September 22, 2024 Inviting Love into the Center – Emily Richards

September 15, 2024 What Calls Us Forth – Magdalen Lindeberg

July 28, 2024 Popular Music as Empathetic Prayer-Preston Wilson

July 21, 2024 Honoring and Remembering (Altars Everywhere) – Rod Howe

June 16, 2024 The Meaning of Trauma for Human Spirituality – Jim Garbarino

March 31, 2024 Easter Sunday Sermon – Magdalen Lindeberg

March 24, 2024 The Transformation of the Heart – Rev. Peaches Gillette

March 24, 2024 The Sermon Archive and Summer Speakers: A “Matters of Our Lives” Address – Preston Wilson

March 10, 2024 Opening To Change – Emily Richards

March 3, 2024 Transformation – Rev. Peaches Gillette

March 3, 2024 Children’s Rights and the Circle of Caring in a Time of War – Adult RE Talk by Jim Garbarino

February 25, 2024 The Future is Ours to Create – Emily Richards, Stewardship – Matt Hare

February 18, 2024 Change Through Community – Sara Catterall

February 4, 2024 Justice and Equity – Rev. Peaches Gillette

January 28, 2024 Liberating Love – Rev. Peaches Gillette

January 21, 2024 Never Too Old – Branwen Drew and Poetry by Branwen Drew

January 14, 2024 Love is the Answer – Emily Richards

December 23, 2023 Candlelight Service – Emily Richards

December 10, 2023 Faith, Community Building, and the Promise of World Peace – Karim Beers

December 3, 2023 A Living Wage Future and Beloved Community – Michael Ramos

October 29, 2023 We Remember – Emily Richards

October 22, 2023 My Journey to Making Sense of Broken Children -Jim Garbarino, PhD

October 8, 2023 The Climate Crisis and Spiritual Growth – Anne Rhodes

October 1, 2023 Kindling the Flame – Emily Richards

September 24, 2023 Our Commitment to Welcoming. Rod Howe: Feeling Welcomed, Tom Coakley: Truth Be Told, Kevin Moss: The Story of My Welcoming

September 17, 2023 Our Yearning to Belong – Rev. Janet Shortall

September 3, 2023 With the Best of Intentions – John Gaines

August 27, 2023 Rise Together and Medical Debt-Judy Jones

August 27, 2023 Medical Debt, Racism, and Rise Together – Matt Franke Singer

August 20, 2023 Capitalism is Our UU Challenge – Don Barber

August 10, 2023 Going Back: Family, History, Memory, and Myth Along the Hudson River – David Salomon

August 6, 2023 The Benefits of a Plant-based Diet – Amie Hamlin

July 30, 2023 Growth Through Mothering – Sue Roenke

July 9, 2023 The Power of Popular Music – Preston Wilson

July 2, 2023 Embracing Unknowing: in Wordle and in Life – Magdalen Lindeberg

June 25, 2023 A Happy Fault: Original Sin through a Buddhist Lens-Alice McDowell

April 23, 2023 Breaking Through Resistance – Elisa Keeler

April 9, 2023 Wrestling with Resurrection – Emily Richards

April 2, 2023 On Resistance, Social Justice and Faith – Rev. Peaches Gillette

February 26, 2023 Universal Love – Dr. Kenneth Clark

January 22, 2023 Sophia’s Prophetic Call – Rev. Janet Shortall

December 15, 2022 Advent’s Beauty – Rev. Janet Shortall

November 7, 2022 Cultivating a Culture of Appreciation – Emily Richards

October 30, 2022 The Masks We Wear – Emily Richards

October 9, 2022 Facing Our Insecurities – Emily Richards

September 25, 2022 The Act of Belonging – Emily Richards

August 28, 2022 Growing Up White in America – Barbara Shew

August 21, 2022 Feeling Adrift – Don Barber

August 14, 2022 Charity vs Justice Work – John Gaines

August 7, 2022 Consumers and Shapers – Margaret Nichols

July 31, 2022 Meditation and the Light Within – Alice McDowell PhD

July 24, 2022 Reproductive Justice – Nancy Miller

July 17, 2022 Hard Questions for UU’s – Preston Wilson

July 3, 2022 Personal Connections vs Global Divisions – Magdalen Lindeberg

June 19, 2022 We Are All Metaphysical – Elton Hall

Summer 2022 Courage When You Have No Choice – Amelia Habicht

October 3, 2021 A Community of Covenant – Emily Richards

August 16, 2020 An HIV Journey to Harlem, Africa, and Home – Jens Wennberg

February 11, 2014 Courage in Transition – Amelia Habicht

Matters of Our Lives

“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.

April 9, 2023 Archive Invite to the Congregation– Preston Wilson