A rabbi said to a very active six-year-old boy: “So your mother says your prayers for you each night? Very commendable. What does she say?” The little boy replied, “Thank God he’s in bed!” One of my newly credentialed colleagues said after going through all the evaluations, internships, committee interviews, the real test of a new UU minister could be simplified down…

ReadingFrom For Christ’s Sake, Tom HarpurThe Spring of Living Waters: A Parable for Our Time “Who do people say the Son of Man is?” It is as if it is a trick question. And of course, the gospel writers, whoever the anonymous writer or writers of this gospel may be are not above that, because this is all about proving points and…

OPENING HYMN         #  “We’ve Got the Whole World in Our Hands”Chorus We’ve got the whole world in our hands,We’ve got the whole world in  our hands,We’ve got the whole world in our hands,We’ve got the whole world in  our hands. 1. We’ve got the lIttle, bitty baby,  in  our hands,  We’ve got the old and infirmed,  in  our hands,  We’ve got the…

The Carpenter’s Son The next term is hermeneutics which basically means interpretation, eschatology, which means the end times, or the study about the end of the world, related to the apocalypse, Armageddon, etc., and lastly, biblical canon with one n, is a list or set of Biblical books considered to be authoritative by a certain religious group or authority. Believers usually then…

Opening Words “WHEN GOD WAS A WOMAN” Religion is made up of myth and metaphor from ancient time until today and we are still uncovering meanings of the past that have been covered for millennia, some on purpose, some for reasons of power and patriarchy and others, well who knows? The ancient symbol of serpent, for instance, may be one of wisdom,…

Opening words Its the Journey Not the End That  Is Our Task Don’t get discouraged.  Temptation to give up sometimes blinds us to other possibilities when things look bad. A business man after a bad day at the office in this terrible economy was driving home from work one day, and saw a little league baseball game in progress. He decided to…

Opening Words Sermon on the Amount Attend church regularly Work on your own spiritual development Serve on a task force Pledge at a stewardship level Be involved in service with others Connect to the wider UU movement. Enjoy the church and the people in it by finding a way to socialize with members Discover your gift, and share it with the church,…

Ah, love. Love and marriage, you know the drill, though why does it often seem like love and marriage, no matter what the genders, so seldom seem to act very loving. Like this story about STRANGERS ON A TRAIN: More children’s wisdom HOW DO YOU DECIDE WHO TO MARRY?You got to find somebody who likes the same stuff. Like, if you like…

Novelist Peter deVries once said, in his book, Let me Count the Ways: “If you want my final opinion on the mystery of life and all that, I can give it you in a nutshell. The universe is like a safe to which there is a combination. But the combination is locked up in the safe.” What a book a devil’s chaplain…