Bandaids and Blindspots: Our Christianity

speaker photoA Sermon from: October 26, 2008
By: Rev. Craig D. Schwalenberg

Unitarian Universalism comes out of the Christian tradition.  Both the Unitarians and the Universalists were Christian heretics. Many First Church members also come out of the Christian tradition.  How does this Christian heritage play out in our chosen faith?

Copyright © 2008, Craig D. Schwalenberg

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Growing Our Faith

A Sermon from: October 19, 2008
By: Rev. Hope Engseth

Robert Latham once noted an interesting phenomenon in our religious movement, which is “the simultaneous and contradictory love affair we have with smallness and the desire to be socially transforming…” When we look around us it is obvious that the institutions that truly impact society are large enough to have the resources to draw attention to their values. So what if the all the congregations of the Unitarian Universalist Association made a commitment to grow? Today we join with congregations across the continent in considering the possibilities!

The Rev. Hope Engeseth is a Unitarian Universalist Community Minister in our district.She is a board certified chaplain with the Association of Professional Chaplains and serves in the Spiritual Care department at Wheaton Franciscan Healthcare in Racine on the weekends. Monday through Friday she can be found in Chicago working at the University of Illinois working as a Research Specialist in the College of Nursing

Copyright © 2008, Hope Engseth

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Emerson II: Behold the Spirit!

speaker photoA Sermon from: October 5, 2008
By: Rev. Andrew C. Kennedy

About this sermon Drew says:  Please join us for the second of a two-part series on Ralph Waldo Emerson.  Even though Emerson resigned his Unitarian pulpit in Boston in 1832, he still went on to single-handedly transform Unitarianism.  Join me as we again go behind the scenes to see how some of Emerson’s most celebrated teachings are directly tied in some surprising ways to his own personal experience and biography.”

Copyright © 2008, Andrew C. Kennedy
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