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Sermons from October 2009

October 18, 2009: “A Light Through the Cathedral Window: Reflections on Forrest Church”

We have lost one of our best and most representative ministers, As  I?ve said, It?s a little bit like losing Emerson, especially if  Emerson had stayed in the ministry!  It?s hard to believe that Forrest  Church is really gone. Partly, as he said, because he preached 5  farewell sermons! But also because he was larger than life. because he  was my age, and because he was so…

October 11, 2009: “Standing on the Side of Love: Coming Out Sunday”

The issue of same gender marriage is one of the issues that are being  addressed today. Let me share some verses from the Bible to help clear  things up. “A. Marriage  shall consist of a union between one man and one or more  women. (Gen. 29:17-28; II Sam 3:2-5) “B. Marriage shall not impede a man’s right to take concubines inaddition to his wife or…

October 4, 2009: “The Many Different Ways to Be Us: Encouraging Diversity: Association Sunday”

A family visited this church recently, a father, a mother, a  twelve-year-old girl and a ten-year-old boy. I’m sorry to say they   didn’t like it much. The father didn’t like the sermon, the mother  didn’t like the choir, the twelve-year-old girl said it was “boring.”   And the ten-year-old boy said, “Well, what did you expect for a   dollar?”    You may be a Unitarian Universalist if on…