Sam's Sermons Sorted by Subject

Sam's Sermons Sorted By Subject

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Acceptance
- Self Improvement vs. Self Acceptance
- Stability or Progress?
- The Universal Journey
- Passion and Patience
- Transforming Acceptance
Addiction
- Addiction and Recovery
Affliction
- Affliction of the Soul
Afterlife
- Hungry Ghosts
Aging
- Integrity vs. Despair
- Facing Aging with Grace
Altruism
- It's a Wonderful Congregation
- Poisoned Altruism
Awe
- Awe and Wonder
Biography
- The Universal Communicator
- Hosea Ballou: Champion of Universal Salvation
- Hedge: The Man in the Middle
- Emerson: The Man
- Emerson: The UU Visionary
- Discovering James Luther Adams
Blues
- If You Don't Live It, You Can't Give It
Body
- The Wisdom in the Body
- The Tao of Practice
Boundaries
- Setting the Boundaries
Buddhism
- Buddhism and Christianity in Dialogue
- Watch Your Language
- Four Noble Truths
- Emptiness
- Was Jesus a Buddhist?
- Quiet Mind, Open Heart
Calling
- Following the Call
- Choosing Adventure
Caring
- The Politics of Meaning
Change
- Changing Our Minds
Chaplaincy
- Transforming Acceptance
Christmas
- No Room at the Inn
- A Simple Gift
Community
- Setting the Boundaries
- On Being Anonymous
- The Stranger in our Midst
- A Thousand Invisible Strands
- Communitarianism
- Spiritually Uplifting City Planning
Computers
- Cyberian Religion
- Spanning the Web
- Spiritual Practice at the Keyboard
Creativity
- Divine Creativity
Covenant
- Our Identity Trinity: Passion, Dream & Promise
Death
- Living in the Shadow of Death
- Facing the Final Days
- Hungry Ghosts
Diversity
- Moving Toward Anti-Racism
- Integration and Self-Segregation
- Rainbow Thinking,
Dreams
- The Shadow Knows
- Nightly Revelations
- Choosing Adventure
Easter
- Teaching Transformation
- The Road to Emmaus
- The Dead Shall Rise
- The Eternal Messenger
Ecology
- Environmental Justice
- A Case For Deep Ecology
- A Case Against Deep Ecology
- Wall Street vs. Main Street
Economics
- Mickey Mouse Religion
- Buying a Better World
- Homo Economicus
- Wall Street vs. Main Street
Education
- Schools of Hope
Erik Erikson
- Integrity vs. Despair
Ethics
- Watch Your Language
- How Free Should Speech Be?
- Global Ethics
Esperanto
- The Universal Communicator
Euthanasia
- Does Life Begin?
- When is Life Over?
Fatherhood
- Reflections on Fatherhood
- Masculinity Today
Feminism
- Re-Visioning the Feminine
Forgiveness
- Seeking Forgiveness
- Expanding Forgiveness
Fundamentalism
- Pluralism vs. Fundamentalism
Generosity
- Pass It On!
- A Simple Gift
- When Giving Hurts
Ghosts
- Hungry Ghosts
God
- Bargaining with God
- Searching for God
Halloween
- Hungry Ghosts
Healing
- Healing Words
Heroes
- Real Heroes
Hospitality
- The Stranger in our Midst
Human Cloning
- Are Two Better Than One?
Humor
- What's So Funny
- Did Jesus Laugh?
Inherent Worth
- Flawed and Worthy
Interfaith
- Interfaith Cooperation
Internet
- Spanning the Web
Jesus
- Who Killed Jesus?
- Interfaith Christianity
- Teaching Transformation
- Living in the Shadow of Death
- No Room at the Inn
- The Triumphant Entrance
- The Road to Emmaus
- Did Jesus Laugh?
- The Dead Shall Rise
- Was Jesus a Buddhist?
- The Eternal Messenger
Ken Wilber
- Wholes and Parts
Leadership
- Many Hands Make Light Work,
Liberalism
- Watering the Roots of Liberalism
- Shades of Liberalism
Medical Ethics
- Medical Ethics in a Pluralistic Society
- Does Life Begin?
- When is Life Over?
Memorial Day
- Honoring the Sacrifice of Self
- An American Faith
Men's Issues
- Masculinity Today
Ministry
- Following the Call
Mission
- Our Identity Trinity: Passion, Dream & Promise
- Why Are We Here?
Motherhood
- Wisdom of Motherhood
- How To Get Along With Your Mother
Multiculturalism
- Moving Toward Anti-Racism
Mysticism
- Seeking the Beloved
- The Tao of Practice
New Year
- A New Year Prayer for Peace
Ordinary as Sacred
- Practice Living
Paganism
- What about those Pagans?
Palm Sunday
- Living in the Shadow of Death
- The Triumphant Entrance
Parenting
- Character, Parenting & Peers
- Everyone's a Parent
Passion
- Our Identity Trinity: Passion, Dream & Promise
- Passion and Patience
Peace
- A New Year Prayer for Peace
Perfectionism
- Character, Parenting & Peers
- Self Improvement vs. Self Acceptance
Pessimism
- Ain't It Awful!
Philosophy
- My Answers
- Give Up the Search for Meaning?
- The Wisdom in the Body
- Living Life Without Answers
- Ain't It Awful!
- A Case For Deep Ecology
- A Case Against Deep Ecology
- Wholes and Parts
- Changing Our Minds
- Freedom, Reason and Tolerance
- Watering the Roots of Liberalism
Pluralism
- Pluralism vs. Fundamentalism
- Medical Ethics in a Pluralistic Society
Politics
- Watering the Roots of Liberalism
- Valuing the Candidates
- The Glorious Ritual of Democracy
- The Politics of Meaning
Polity
- The Congregational Way
Race
- Race Matters
- Moving Toward Anti-Racism
- Integration and Self-Segregation
- Rainbow Thinking,
Relationships
- Passion and Patience
- When Giving Hurts
Relativism
- Wrestling with Relativism
Religious Education
- Character, Parenting & Peers
- Passing on the Faith
Renewal
- Resting from our Labor
- In Praise of Idleness
- Returning
Renuncation
- The Value of Renunciation
Ritual
- The Glorious Ritual of Democracy
Rosh HaShanah
- Bargaining with God
Sacrifice
- Honoring the Sacrifice of Self
Salvation
- Already Saved
Self Care
- Resting from our Labor
- In Praise of Idleness
Social Action
- Environmental Justice
- Buying a Better World
- Everyone's a Parent
- A New Year Prayer for Peace
- Many Hands Make Light Work,
- Quiet Mind, Open Heart
- Discovering James Luther Adams
Spiritual Journey
- Searching for God
Spiritual Practice
- The Power Behind Prayer
- The Tao of Practice
- The Value of Renunciation
- Fasting
- Practice Living
- Seeking the Beloved
- Spiritual Practice at the Keyboard
Suffering
- Affliction of the Soul
- Emptiness
- When Giving Hurts
- If You Don't Live It, You Can't Give It
Technology
- Are We Becoming Borgs?
- Cyberian Religion
- Spanning the Web
- Neo-Luddites and the Unabomber
- Spiritual Practice at the Keyboard
Thanksgiving
- A Harvest of Thanks
Theology
- Living Life Without Answers
- What about those Pagans?
- Divine Creativity
Transformation
- Transforming Acceptance
Unabomber
- Neo-Luddites and the Unabomber
UU Fundamentals
- Our Path of Interdependence
- The Pigrims Weren't Puritans
- Four Ways of Knowing
- Searching for God
- Flawed and Worthy
- Already Saved
- Values Not Beliefs
- Emerson: The UU Visionary
UU identity
- Our Identity Trinity: Passion, Dream & Promise
- An Emerging Vision
Values
- Values Not Beliefs
- Valuing the Candidates
Vision
- Our Identity Trinity: Passion, Dream & Promise
- Think Ahead!
- Why Are We Here?
- An Emerging Vision
Wisdom
- The Wisdom in the Body
Wonder
- Awe and Wonder
Worship
- Four Ways to Worship