Sermon Archives

The following is a collection of sermons given at our church over the last year. We will be adding additional sermons to this archive over time. They are listed in date order with the most recent listed first. Unless specifically noted, these sermons were given by our minister, the Reverend Fredric J. Muir, at our church.

"Unitarian Universalism, A Journey" by Amber Beland	January 26,2006
"Saving Lives, Building Futures?" by Fred Muir	November 6, 2005
"God's Gender: Cakes for the Queen of Heaven" by Lyn Cameron	July 10,2005
"Holy Listening?" by Lyn Cameron	July 3, 2005
"Tha Battle for Peace: Anti-War Memorial Day" by Lyn Cameron	May 29, 2005
"Creativity and Spirituality" by Lyn Cameron	April 24, 2005
"Who Do You Say You Are??" by Fred Muir	March 20, 2005
"The Challenge of Gender Equity?" by Fred Muir	October 24, 2004
"Experience That Holds Us Together " by Fred Muir	August 15, 2004
"Who is the Patriot?" by Fred Muir	May 30, 2004
"What Would Darwin Do?" by Fred Muir	February 15, 2004 (available on CD only)
"The Size of Love" by Nancy Shaffer	February 8, 2004 (available on CD only)
"The First Time" by Fred Muir	February 1, 2004 (available on CD only)
"The Cycle of Life" by Fred Muir	January 25, 2004 (available on CD only)
"Peaceful Tommorrow" by Fred Muir	January 18, 2004
"What is it you plan to do?" by Fred Muir	January 11, 2004 (available on CD Only)
"Where Hope Lives" by Nancy Shaffer	January 4, 2004 (available on CD only)
"Kwanzaa" by Janice Hayes-Williams	December 28, 2003 (available on CD only)
"Holiday Spirit" by Fred Muir	December 21, 2003 (available on CD only)
"Music Sunday" by UUCA Choir	December 14, 2003 (available on CD only)
"Anniversary" by Fred & Karen Muir	December 7, 2003
"World Aids Day" by Fred Muir	November 30, 2003 (available on CD only)
"Thanksgiving Sunday" by Fred Muir	November 23, 2003 ( available on CD only)
"Beginning with Peach Trees" by Nancy Shaffer	November 16, 2003 (availble on CD only)
"Singing Saint Emerson" by Fred Muir	November 9, 2003 (available on CD only)
"If Moses were a UU, What Would the 10 Commandments be?" by John Gaffney	November 2, 2003 (available on CD only)
"Let Freedom Ring" by Fred Muir	October 26, 2003
"Literacy as Freedom" by Fred Muir	October 19, 2003
"Caring as a Spiritual Discipline" by Margie Allen	October 12, 2003 (available on CD only)
"The Impulse to Forgive" by Fred Muir	October 5, 2003
"Gather the Spirit, Harvest Our Power" by Fred Muir	September 28, 2003 (available on CD only)
"Married to Amazement" by Fred Muir	September 21, 2003
"Terribly at Ease in Zion" by Fred Muir	September 14, 2003
"The Driving Life" by Margie Allen	August 24, 2003
"The Shadow Knows" by Margie Allen	August 17, 2003
"Whither Humanism" by Margie Allen	August 10, 2003
"Welcoming gender and Relationship Diversity" by Margie Allen	August 3, 2003
"Greater Than the Sum of All Parts" by Margie Allen	July 27, 2003
"Unity in Diversity" by Margie Allen	July 20, 2003
"Hands" by Margie Allen	July 13, 2003
"Hungry for Dirt" by Margie Allen	June 22, 2003
"To Die For" by Margie Allen	May 25, 2003
Mary Oliver: The Body of the Poem by Margie Allen	April 13, 2003
On Prayer by Margie Allen	March 16, 2003
Watch Your Language	February 23, 2003
Darwin's Dangerous Idea	February 9, 2003
Truth In Labeling by Margie Allen	November 10, 2002
U, UUs, and the UN	October 12, 2002
We're All Swimming to the Other Side by Susan Karlson	August 25, 2002
Why We're A Teaching Church by Susan Karlson	August 11, 2002
The Sand Dollar Metafore by Susan Karlson	August 4, 2002
For All Life is a Gift by Susan Karlson	July 28, 2002
Depth of Our Dreams by Susan Karlson	July 14, 2002
Unceasing Prayer by Susan Karlson	July 7, 2002
I Lived To See The Day When by Susan Karlson	June 30, 2002
Taoism by Elizabeth Reed	June 23, 2002
Getting Spiritual	May 26, 2002
Opening Our Doors--Welcoming Young Adults by Susan Karlson and others	April 14, 2002
Should Jesus Matter?	March 24, 2002
When?	March 3, 2002
Sharing Our Big Hearts by Susan Karlson	February 3, 2002
Restoring the Soul to the Church	January 20, 2002
A Psalm for All Seasons by Susan Karlson	January 6, 2002
Advent--Something Worth Waiting For! by Susan Karlson	December 2, 2001
Rowing For Our Lives by Susan Karlson	October 21, 2001
Terrorism: A Buddhist Perspective by Art Hansen	October 7, 2001
Humility	March 4, 2001
Love Kindness	February 25, 2001
Do Justice	February 18, 2001
Authority	February 11, 2001
The Art of Living by Art Hansen	July 23, 2000
Breathing Room	June 4, 2000
In the Spirit of Community (guns)	May 14, 2000
Down-Sizing Faith	May 7, 2000
Being John Muir	April 16, 2000
Are You What You Eat?	March 26, 2000
Healing Sexual Injustice	March 12, 2000
White & Anti-Racism	February 27, 2000
On the Wings of Hope	February 20, 2000
The Devil's Chaplain: Darwin's Dangerous Idea	February 13, 2000
What's Wrong with Pride by Leo Karpales	January 30, 2000
King and the New Millenium	January 16, 2000
Would Jesus Celebrate Christmas?	December 5, 1999
Telling Stories, A Hanakkah Observance	November 28, 1999
The Boy Scouts, Me and U (Us)	November 7, 1999
Unordinary Souls	October 31, 1999
Evil As A Way of Life	October 10, 1999
RE &U(U)	October 3, 1999
Celebrating Sin	September 19, 1999
While Away	September 12, 1999
In The Shadow of the Temple	August 8, 1999
Lying by Roger Fritts	January 24, 1999
Sabbatical News	January 3, 1999
The Grander View	December 6, 1998
How Can You Stand It?!	November 29, 1998
Joseph Priestley	November 15, 1998
A Journey to Wholeness	November 8, 1998
Knee Deep in Ignorance	October 18, 1998
Support What We Cherish	October 4, 1998
Spiritual Narcissism	September 27, 1998
Should President Clinton Resign?	September 20, 1998
UU Family Values	September 13, 1998
Surviving	May 31, 1998
Ordination of Kent Mattheis	May 17, 1998
When "Yes" is the Answer	May 17, 1998
Believing in Miracles	April 12, 1998
A Laughing Matter	April 5, 1998
Say it Ain't So, Joe	March 28, 1998
Home for Habitat	March 22, 1998
Getting Lost	March 8, 1998
Is UU a Religion?	February 22, 1998
Getting Bored	February 8, 1998
Abortion Revisited	February 1, 1998
Just How Diverse?	January 11, 1998
Top Ten Religion News Stories of 1997	January 4, 1998
Jesus and U(Us)	December 7, 1997
Heresy! Faith From the Fringe	November 16, 1997
You and Your Ikigai	October 26, 1997
About Your Sexuality	October 12, 1997
Forgivingness--What a Concept	October 12, 1997
Cherish	October 5, 1997
Is Hope Worth It?	September 28, 1997
Getting It Right	September 21, 1997
DobeDobeDo	September 14, 1997
Sunday's Something	September 7, 1997
Living the Principles	April 27, 1997
How to Read the Bible	March 23, 1997
Why Read the Bible?	March 16, 1997
Grace Happens	March 3, 1997
Thanking the Christian Coalition	February 16, 1997
Choosing Death	February 2, 1997
Wishful Thinking	December 12, 1996
How Liberal? How Open?	October 20, 1996
The Shared Ministry	September 15, 1996
With Integrity	September 8, 1996