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Sermon Archive

Rev. Greg Stewart and Rev. Bill Hamilton-HolowayThe sermons offered here are a representative sampling of recent services as well as an interesting picture of our history captured through the messages of the day which ministers deemed worthy of becoming sermons.

We publish audio of the full service and a separate audio of the sermon.

We hope that you might find inspiration here to take you a few steps further down your own spiritual path.

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2008
November 16		 Deadly Sins For Lively Liberals: Pride Greg Stewart Order of
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November 9		 SCIENCE!!! Discovering The Spark Of Life Peter Olandt Order of
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November 2		 Goin’ to the Chapel:
A Wedding and a Vigil in Defense of Marriage for All		 Dorsey Blake & Mark Leno Order of
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October 26		 Stretch Our Arms: We Are Our Brother’s Keeper Fran Mercer Order of
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October 19		 The Sin Series: Deadly Sins for Lively Liberals Greg Stewart Order of
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October 12		 Universalism: For Such A Time As This! Greg Stewart Order of
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October 5		 Who’s Right About Animal Rights? Greg Stewart Order of
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September 28		 Shofar, So Good Peter Olandt Order of
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September 21		 Traveling Mercies Greg Stewart Order of
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September 14		 Making Loss Matter Greg Stewart Order of
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September 7 		Beyond Sunday
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August 31		 Spirituality Con Carne Gordon Gibson  Order of
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August 24		 Bernell: Something About Assumptions Gordon Gibson Order of
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August 17		 Hometown Prophet Gordon Gibson Order of
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August 10		 Going Out Dancing
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August 3 		One Word Sermon Gordon Gibson Order of
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July 27		 T-Shirt Theology
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July 20		 Don’t Put Off Being Happy Greg Stewart Order of
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July 13		 The Hope Series: Hope Is Yours! Greg Stewart Order of
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July 6		 Faith of the Larger Liberty Fred Rabidoux Order of
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June 29		 Meaning Chaser Jeremy Nickel Order of
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June 22		 Risking Our Lives Young Adult Group Order of
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June 15		 Shall We Be Instruments of Peace? Alyson Jacks Order of
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June 8		 What is Marriage For? Greg Stewart Order of
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June 1		 The Hope Series: Where in the World is Hope? Greg Stewart Order of
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May 25		 Thank You For Your Service J.D. Benson Order of
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May 18		 Transitions Betty Skwarek Order of
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May 11		 Can God Be Trusted? Greg Stewart Order of
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May 4		 The Hope Series: Hope Is Fleeting Greg Stewart Order of
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April 27		 Brahms' Requiem Mark Sumner Order of
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April 20		 Translating Vision Into Reality Dorsey Blake Order of
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April 13		 The Hope Series: Hope Is Costly
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April 6 		Handling Surprises Fred Rabidoux Order of
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March 30		 The Power of Reflection Kay Jorgensen Order of
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March 23		 Giving Up Religion For Lent Greg Stewart Order of
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March 16		 If mouths were silent, the stones would shout out Jeremy Nickel Order of
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March 9		 The Hope Series: Hope Is Suffering Greg Stewart Order of
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March 2		 You Say You Want a Revolution: US Democracy and Nicaragua Alex Darr Order of
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February 24		 Will Our Children Have Faith? Greg Stewart Order of
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February 17		 Colorblind or Color-bound? Greg Stewart Order of
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February 10 		From Fear to Faith Maj-Britt Johnson Order of
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February 3
The Hope Series: Hope is Power Greg Stewart Order of
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January 27		 Towards the Stars Alyson Jacks Order of
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January 20		 Something to Believe In Fred Rabidoux Order of
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January 13		 The Frenzy of the Activist Jeremy Nickel Order of
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January 6
 A Sharp Vision Jeremy Nickel Order of
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December 30		 The Great Turning Fred Rabidoux Order of
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December 24		 O, Mary, Don’t You Weep Greg Stewart Order of
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December 23		 Making Life Matter Greg Stewart Order of
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December 16		 Loving What Is Greg Stewart Order of
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December 9		 Lodestars of Hope, Healing and Truth Sr. Sheila Flynn Order of
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December 2		 The Hope Series: Hope is Risky Greg Stewart Order of
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November 25		 Draw a Circle  Ben Bear Order of
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November 18		 Breaking Bread, Breaking Through!

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November 11		 The Hope Series: Hope is Chosen Greg Stewart Order of
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November 4		 The Lightning That Preceded It Jeremy Nickel Order of
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October 28		 The Good News of Prudence Alcott Stefan Jonasson Order of
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October 21		 A Family Portrait in Black and White Greg Stewart Order of
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October 14		 Standing on the Edge of Hope Greg Stewart Order of
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October 7		 Not for the Faint of Heart Carol Ruley  Order of
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September 30		 The Irreverent Spiritual Quest of Generation X Jeremy Nickel Order of
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September 23		 How to Be One with God Greg Stewart Order of
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September 16		 I’m Not Religious But I Am Spiritual
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September 9		 You Can Go Home Again Greg Stewart Order of
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September 2		 Living a Liberating Gospel Gordon Gibson Order of
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August 26		 John Muir and the Manicheans Gordon Gibson Order of
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August 19		 Unstupidification Gordon Gibson Order of
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August 12		 You, U, and Especially U Gordon Gibson Order of
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August 5		 Beyond Tepid Tolerance Gordon Gibson Order of
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July 29		 Starr King: Activist and Ecologist Craig Scott Order of
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July 22		 Healing Israel/Palestine Craig Scott Order of
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July 15		 Job's Side of the Story Craig Scott Order of
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July 8		 Global Warming as a Moral Issue Craig Scott Order of
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July 1		 Sharing the Journey Craig Scott Order of
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June  24		 ‘Pride’ Is It For All of Us?
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June  17		 Fathers, Take the Lead Fred Rabidoux Order of
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June  10		 Don’t Just Do Something, Sit There! Greg Stewart Order of
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June  3		 I Can’t Do This All On My Own: Spiritual Centering in a Disconnected World UUSF Young Adult Group Order of
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May 27		 The Illusion of Time: Clocking Out Greg Stewart Order of
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May 20		 The Credos of Youth – Finding Faith Coming of Age 2007
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May 13		 The Demise of Democracy: Naming Names Greg Stewart Order of
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May 6		 The Marks of Growth: Living Proof Greg Stewart Order of
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April 29		 To Live Until We Die JD Benson Order of
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April 22		 Willing Confessions of a Reluctant Believer Greg Stewart Order of
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April 15		 On the Frontier of Our Ideals JD Benson Order of
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April 8		 Easter For Skeptics Greg Stewart Order of
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April 1		 Playing the Fool Dr. Laurel Liefert Order of
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March 25		 The Real Saint Series: Béla Bartók Greg Stewart