Wrong Turn at Albuquerque

You’re Not What You Once Were

A year of retirement without regular work and the framework it provides has me thinking about who I am now, who I have been, and who I still might become. Are we “less” now than we were in our younger days, or “more”? Neither? Or both? King Solomon is revered for his wisdom by three great religious traditions. Let’s spend some time with him in both his youth and his old age to see how he dealt with these life-cycle questions.
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In Praise of Eggs and Oysters

There are very important reasons why eggs and oysters have shells, and why brains have skulls. We could also say there are reasons why shells “have” eggs or oysters, why skulls “have” brains, why nails have fingers and teeth have tongues and lips! The Dr. Seuss classic Scrambled Eggs Supersets up this morning’s meditation on hard and soft, and why we need both to support our lives.
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After Babel: In Search of the Lost Arc

Yes, that’s “arc” with a c! Hundreds, if not thousands, of books have promised to reveal mysterious Bible secrets to generations of eager readers. For this stewardship sermon, I’ll share what I’ve discovered in the ruins of what we might call the very first “public works project”: the Tower of Babel. (and also a kickoff for this year’s stewardship campaign)
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The Power of Belief

Now there’s the sort of sermon title you’d expect to see on a church’s highway sign! But the power of belief works in many ways, not all of them positive or life-giving. Our Universalist ancestors had many observations on this complex power that we would be wise to remember.
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Constructive Treason

Theodore Parker was a Unitarian minister and one of this country’s best-known public speakers in the middle years of the 19th century. He was a theologian of freedom and an activist in the cause of abolishing slavery, though a number of colleagues turned against him for his powerfully rational approach to Bible teachings. What would he have to say about current trends in our national life, when racist assertions swirl together with a storm of attacks on reason and logical thought?
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