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January 18, 2026 The Power of Your Food Choices<\/a> – Don Barber<\/p>\n\n\n\n January 11, 2026 Resistance and Resilience<\/a> – Rev Peaches Gillette<\/p>\n\n\n\n January 4, 2026 Resisting and Embracing Change<\/a>– Emily Richards<\/p>\n\n\n\n December 28, 2025 Reflections on the New Year and Beginning Again<\/a> -Magdalen Lindeberg<\/p>\n\n\n\n December 23, 2025 After the Miracle<\/a> – Emily Richards<\/p>\n\n\n\n December 14, 2025 Hope Often Chooses Us<\/a> – Rev Peaches Gillette<\/p>\n\n\n\n December 9, 2025 The Work of Hope<\/a> – Rev Janet Shortall<\/p>\n\n\n\n November 9, 2025 The Blessing that Carries Us<\/a> – Rev Janet Shortall<\/p>\n\n\n\n October 19, 2025 Tending the Hearth of Compassion<\/a> – Rev Janet Shortall<\/p>\n\n\n\n August 17, 2025 My Life (and Truth) As a Mosaic<\/a> <\/strong>– Rod Howe<\/p>\n\n\n\n August 10, 2025 Gardening for the Soul<\/a> – Vicky McMillan<\/p>\n\n\n\n July 27, 2025 UU’s r Us<\/a> – Carol Whitlow<\/p>\n\n\n\n July 20, 2025 The Voices of My Life<\/a> – Preston Wilson<\/p>\n\n\n\n July 13 My Truths: Spiritual Experiences in Ithaca<\/a> – Howard Nelson<\/p>\n\n\n\n July 6, 2025 Our Unexplored Truths: DEI, Dialogue, and the Deep Work of Democracy<\/a>– Bob Parks and Angela Zhang<\/p>\n\n\n\n June 29, 2025 Seeking the Truth in Love<\/a> – Rev Joseph Boyd<\/p>\n\n\n\n June 15, 2025 The Critical Importance of Thinking<\/a> – Don Barber<\/p>\n\n\n\n May 25, 2025 Imagination as a Spiritual Power<\/a> – Rev Janet Shortall<\/p>\n\n\n\n April 20, 2025 In Whom Do We Believe?<\/a> – Emily Richards<\/p>\n\n\n\n February 16, 2025 Thinking About Ghosts and Dust<\/a> David Salomon<\/p>\n\n\n\n January 5, 2025 Presence<\/a> – Emily Richards<\/p>\n\n\n\n December 23, 2024 Sage Chapel Christmas Sermon<\/a> – Emily Richards<\/p>\n\n\n\n December 15, 2024 Living in Presence<\/a> – Rev Peaches Gillette<\/p>\n\n\n\n November 10, 2024 Repair<\/a> – Rev Peaches Gillette<\/p>\n\n\n\n September 22, 2024 Inviting Love into the Center <\/a>– Emily Richards<\/p>\n\n\n\n September 15, 2024 What Calls Us Forth<\/a> – Magdalen Lindeberg<\/p>\n\n\n\n July 28, 2024 Popular Music as Empathetic Prayer<\/a>-Preston Wilson<\/p>\n\n\n\n July 21, 2024 Honoring and Remembering (Altars Everywhere)<\/a> – Rod Howe<\/p>\n\n\n\n June 16, 2024 The Meaning of Trauma for Human Spirituality <\/a>– Jim Garbarino<\/p>\n\n\n\n March 31, 2024 Easter Sunday Sermon<\/a> – Magdalen Lindeberg<\/p>\n\n\n\n March 24, 2024 The Transformation of the Heart<\/a> – Rev. Peaches Gillette<\/p>\n\n\n\n March 24, 2024 The Sermon Archive and Summer Speakers<\/a>: A \u201cMatters of Our Lives\u201d Address – Preston Wilson<\/p>\n\n\n\n March 10, 2024 Opening To Change<\/a> – Emily Richards<\/p>\n\n\n\n March 3, 2024 Transformation<\/a> – Rev. Peaches Gillette<\/p>\n\n\n\n March 3, 2024 Children\u2019s Rights and the Circle of Caring in a Time of War<\/a> – Adult RE Talk by Jim Garbarino <\/p>\n\n\n\n February 25, 2024 The Future is Ours to Create<\/a> – Emily Richards, Stewardship<\/a> – Matt Hare<\/p>\n\n\n\n February 18, 2024 Change Through Community<\/a> – Sara Catterall<\/p>\n\n\n\n February 4, 2024 Justice and Equity<\/a> – Rev. Peaches Gillette<\/p>\n\n\n\n January 28, 2024 Liberating Love<\/a> – Rev. Peaches Gillette<\/p>\n\n\n\n January 21, 2024 Never Too Old<\/a> – Branwen Drew and Poetry by Branwen Drew<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n January 14, 2024 Love is the Answer<\/a> – Emily Richards<\/p>\n\n\n\n December 23, 2023 Candlelight Service<\/a> – Emily Richards<\/p>\n\n\n\n December 10, 2023 Faith, Community Building, and the Promise of World Peace<\/a> – Karim Beers<\/p>\n\n\n\n December 3, 2023 A Living Wage Future and Beloved Community<\/a> – Michael Ramos<\/p>\n\n\n\n October 29, 2023 We Remember <\/a>– Emily Richards<\/p>\n\n\n\n October 22, 2023 My Journey to Making Sense of Broken Children<\/a> -Jim Garbarino, PhD<\/p>\n\n\n\n October 8, 2023 The Climate Crisis and Spiritual Growth<\/a> – Anne Rhodes<\/p>\n\n\n\n October 1, 2023 Kindling the Flame<\/a> – Emily Richards<\/p>\n\n\n\n September 24, 2023 Our Commitment to Welcoming. Rod Howe: Feeling Welcomed<\/a>, Tom Coakley: Truth Be Told<\/a>, Kevin Moss: The Story of My Welcoming<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n September 17, 2023 Our Yearning to Belong <\/a>– Rev. Janet Shortall<\/p>\n\n\n\n September 3, 2023 With the Best of Intentions<\/a> – John Gaines<\/p>\n\n\n\n August 27, 2023 Rise Together and Medical Debt<\/a>-Judy Jones<\/p>\n\n\n\n August 27, 2023 Medical Debt, Racism, and Rise Together<\/a> – Matt Franke Singer<\/p>\n\n\n\n August 20, 2023 Capitalism is Our UU Challenge<\/a> – Don Barber<\/p>\n\n\n\n August 10, 2023 Going Back: Family, History, Memory, and Myth Along the Hudson River<\/a> – David Salomon<\/p>\n\n\n\n August 6, 2023 The Benefits of a Plant-based Diet<\/a> – Amie Hamlin<\/p>\n\n\n\n July 30, 2023 Growth Through Mothering<\/a> – Sue Roenke<\/p>\n\n\n\n July 9, 2023 The Power of Popular Music<\/a> – Preston Wilson<\/p>\n\n\n\n July 2, 2023 Embracing Unknowing: in Wordle and in Life <\/a>– Magdalen Lindeberg<\/p>\n\n\n\n June 25, 2023 A Happy Fault: Original Sin through a Buddhist Lens<\/a>-Alice McDowell<\/p>\n\n\n\n April 23, 2023 Breaking Through Resistance<\/a> – Elisa Keeler<\/p>\n\n\n\n April 9, 2023 Wrestling with Resurrection<\/a> – Emily Richards<\/p>\n\n\n\n April 2, 2023 On Resistance, Social Ju<\/a>stice and Faith – Rev. Peaches Gillette<\/p>\n\n\n\n February 26, 2023 Universal Love<\/a> – Dr. Kenneth Clark<\/p>\n\n\n\n January 22, 2023 Sophia’s Prophetic Call<\/a> – Rev. Janet Shortall<\/p>\n\n\n\n December 15, 2022 Advent’s Beauty<\/a> – Rev. Janet Shortall<\/p>\n\n\n\n November 7, 2022 Cultivating a Culture of Appreciatio<\/a>n – Emily Richards<\/p>\n\n\n\n October 30, 2022 The Masks We Wear<\/a> – Emily Richards<\/p>\n\n\n\n October 9, 2022 Facing Our Insecurities<\/a> – Emily Richards<\/p>\n\n\n\n September 25, 2022 The Act of Belonging<\/a> – Emily Richards<\/p>\n\n\n\n August 28, 2022 Growing Up White in America<\/a> – Barbara Shew<\/p>\n\n\n\n August 21, 2022 Feeling Adrift <\/a>– Don Barber<\/p>\n\n\n\n August 14, 2022 Charity vs Justice Work<\/a> – John Gaines<\/p>\n\n\n\n August 7, 2022 Consumers and Shapers<\/a> – Margaret Nichols<\/p>\n\n\n\n July 31, 2022 Meditation and the Light Within<\/a> – Alice McDowell PhD<\/p>\n\n\n\n July 24, 2022 Reproductive Justice<\/a> – Nancy Miller<\/p>\n\n\n\n July 17, 2022 Hard Questions for UU’s<\/a> – Preston Wilson<\/p>\n\n\n\n July 3, 2022 Personal Connections vs Global Divisions<\/a> – Magdalen Lindeberg<\/p>\n\n\n\n June 19, 2022 We Are All Metaphysical<\/a> – Elton Hall<\/p>\n\n\n\n Summer 2022 Courage When You Have No Choice<\/a> – Amelia Habicht<\/p>\n\n\n\n October 3, 2021 A Community of Covenant<\/a> – Emily Richards<\/p>\n\n\n\n August 16, 2020 An HIV Journey to Harlem, Africa, and Home <\/a>– Jens Wennberg<\/p>\n\n\n\n February 11, 2014 Courage in Transition<\/a> – Amelia Habicht<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n “Matters of Our Lives” is a legacy part of the Sunday service which allows any congregant the chance to speak of personal spiritual matters that relate to our eight principles of belief. Around 300 words, its scripted content should be first approved by the Director of Congregational Life, or the Associate Director of Congregational Life, or the Director of Pastoral Care.<\/p>\n\n\n\n April 9, 2023 Archive Invite to the Congregation<\/a>– Preston Wilson<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Please see below for transcripts of select services. Please note that these sermons reflect the views of the speakers and do not necessarily reflect those of the First Unitarian Society of Ithaca. <\/p>\n January 18, 2026 The Power of Your Food Choices<\/a> – Don Barber<\/p>\nMatters of Our Lives<\/h2>\n\n\n\n