Recent Sermons

This is an archive of past sermons presented at UUCR. You can search for a specific topic or keyword below, or browse by date or category using the index.

Please note that the audio version generally differs from the text version as Rev. Gingrich prefers to speak to the congregation rather than read her text.

 

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Monday
Feb062012

Callings

Rev. Erin Gingrich - February 5, 2012

Rev. Gingrich reflects on a recent presentation by Reggie McNeal entitled "Church is a Verb" as part of February's theme of "vision."

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Monday
Jan302012

From Loneliness to Connection

Rev. John Parker Manwell - January 29, 2012

Rev. John Manwell Parker of the Unitarian Universalist Church in Loudoun.

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Sunday
Jan222012

Blessings

Justin Martin - January 22, 2012

By offering blessings to the things we hold most dear, we bring the truly important into focus in our minds and hearts. In this sermon, Acting Director of Religious Education Justin Martin teaches us to recognize what life offers.

 

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Sunday
Jan152012

Process Theology, part 2

Rev. Erin Gingrich - January 15, 2012

Rev. Gingrich presents the second of two sermons about the meaning and role of process theology within Unitarian Universalism, focusing on the spiritual:

  • What spiritual baggage do we bring? 
  • What role does or should prayer play?

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Sunday
Jan082012

Process Theology, part 1 of 2

Rev. Erin Gingrich - January 8, 2012

Rev. Gingrich presents the first of two sermons about the meaning and role of process theology within Unitarian Universalism, engaging such questions as:

  • Why do bad things happen to good people? 
  • What can we make or unmake of the notion – everything happens for a reason?
  • How might we reconcile the presence of evil in the world with the presence of a divine force
  • How does free will fit into all of this?

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