by UUAvl-WebAdmin | Feb 5, 2015 | Weekly Message
The sights and sounds of India will be echoing inside me for some time after returning from the three-week Road Scholar “spiritual tour” that my wife, Debbie, and I took. But as I indicated in my sermon on February 1 what continues to work on me is the religious...
by UUAvl-WebAdmin | Feb 3, 2015 | Sermons
Three weeks in India brought encounters with people whose lived faiths I’ve never experienced before. How does a Unitarian Universalist respond? Readings “Varanasi,” by Mary Oliver “I Said to the Wanting-Creature Inside Me,” by Kabir...
by UUAvl-WebAdmin | Jan 29, 2015 | Weekly Message
Grief has been on my mind these past few weeks, as I have witnessed so many people experiencing losses of loved ones. We know anecdotally that January is a busy month for dying, and I have seen this phenomenon repeat itself over and over as each day more people share...
by UUAvl-WebAdmin | Jan 15, 2015 | Weekly Message
Let’s face it, the very idea of going to church seems so…well, old-fashioned. Like something our grandparents did. An anachronism. Hasn’t the world moved on? Currently, about 40% of Americans attend church services regularly. The world has moved on...
by UUAvl-WebAdmin | Jan 15, 2015 | Sermons
Our Director of Administration, Linda Topp, is… known for being blunt. So, I was a bit taken aback when earlier this week, she called me into her office, with a sort of sheepish look on her face and said, “Can we change the wording in your sermon blurb before...
