is the second in a series of a talk I gave on December 2 of last year. That talk dealt with an intense experience I went through in May of 1958. That incident might be called many things, a spiritual awakening, a little satori, an epiphany, grace, or just a strong dose of feeling good. Last May 18 was the 50th anniversary of that event. The original intention of this talk was to compare that moment with similar events in

Elizabeth L. Ihle 13 April 2008 Serendipity caused this sermon. Last fall my bird club book club was reading Annie Dillard's 1974 classic, Pilgrim at Tinker Creek , her Pulitzer prizing-winning account of her time living in a home near Hollins College and observing the natural world around her. Simultaneously, I was reading Henry David Thoreau's Walden in preparation for visiting Concord and Walden Pond. Ah ha, I thought, look at the parallels! There's a sermon here! And

Seeking Our Center: A Vision for Service Presented by the Shared Ministry Task Force. April 6, 2008 READINGS: The first reading this morning, about the Fellowship movement within UUA, is taken from the most recent UU World magazine and a new book, The Fellowship Movement: A growth strategy and its legacy. The story of the growth of Unitarian Universalism in the last sixty years is largely the story of the fellowship movement and its aftermath. Between 1948 and 1967 the main

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