A sermon is an oral presentation by a live speaker to a live congregation. It always involves a bit of interaction, even if it’s just eye contact and facial expressions. Reading the text of a sermon, then, is like reading the script of a play to yourself. The live, communal experience is gone.
Nevertheless, please enjoy reading these text versions of sermons and other presentations made at the UU Fellowship of Topeka during our worship services. You may find that there are additional notes and/or commentaries to the original text.
December 30, 2007 — by Rev. Lisa R. Schwartz
The continuous cycle of birth and death are common to all life. Humans have a unique need to honor and remember the lives of those we have lost, and to look forward to what the future holds, rejoicing in the new life born to us. In honoring this sacred rhythm of life, we are renewed for the new year before us. Rev. Lisa R. Schwartz leads this service of sharing.
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December 16, 2007 — Rev. Lisa R. Schwartz
Some say that saints and mystics are simply people who achieve union with reality. Others say the whole concept smacks of some privileged group with special access to the holy. But many religious traditions have special branches of mystical sects which seek nontraditional knowledge and ritual practice. Does Unitarian Universalism, the bastion of reason and rationality, have room for the intuitive world of the mystic?
Listen to: Blinded by the Light
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December 2, 2007 — Rev. Lisa Romantum Schwartz
The Rev. Forrest Church says, “True believers define religion narrowly and
embrace it. Our skeptical neighbors define religion narrowly and reject it. We define religion broadly and embrace it.” But, since Unitarian Universalists don’t share the same beliefs (or want to), what holds us together? And, how do we avoid getting stuck?
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