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Archive for November, 2007

The Humanism of John Dietrich

What follows is the sermon for November 25, 2007. I hope it finds you well.
He had spent weeks working on this paper. Weeks, because it was representative of just how far he’d come. He was born the son of a poor farmer in Pennsylvania. He had enrolled in high school, but plenty of people thought [...]

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The Tale of Rumano

This is a kids’ poem I wrote and delivered as this morning’s children’s focus. I don’t mean to be hard on traditional religionists. I wanted to use this poem to explain humanism.
A million, million years ago
In the far-away land of Rumano
Lived two townspeople, Nancy and Joe
And Nancy and Joe were happy 

In Rumano it was always [...]

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God Has Come to America

This is a Christmas card Heather and I found in a stack of old cards. We bought a box years ago, and this was included. Geez, kinda says it all, doesn’t it?

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Democracy In the Church

One of the seven principles of Unitarian Universalism is the use of the democratic process in our congregations. I explore that process in this sermon, delivered this past Sunday.
OPENING WORDS
As we gather together this morning,May we learn to recognize and affirm
The pieces of possibility –The bits of good — we bring. 
May we encourage rather than [...]

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