by UUAvl-WebAdmin | Oct 5, 2015 | Sermons
Rev. Mark Ward, Lead Minister The voice is a familiar one, like that of relative who surprises us every once in a while with fascinating, chatty phone calls: updating us on the family gossip, relating some slightly scandalous old stories, and puzzling over all that we...
by UUAvl-WebAdmin | Oct 2, 2015 | Sermons
Rev. Mark Ward, Lead Minister The first place I remember calling home was a ranch-style house built on an acre of bottom land carved out of second-growth forest about 20 minutes from Princeton, New Jersey. Our young family – my parents, my 5-year-old self, and two...
by UUAvl-WebAdmin | Sep 22, 2015 | Sermons
Rev. Mark Ward, Lead Minister “Do you ever look at someone and wonder what’s going on inside them?” So, begins the latest animated wonder from Pixar studios, “Inside Out.” And it offers up a nice premise for a coming-of-age story that will take up the next hour and a...
by UUAvl-WebAdmin | Sep 14, 2015 | Sermons
Rev. Mark Ward, Lead Minister We never know where the invitation will come from. For Mary Oliver, it came when she chanced on a clutch of gold finches, chittering and warbling in a patch of thistles: “Their strong, blunt beaks drink the air, she said, as they...
by UUAvl-WebAdmin | Aug 31, 2015 | Sermons
Revs. Kerry Mueller & Dave Hunter, Guest Ministers Rev. Kerry Mueller “SBNR.” You’ve probably heard the term: “Spiritual But Not Religious.” It’s the coming thing. The future of the church for the Millennials and their children. I’ve been hearing it for years....
