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A sermon preached at Harrisonburg UUA, August 19, 2007 by Rev. John Irvine A perched hawk can often be seen cocking its head and looking up at the sky with one eye. It may be estimating the catchability of a bird that could serve as its lunch. More likely, it is cautiously watching another hawk flying over that might dive on it and make it lunch. When I have looked up to see what the hawk is watching, I have often been unable to spot anything up there. Yet the hawk keeps fo

Presented by Lincoln Gray July 8, 2007 This talk was presented as a part of Our Spiritual Journeys service. I am proud to be the 12th great grandson of Roger Williams (claimed as a spiritual leader by the Unitarians). I knew my great-grandmother, a Williams who married a Gray, and heard the stories. Roger was a Puritan who came to the Massachusetts Bay colony in the 1600's seeking religious freedom. He soon ran afoul of the local leaders because he believed in too much r