Sam’s Old Sermon Server

These sermons are offered freely for the exclusive use of individuals who find them valuable, stimulating and inspirational. All rights are reserved as is the copyright to the source.

These sermons are sorted by date when they were given with the most recent first. The ones without links have yet to be converted into html or pdf and uploaded to the server. If you are interested in one not yet uploaded and linked, email me at comments {at} uumin {dot} org

Note that if you do not find an older sermon on this page, it may show up in audio on www.trumbore-media.org as an MP3 file for listening.

Encountering Disconnection, December 8, 2013
Acts of Gratitude, November 25, 2013
Shramadana, November 17, 2013
Taking a Stand, November 3, 2013
Celebrating the Wheel of Life, October 27, 2013
Higher Purpose, October 13, 2013
Unifying Purpose, October 7, 2013
Liberating Habits, September 29, 2013
Welcoming All Free Seekers, September 15, 2013

An Evolving Faith, PDF, May 5 2013: Unitarians and Universalists were among the first religious traditions to accept Darwin’s theories of evolution. Before that, we aligned ourselves with heretics that questioned doctrinal assertions that Jesus didn’t have a human father, was co-eternal with God, performed miracles that violated natural law, and returned from the dead. Come hear how our faith continues to evolve today.
Loyal Heretics, PDF, May 19 2013: As a religious tradition that values individual discernment rather than conformity to revealed truth, we sometimes disagree with each other. But disagreement need not be disagreeable. Done well, conflict can stimulate our mutual growth and development as individuals and as a congregation.
Expanding Gender Identity PDF, February 17, 2013: Stuck in the “gender binary” enforcement of male and female as our sexual identity? Consider a far more fluid definition of gender beyond the sex a doctor assigns a baby at birth.