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This is a full list of sermons presented at UUCCSM since mid-1999. Links to sermon texts are included when made available by their authors. Audio recordings are also available for most sermons presented after September, 2007 by our staff ministers and others directly affiliated with our church (just click the speaker icon next to each sermon where it's available*). Audio from guest speakers is posted only when we have their permission to share it.
Hard copies of sermons by Rev. Jeremiah Kalendae are available in the church office. Contact office assistant Sibylla Nash at office@uusm.org if you have a request.
"Leaving Room for Hope: Sermons for Uncertain Times," a book of Minister Emerita Judith Meyer's sermons, is available here.
**Please Note: Video recordings are available for sermons with a small TV icon showing at the bottom of the sermon listing. Just click the icon to watch the service.**
Leonard Felder, psychologist and author, discusses how to overcome the self-righteousness and divisiveness that happen in our families and groups when friends and loved ones clash about spiritual or religious beliefs. Using humor and suggestions from his counseling practice and research, he will explore why these are such loaded topics and how to resolve tensions before they tear us apart.
A commentator on the radio recently described a terrible accident - the death of over 300 people on the Hajj, the annual Muslim pilgrimage to Mecca - as the work of Satan. Her words shocked me - and then led me to think long and hard about the reality of evil. Chalice Lighting What is Evil, by Christopher Marten
Influenced by Ralph Waldo Emerson, who wrote, Nothing is at last sacred but the integrity of your own mind, we Unitarian Universalists do not have a shared image of the sacred. Is this a serious lapse, an act of reverence, or a sign of our indifference? 9 a.m. Chalice Lighting Living a Sacred Life - One of Reverence and Respect, by Margot Page 11 a.m. Chalice Lighting Remarks by Analee Haro-Simon and Robert Simon
Los Angeles has emerged as a focal point of the new American labor movement. What accounts for this change, and what can people of conscience do to support social justice organizing in our communities? Kent Wong is Director of the Center for Labor Research and Education at UCLA, where he teaches Labor Studies and Asian American Studies. He is an attorney and community activist and writes extensively on labor issues.
Traveling in Morocco this fall, part of the time during Ramadan, made me realize how much ignorance and fear accompany the encounter with Muslim culture today. I learned a lot about Islam while I was there. I learned even more about myself. Chalice Lighting Understanding Self and Place Through Travel, by Jerry Gates
Martin Luther King, Jr. was a college student when he read Henry David Thoreau for the first time. We honor King this Sunday by exploring Thoreau?s influence as King articulated his philosophy of nonviolence in speeches, writings, and public acts of great courage.
There is a big secular world outside church, I discovered this fall. People live their whole lives without ever taking part in a religious community. What are they missing? Does it matter?
New Year's Day we reflect on taking time out and starting over, using the rhythms of life to change and grow . . . and then get back to the present moment.
This will be the final sermon in the W.H. Auden series. In Auden's poetic drama, Shepherds and Wise Men who have been isolated in vastly different cultures are released to unite in song.
We will follow the traditional pattern with two Christmas Eve Services the family service at 6 p.m. and the candle lighting service at 8 p.m.
