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Sermons from November 2009

November 22, 2009: “When Thanks Are Thin, Thanksgiving Multigenerational Bread Service”

Laws Concerning Food and Drink: Household Principles ‘Lamentations of the Father’ by Ian Frazier Laws Pertaining to Dessert Rev. Max Coots, Minister Emeritus, Unitarian Universalist Church Canton, NY ‘For a Bountiful Harvest Of Friends’Let us give thanks for a bounty of people.For children who are our second planting,and though they grow like weedsand the wind too soon blows them away,may they forgive…

November 15, 2009: “Exploring the Spirit”

Shall we get spiritual? Whether or not we shall get spiritual is not  up to me; ot at least not just up to me! It may not even be just up to  you. It?s actually a little complicated to describe, but it?s much  more simple for some us to HAVE a spiritual experience than others.  Indeed, some of us don?t WANT a spiritual experience, thank you…

November 8, 2009: “Karen Armstrong’s The Case for God”

An atheist buys an ancient lamp at an auction, takes it home, and  begins to polish it. Suddenly, a genie appears, and says, ?I?ll grant  you three wishes, Master.? The atheist says, ?I wish I could believe  in you.? The genie snaps his fingers, and suddenly the atheist  believes in him. The atheist says, ?Wow. I wish all atheists would  believe this.? The genie snaps his fingers…

November 2, 2009: “Why We Still Need Halloween”

In an English cemetery we find this last thoughtful epitaph:  “Remember man, as you walk by,As you are now, so once was I.As I am now, so shall you be.Remember this and follow me.” To which someone replied by writing on the tombstone:“To follow you I’ll not consent . . . Until I know which way you went.”    Ambrose   Bierce, the…