Here’s hoping this Sunday’s sermon finds you well.
He had decided never to preach again. And who could blame him? A lay preacher, John Murray had been excommunicated from the Methodist church in England for his belief in Universalism. On top of that, around the time of his excommunication both his son and his wife died. [...]
Archive for April, 2008
Our Universalist Heritage
Posted in 26709 on April 27, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Our UU Heritage: Channing’s “Unitarian Christianity”
Posted in 26709 on April 14, 2008 | 11 Comments »
What follows is the first in a two-part series of sermons exploring our UU heritage.
For two Sundays this month, today and April 27th, we’ll be exploring the two sides of our Unitarian Universalist heritage: The Unitarians and the Universalists. The two groups merged in 1961, but there’s a long, rich history of each movement before [...]
Randy Pausch Lecture: Really Achieving Your Childhood Dreams
Posted in 26709 on April 10, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
This is a fascinating lecture. Ever wonder what you would do if you knew you were dying?
from www.youtube.com posted with vodpod
Would Channing Be Considered A Moderate Today?
Posted in 26709 on April 8, 2008 | 1 Comment »
As I’ve been researching for a sermon on William Ellery Channing, one of the Unitarian forebears of Unitarian Universalism, it strikes me that he may well have been considered a theological moderate today. He was a Christian who, it seems to me, simply called for historical study of Scripture.
At one point, he says of the [...]
Religious Atheism?
Posted in 26709 on April 3, 2008 | 7 Comments »
There’s an interesting article in the current issue of the Journal of Liberal Religion which lays out very well the thinking of atheist/humanist Unitarian Universalists. I find myself identifying increasingly with this group. For those of you who wonder why an atheist would attend church, this article contains your answer. Here’s a quote:
Our survival and [...]
