Our church was the first to call Rev. John H. Dietrich to a Unitarian Pulpit (in 2011) and is where he first began calling himself a Humanist. Dietrich went on to become an original signer of The Humanist Manifesto (1933) and, later, the Father of … read more.

There have been few, if any, generations in modern history who have felt mostly positive about the direction the world is heading, even though the world, by many markers, continues to improve. We are pessimistic creatures by nature. Today, many feel things are worse than … read more.

Liberal religion in North America has struggled to thrive, and sometimes just to survive, since its arrival more than 200 years ago. Today, liberal religion, as we know it, manifested in the Unitarian Universalists Association and its member congregations, is going the way of the … read more.

Liberal values should not be taken for granted. It was relatively recently that people first conceived of them, yearned for them, and began to believe they should be the basis or our societies, relationships, and ethics. We are at our best when they are at … read more.

I have loved puppets all my life and they still hold the same magic for me as when I was a child. Along with the magic comes wonder: wonder about the multifarious nature of the human psyche, about the power of imagination, and about our … read more.

Drug addict. Mentally ill. Criminal. These are some of the stereotypes often associated with those who are homeless. While they may be true of some, they have never been true of all. One of the greatest causes of homelessness is poverty, yet when we see … read more.

Upon recently reading Extraterrestrial: The First Sign of Intelligent Life Beyond Earth, Harvard theoretical physicist Avi Loeb’s 2021 book, I began thinking about some of the things humans know that intelligent life throughout the Universe must also know. So, in this sermon, we’ll consider some … read more.

This is a sermon I usually give in July, at the start of a new church year, but had forgotten about until now. So, I’ll take this opportunity to reflect upon some of my sermons from last year that have most influenced me.

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I had intended to give this sermon a few years ago, when I was being pressured to stop talking about my concerns regarding our liberal religion. I didn’t because another national crisis emerged that I felt compelled to address instead. I’ve decided to do so … read more.

In this sermon I’ll reflect a bit about my own theological journey, including how I came to call myself an atheist and what the term means to me.