by UUAvl-WebAdmin | Mar 16, 2015 | Sermons
Rev. Mark Ward, Lead Minister We are now only a few weeks past the latest round of national elections. And amid the tally of winners and losers is the ongoing rumination over the direction of our political life. I’ll admit to being among those feeling discouraged by...
by UUAvl-WebAdmin | Mar 2, 2015 | Sermons
Rev. Mark Ward, Lead Minister Fires set by mobs rousted Joseph Priestley from his home and laboratory, but weren’t enough stop him from sailing for America and spreading views dissenting from the state church that gave birth to one of the early threads of Unitarianism...
by UUAvl-WebAdmin | Feb 9, 2015 | Sermons
Rev. Mark Ward, Lead Minister Along with many UUs, for years I struggled over how and even whether to use the word “faith” to describe my religious orientation. And then I had my own awakening concerning just what I think that word points to. Faith. For most of...
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 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...
by UUAvl-WebAdmin | Jan 5, 2015 | Sermons
Rev. Mark Ward, Lead Minister What is enough? It’s one of the more subtle and challenging spiritual questions. As we start the new year, we’ll reflect on some of the ways that we might sort through all the tugs on our life and find peace. It may just be a...
