Fierce Love, Resisting Fascism (sermon)

March 24, 2024 First Unitarian Universalist Society Burlington Part....


Ritual of Lament – 4th Anniversary of Covid Lockdown

Our stone ritual is different today. Typically, the movement forward and the....


Compass, not a Map (sermon)

March 17, 2024 First Unitarian Universalist Society Burlington A few weeks back, we used the poem, Fletcher Oak, a head nod to this month’s Earth Teacher, the Acorn. In it, the poet Mary Oliver wrote these lines: I don’t know if I will....


A Stacked Perspective: Unpacking the Boxes of Justice & Equity (sermon)

February 11, 2024 First Unitarian Universalist Society....


Forget Your Perfect Offering (sermon)

First Unitarian Universalist Society Burlington February 4,....


Enough & Glorious (sermon)

First Unitarian Universalist Society Burlington January 28, 2024 It’s a command: Enough.  It’s a hopeful incantation: Enough.  It’s an expression of gratitude and humility: Enough.  It’s a shuddering surrender....


The Best of Intentions (sermon)

[the Time for All Ages at the start of this worship service is referenced....


Pray for Peace People Everywhere (sermon – video)

https://youtu.be/dnsiKBGug-M here is the sermon from Christmas Eve, in video....


Pray for Peace People Everywhere (sermon)

First Unitarian Universalist Society Burlington December 24, 2023 Five simple words. Yet when we put them together, simplicity gives way to complexity and threatens impossibility. These lines are familiar to us from the 1962 Christmas....


The Christmas Eve sermon preface I am NOT using…

All writing, including sermon writing, involves "killing one's darlings" which....