The majority of fairy tales – “minor scriptures” representing the distilled wisdom of a culture – deal with the issues and psychology of children and youth as they make the…

“Flower Communion Sunday” – This Sunday’s service – “In the springing of the year” (Robert Frost) – will center around a flower communion ritual. This is a ritual introduced 100…

What is religion and how may one speak of it? In this sermon a retired Unitarian Universalist minister will take a look at the current attempt in Unitarian Universalist circles…

This service will, Janus-like, look both ways. Following a sermon message engaging Denise Levertov’s poem “Once Only” as its text, it will include a “Composting Communion,” then, in community, both…

In his song “Holy Now,” Peter Mayer, reflecting his Catholic upbringing, writes: “Wine from water is not so small/ But an even better magic trick/ Is that anything is here…

This sermon will explore (at least) three things: 1) Why it’s so difficult to find common ground on the issue of abortion. 2) Is there more common ground in this…

One of the functions of mythology and religion is what mythologist Joseph Campbell calls the “pedagogical function” – teaching and guiding the individual through the normal stages of life in…

For many religious liberals the joy and triumph of Easter is diminished – or even blocked completely – by past literalistic understandings. This sermon will – oh, so quickly –…