White Bear Unitarian Universalist Church
Sunday 5 July 2009
Sermon is used with permission of Author.
The Heart of the Matter, Here in the Heartland
by Rev. Victoria Safford
Mark Belletini is a Unitarian Universalist Minister and a gay man.
His poem is called Because: Gay and Lesbian Studies 101
And so one of the members
Of the Search Committee asks me
“But [...]

May 10, 2009
Text: Matthew 12:46-50; Ruth 1:1-21
One of the challenges I recall from seminary days was the invitation to sum up in a sentence what you think scripture is all about. Think about that for a moment. Is the entirety of scripture about eternal life? Is it about proper religion? Is it about justice? Is [...]

April 24, 2008
Text: 1 Peter 3:13-22
I’ve been reading a pair of completely unrelated texts that came across my desk in recent days. One is a now-classic book by Quaker activist and writer Ched Myers entitled Who Will Roll Away the Stone? It’s one of those books I’ve seen and heard referred to for a number [...]

Delivered November 5, 2006, the Sunday prior to election day.
Text: Matthew 7:1-5
It is, in case you somehow missed it, the Sunday before election day. So, as we used to say in Chicago, remember to vote early and vote often!
I’m just kidding! Of course, in a political season, one has to be very careful about jokes, [...]

Delivered October 22, 2006, a few weeks prior to the vote on Virginia’s constitutional amendment to ban same-sex marriage.
Text: Matthew 7:7-12
The gospel of Jesus Christ – the good news – begins in Matthew’s account with these words, “repent, for the kingdom of heaven has come near.” From that beginning, then, to this day on which [...]

Thoughts on Weddings and Marriage
A sermon preached at Niles Congregational Church, United Church of Christ
Fremont, on Sunday, February 8, 2009, by the Rev. Jeffrey Spencer.
Scripture: Ruth 1:16-17 and 1 Corinthians 7:25-40
Copyright © 2009 by Jeffrey S. Spencer

I know it wasn’t one of [...]