Sermons

Making Loss Matter Life presents no certainties. Loss looms unexpectedly. How do we begin again when trouble strikes? We’ll hear from some unlikely voices: Gabriel Faure, Gary Larson, Alexander Dumas, and the Kotzker Rebbe, to [...]

As we begin the opening of the church year on Homecoming Sunday, we’ll consider what it means to live a meaningful life and why it matters.  As the great poet Mary Oliver once asked, “Are [...]

Are we all immigrants? How shall we define our relationship with immigrants today who need our support? How has our nation's view of immigration changed through the decades? Today's service will dip into these questions [...]

We are all unfolding, transforming, and becoming. Sometimes our evolution leads us to a new sense of gender identity and a new name. In this service we will lovingly support and affirm the names of [...]

Blessings of the Animals As Unitarian Universalists, we celebrate the interdependent web of all existence, which binds us to each living thing and the wider universe. We will bless our animal friends on this day [...]

Rebuilding Our Broken Bridge Unitarian Universalists, as a denomination, have a very hard time retaining our young people into adulthood. Mary Shelden, UCE Director of Lifespan Religious Education and a lifelong UU, will explore some [...]

Beloved Conversations - Moving from Lament to Intention to Commitment - Beloved Conversations is a program developed by the Fahs Collaborative of Meadville Lombard Theological School. Three groups of UCE members have participated in this transformative experience. [...]

Considering the Unimaginable Crisis situations are all around us. How can we engage the realities of disasters and traumas without being overwhelmed by them? This sermon will address this question as well as how the [...]

Dwelling in the Tragic Gaps Community activist Parker Palmer and nature writer Annie Dillard both reflect on the power of “gaps” in their writing. Palmer addresses the tragic nature of gaps between the worlds we [...]

Natural Harmony A few weeks ago, I went to study at the Tsubaki Grand Shrine in Japan to learn about Shintoism, an ancient Japanese nature spirituality. This sermon will explore the connections between the Unitarian [...]