Fatherhood is not limited to biology. This sermon honors biological fathers, stepfathers, mentors, grandfathers, queer parents, chosen family, and all who nurture with courage and care. A reflection on what it means to father through presence, protection, tenderness, and responsibility.
This sermon invites us to ask not only what we inherit from the ancestors, but what legacy we ourselves are leaving behind. Please bring in an item from your ancestor or recently departed loved one. We will have a space to honor them.
Memorial Day lifts up service, but curiosity pushes us to define it. This sermon expands the idea of service beyond the military to include caregiving, justice work, and community-building.
Curiosity fuels imagination, and imagination fuels change. This sermon connects curiosity to justice, asking how new questions can lead to new possibilities for our communities.
From aunties to mentors to community elders, this sermon celebrates expansive definitions of motherhood. Rooted in UU pluralism, it invites us to recognize sacred care wherever it shows up, even outside traditional roles.
Rome believed it had silenced a troublemaker. History tells another story. This sermon explores the resurrection as resistance and how love survives systems designed to crush it.
Membership here carries particular weight. In a politically charged climate, being UU may mean public courage, advocacy, and standing with those at risk. Or staying to tend the flame. This sermon invites new members into faith that shows up.
We cannot pay attention to everything. This sermon names the limits of human capacity and explores how Sabbath, boundaries, and spiritual rest allow us to return to justice work with clarity rather than depletion.
