by UUAvl-WebAdmin | Jun 9, 2015 | Sermons
Rev. Mark Ward, Lead Minister Years ago Unitarianism was known as “the Boston Religion,” with its attention focused ever on New England. Today we’ll explore some of the stories of Unitarianism, Universalism and Unitarian Universalism in the South, where our impact may...
by UUAvl-WebAdmin | May 26, 2015 | Sermons
Rev. Mark Ward, Lead Minister It was the summer after my first year in seminary, and I was sitting at the bedside of a man roughly my age who had just undergone heart bypass surgery. I had never met this man before. His room was merely on the floor that I had been...
by UUAvl-WebAdmin | May 4, 2015 | Sermons
Rev. Mark Ward, Lead Minister When times are hard, the first response that many of us make is to withdraw or close down, to find a way to remove ourselves from the conflict or difficulty. But often the healthiest thing we can do is to do our best to stay open and...
by UUAvl-WebAdmin | Apr 20, 2015 | Sermons
Rev. Mark Ward, Lead Minister Want to grow? You’ll need to get your hands dirty. At this multigenerational service we explore some of the lessons that the soil teaches us about supporting and sustaining life.
by UUAvl-WebAdmin | Apr 13, 2015 | Sermons
Rev. Mark Ward, Lead Minister My wife, Debbie, has begun a new practice when we go out on our walks. Periodically, she’ll just stop and jump. She’s not jumping over or onto anything in particular – just jumping, for the sake of jumping. She started this after reading...
by UUAvl-WebAdmin | Apr 6, 2015 | Sermons
The pink cherry tree outside the window of my home office is done blooming, its delicate petals blasted away by spring’s bluster, replaced by clusters of tiny green leaves poking out of the ends of branches in origami-like folds that seem to open as I watch....
