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“Ik Onkar: A Unitarian Universalist Appreciation of Sikhism”
November 10, 2019
Coinciding with the 550th anniversary of the birth of Guru Nanak, I preached about Sikhism. The 3rd source of UUism is wisdom from the world’s religions. How much do you know about Sikhism, the 5th largest organized world religion? This religious tradition is very dear to me, and I wanted to share something about it with the wonderful people of FCU.
“Daydreaming about God”
November 3, 2019
This was my “response” (of a sort) to the previous week’s sermon (“God Is Not God’s Name”) by guest preacher (and former FCU interim minister) Rev. Steve Edington! Some Unitarian Universalists are agnostics; some are atheists; some believe in “God”, but just what does that mean? Do you have (what some have called) “a God concept”? Here I share some of my own ways of thinking about God, or “God”.
“God Is Not God’s Name”
October 27, 2019
On October 27, 2019, Rev. Steve Edington (beloved former interim minister) returned to the FCU pulpit! The sermon title is also the title of a recently published book by Steve. It traces his religious and spiritual journey from an evangelical Baptist church in southern West Virginia to a forty-year career as a Unitarian Universalist minister; and offers some of the insights and conclusions he has come to along the way. Steve’s sermon has to do with how we explore and cultivate a relationship with that which we sense is greater than ourselves without getting too ensnared in religious language or terminology. It is part of our human condition to look beyond ourselves for some greater meaning or purpose in our lives. Our various religions have sought to deal with this condition—and it is a condition we all encounter however “religious” or not we may consider ourselves to be. Steve is the Minister Emeritus of the Unitarian Universalist Church of Nashua, New Hampshire—a congregation he served for twenty-four years. He has also been an interim minister for several New England UU congregations—including a very delightful time at FCU! Currently Steve is the quarter-time consulting minister for the UU Church of Franklin, New Hampshire. Steve and his wife, Michele, live in Nashua.
“Hindu Paths to the Divine”
April 28, 2019
Unfortunately, the video for this service did not come out in an audible form. Here is the sermon text, which is pretty close to what I actually said that day in sharing my appreciations of Hinduism! I shared some basics about the tradition in the Time for All Ages as well.