Sunday Services are held at 9:15 and 11:00 a.m.
At the start of another new year, many of us imagine what we might make better for ourselves in the coming months. But a longer look ahead, into the far future, requires us to imagine how to make things better for our descendants: to think about our moral obligations to people we may never know.

Our annual candlelight service using traditional Christmas hymns, readings from a variety of religions, and short homilies to help us celebrate the miracle of every birth and the birth of the Universe itself.

Services are held at 9:15 & 11:00 a.m. each Sunday. Grandma doesn’t have to get run over by a reindeer to prove the existence of Santa Claus. Science provides all the clues we need to believe it possible for a man to travel round the … read more.

Services are held at 9:15 & 11:00 a.m. each Sunday. In this final sermon of the series, I’ll wrap it up by imagining what the world might look like if human society were to adopt the humanistic ethic, and wonder if we will have an … read more.

Services are held at 9:15 & 11:00 a.m. each Sunday. It’s understandable upon learning I’m a minister that most presume I must be a “believer.” Western religion, after all, is almost synonymous with theology. One’s religion, that is, is determined by one’s beliefs about God. These days atheism is becoming increasingly acceptable but being both a minister and an atheist still seems contradictory. In this sermon I’ll wrestle with this contradiction by talking about the evolution of my own theological beliefs.

Services are held at 9:15 & 11:00 a.m. each Sunday. The ability to reason has long been considered one of the fundamental qualities distinguishing human beings from other animals. While some other animals also demonstrate rudimentary forms of reasoning, and humans don’t always use this power effectively or often enough, learning to reason well could fundamentally transform human relations.

Services are held at 9:15 & 11:00 a.m. each Sunday. Upon delivering this sermon I will have freshly returned from a weeklong class at Singularity University on, “Preparing Global Leaders & Organizations for the Future.” The course promises to help students, “Explore the opportunities and implications of exponential technologies and connect to a global ecosystem that is shaping the future and solving the world’s most urgent problems.”

Services are held at 9:15 & 11:00 a.m. each Sunday. In this sermon we’ll more closely examine the “dichotomy of control,” a fundamental principle of Stoic philosophy. The first line of Reinhold Niebuhr’s Serenity Prayer is familiar to most; “God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change; courage to change the things I can; and wisdom to know the difference.” Often it is knowing the difference that is the most important and most difficult of all.

Services are held at 9:15 & 11:00 a.m. each Sunday. It seems most people are defined considerably by where they are from, not as much by what they are—humans. Like so much in our personal lives, our provincial origins add to our uniqueness, but should in no way be considered more important than our membership in the human family at large. In this sermon, we’ll consider what it means to belong in this world through the ethic of human welfare and individual fulfillment.

Services are held at 9:15 & 11:00 a.m. each Sunday. If you’re a fan of James Bond, this sermon is for you. If you’re not a fan of James Bond, this sermon is for you too. Though I am not a fan of those … and Philosophy books—Harry Potter and Philosophy, Game of Thrones and Philosophy, not even, South Park and Philosophy—I make an exception for James Bond and Philosophy. In this sermon I’ll discuss how the practice of Stoicism can improve our peace of mind and happiness by considering the ways and thoughts of James Bond.