Sermons
Summer, 2007
All Sermons delivered by Ed Loomis, Summer Minister
A
Time of Reflection
Earth
Based Traditions
Hope,
Not Hell
Why
a Humanist?
A UUA
Perspective
Sermons 2006-2007
| Title | Delivered By | Date | Subject |
| Bringing Joshua Home; A Grandmother's Reflections on Mother's Day | Colleen McDonald | 5/13/07 | |
| On Being a Home Inspector | Howell Lind | 4/29/07 | |
| The Root of the Root of All...Civilization | Howell Lind | 4/15/07 | |
| How Shall We Celebrate Easter? | Howell Lind | 4/8/07 | |
| On April First | Howell Lind | 4/1/07 | |
| Redigging Old Wells | Howell Lind | 3/25/07 | |
| What's That Organ Doing Here? | Colleen McDonald | 3/18/07 | |
| Treasure-Trash Conundrum | Howell Lind | 2/25/07 | |
| On Being a Druid in Good Standing | Howell Lind | 2/18/07 | |
| Commentaries on Life | Howell Lind | 2/11/07 | |
| This Thing Called Ministry | Howell Lind | 1/28/07 | |
| It's About Time | Howell Lind | 1/21/07 | |
| Let Us Pray | Howell Lind | 1/7/07 | UU's and prayer |
| Celebrating Christmas UU Style | Howell Lind | 12/24/06 | |
| The Nephesh Transfer | Howell Lind | 12/17/06 | |
| The Great Cosmic Scheme of Things | Howell Lind | 11/12/06 | Where we humans fit in the “great cosmic scheme of things.” |
| Our Rewarding Legacy | Howell Lind | 11/05/06 | UU Heritage |
| On the Calming of Waves | Howell Lind | 10/22/06 | Faith as a resource for living in our times |
| Experiencing the Religious | Howell Lind | 10/15/06 | What it means to be Religious |
| There Be Dragons There! | Howell Lind | 10/8/06 | Dealing with Change in the UU World |
| Telling Our Story from Deep Inside | Colleen McDonald | 10/1/06 | Our Sacred Stories |
| A Recipe For Health | Howell Lind | 9/24/06 | Healthy UU Churches |
| Who is this Guy...And Why is He Here? | Howell Lind | 9/17/06 | Interim Ministry |
Sermons 2005-2006
| /Link/ | Title | Subject | Preacher | Date |
| S2005-01 | Acts of God | Hurricane Katrina | Dave Weissbard | 09/04/05 |
| S2005-02 | Decisions | Retirement | Dave Weissbard | 09/25/05 |
| S2005-03 | All that is necessary for the triumph of evil . . . | fascism in America | Dave Weissbard | 10/09/05 |
| S2005-04 | Creative Interchange : Impossible Dream? | Dialogue | Dave Weissbard | 10/23/05 |
| S2005-05 | Sumbunall: Antidote to Illiberal Liberalism | Dialogue part 2 | Dave Weissbard | 10/30/05 |
| S2005-06 | Price Is Not Everything | Wal-Mart/Justice | Dave Weissbard | 11/13/05 |
| S2005-07 | Conscious Hearts | Thanksgiving | Dave Weissbard | 11/20/05 |
| S2005-08 | The Search for the Holy Grail | UU Theology/Change | Dave Weissbard | 11/27/05 |
| S2005-09 | Charlie Brown, Hickey, Scrooge & Us | Christmas | Dave Weissbard | 12/11/05 |
| S2005-10 | The Birth of a Nice Jewish Boy | Christmas | Dave Weissbard | 12/18/05 |
| S2005-12 | Let Justice Roll | Economic Justice | Dave Weissbard | 01/15/06 |
| S2005-13 | The Prayer Before the Sermon | Preaching | Dave Weissbard | 01/22/06 |
| S2005-14 | "God Talk" | God Language | Dave Weissbard | 01/29/06 |
| S2005-15 | "The Brilliant Man on the Balance Beam" | Lincoln | Dave Weissbard | 02/12/06 |
| CBJ | "Offering Ourselves" | Change | Cynthia Barnes Johnson | 02/19/06 |
| S2005-16 | "Families: Natural and Unnatural?" | Diversity | Dave Weissbard | 02/26/06 |
| CMM | "To Comfort the Afflicted?" | Purpose of religion | Colleen McDonald | 03/05/06 |
| S2005-17 | "The Power of Fear" | Change/Fear | Dave Weissbard | 03/12/06 |
| S2005-18 | "Seeking Common Ground" | Abortion | Dave Weissbard | 03/26/06 |
| S2005-19 | "Uncertain Principles" | Bonhoeffer | Dave Weissbard | 04/09/06 |
| S2005-20 | Easter Homily | Easter | Dave Weissbard | 04/16/06 |
| S2005-21 | Speaking the Truth in Love | stewardship | Dave Weissbard | 04/23/06 |
| keynote | Keynote Address for Rockford Interfaith Council | interfaith | Dave Weissbard | 04/23/06 |
| CMM | Prairie School | ecology | Colleen McDonald | 05/07/06 |
| S2005-22 | Mozart | Mozart | Dave Weissbard | 05/14/06 |
| S2005-23 | Treachery and All Ruinous Disorders | 9/11 | Dave Weissbard | 05/28/06 |
| S2005-24 | The Dance We've Done | Farewell Sermon | Dave Weissbard | 06/11/06 |
Sermons
Summer 2005
All
the Sermons from the summer of 2005 are by Bill Neely, our summer minister.
| Link | Title | Subject | Date |
| bn082805 | Together, Through Tensions | The Strength of Diversity | 08-28-05 |
| bn082105 | Confession and Passion | Confession and Passion | 08/21/05 |
| bn081405 | Reverence and Realness | Reverence and Compassion | 08/14/05 |
| bn080705 | Left Behind | Health Care | 08/07/05 |
| bn073105 | Delivering the Male | Male Spirituality | 07/31/05 |
| bn072405 | Planting Peace | Femnism and Peacemaking | 07/24/05 |
| bn071705 | God, Give us Grace | The Serenity Prayer | 07/17/05 |
| bn071005 | Soaring Hopes, Serving Hands | Service and Prayer | 07/10/05 |
| bn070305 | America, of Thee I... | July 4th | 07/03/05 |
Sermons 2004-2005
| Link | Title | Subject | Preacher | Date |
| S2004-23 | Humanistic Spirituality | Spirituality | Dave Weissbard | 06/19/05 |
| S2004-22 | The "I" Word | Impeachment of George Bush | Dave Weissbard | 06/12/05 |
| S2004-21 | Viva La Difference! | Unitarian Universalism | Dave Weissbard | 05/15/05 |
| S2004-20 | In Whose Shoes? | Holocaust Homily | Dave Weissbard | 05/08/05 |
| cmd5-1-05 | Try a Little Kindness | Personal Relations | Colleen McDonald | 05/01/05 |
| S2004-19 | Clouds of Witresses: Past Present & Future | History/Fund Raising | Dave Weissbard | 04/24/05 |
| S2004-18 | Dr. Kerr's Breakaway | History | Dave Weissbard | 04/10/05 |
| S2004-16 | The Point of Forgiveness | Forgiveness | Dave Weissbard | 03/20/05 |
| S2004-15 | Star Stuff | Evolution/ecology | Dave Weissbard | 03/06/05 |
| S2004-14 | After the Fall | UUTheology/Philosophy | Dave Weissbard | 02/20/05 |
| S2004-13 | Philosophy, Ethics . . . . | UUTheology/Philosophy | Dave Weissbard | 02/06/05 |
| S2004-12 | Aspiring to Goodness | UUTheology/Philosophy | Dave Weissbard | 01/30/05 |
| S2004-11 | Harmonies of Liberty | Racism | Dave Weissbard | 01/16/05 |
| Good Death | A Good Death | Dying | Colleen McDonald | 01/09/05 |
| The Meaning of Moral Values | Morality | Dave Weissbard | 12/12/04 | |
| S2004-08 | Islam: The Virtues of Submission | Islam | Dave Weissbard | 11/28/04 |
| S2004-06 | The Worst Thing About Liberals | Adversity | Dave Weissbard | 11/14/04 |
| S2004-05 | Our 1st UU Principle and Inclusion | Disabilities | Dave Weissbard | 10/31/04 |
| S2004-04 | Water, Water Everywhere | Ecology | Dave Weissbard | 10/17/04 |
| S2004-03 | Religious Wars | Interfaith Relations | Dave Weissbard | 10/03/04 |
| Bassoonist | It's Not Like Being a Bassoonist | Transgendered Persons | Colleen McDonald | 9/26/04 |
| 2004-02 | War is NOT Peace | Peace | Dave Weissbard | 9/19/04 |
| 2004-01 | Beginning Again | New Year/Change | Dave Weissbard | 9/05/04 |
Sermons 2003-2004
| Link | Title | Subject | Preacher | Date |
| S2003-02 | Hope | Hope | Dave Weissbard | 9/14/03 |
| S2003-03 | Greatest Obstacle to World Peace | Peace | Dave Weissbard | 9/21/03 |
| S2003-04 | Uncommon Denomination | UU'ism | Dave Weissbard | 9/28/03 |
| cmd10-5-03 | Learning to See | Seeing | Colleen McDonald | 10/5/03 |
| S2003-05 | Saving Souls a Few at a Time | Covenant Groups | Dave Weissbard | 10/12/03 |
| S2003-06 | We Are All Going to Die | Afterlife | Dave Weissbard | 10/26/03 |
| S2003-07 | The Time Between | Living | Dave Weissbard | 11/09/03 |
| Straight Folk for Queer Pairs | Same Sex Marriage | Dave Weissbard | 11/30/03 | |
| S2003-09 | The Message of the Hanukkah Lights | Middle East Peace | Dave Weissbard | 12/14/03 |
| S2003-10 | Solstice Homily | Winter Solstice | Dave Weissbard | 12/21/04 |
| S2003-11 | Questions and Answers [not available] | Miscellany | Dave Weissbard | 01/04/04 |
| cmd01-11-04 | If You Could Change | Personal Changes | Colleen McDonald | 01/11/04 |
| S2003-12 | A Church with Appallingly Little Color | Racism | Dave Weissbard | 01/18/04 |
| S2003-13 | Reclaiming Wholeness | Anthropology | Dave Weissbard | 02/01/04 |
| S2003-14 | A Proud Tradition of Doubting | Agnosticism | Dave Weissbard | 02/15/04 |
| S2003-15 | The Fate of the Un-Evangelical Church | Church Growth | Dave Weissbard | 02/29/04 |
| S2003-16 | Dollar-Driven Lives | Money | Dave Weissbard | 03/21/04 |
| S2003-17 | The Passion of the Christ-True or False Is Not the Question | Jesus | Dave Weissbard | 04/04/04 |
| S2003-20 | Imagination | Iraq | Dave Weissbard | 05/09/04 |
| S2003-21 | Good Without God | Theism/Humanism | Dave Weissbard | 05/23/04 |
| s2003-22 | Burial of the Naked Emperor | Democracy and the Reagan Funeral |
Dave Weissbard | 06/13/04 |
| S2003-23 | Home, Bitter Home | family violence | Dave Weissbard | 06/27/04 |
Sermons 2002-2003
| Link | Title | Subject | Preacher | Date |
| S2002-01 | It IS Happening Here | Civil rights after 9/11 | Dave Weissbard | 09/01/02 |
| S2002-02 | 911 Reflections | The Ministers | 09/08/02 | |
| S2002-03 | Nine Gifts of Struggle* | Struggle | Sr. Joan Chittister/DRW | 09/15/02 |
| S2002-04 | A Committment to Taming | Small Groups | Dave Weissbard | 09/29/02 |
| S2002-05 | IRAQ-A New Way of Spelling Vietnam | War | Dave Weissbard | 10/13/03 |
| cmd10-20-02 | Raising Our Children UU? | Religious Education | Colleen McDonald | 10/20/02 |
| S2002-06 | Burning the Heretics | Michael Servetus | Dave Weissbard | 10/27/02 |
| S2002-07 | The Browning of American Consciousness | Hispanics | Dave Weissbard | 11/02/02 |
| S2002-08 | Thanksgiving Homily | |||
| S2002-09 | AIDS-The Third Millenium Plague | AIDS | Dave Weissbard | 12/01/02 |
| S2002-10 | Music as a Sacrament | Dave Weissbard | 12/08/02 | |
| S2002-11 | Is There a Hole in Your Soul? | Religious Diversity | Dave Weissbard | 12/15/02 |
| S2002-12 | Questions and Answers (not available) | Miscelaneous | Dave Weissbard | 01/05/03 |
| S2002-13 | Dr. King's World House | World Peace | Dave Weissbard | 01/19/03 |
| S2002-14 | Did You Really Mean What I Thought I Herard... | Communication | Dave Weissbard | 01/26/03 |
| cmd2-2-03 | The Virture of Obedience | Obedience | Colleen McDonald | 02/02/03 |
| S2002-15 | The Heretical Son of a Monkey | Darwin | Dave Weissbard | 02/09/03 |
| S2002-16 | Emerson: Unitarian Forbear | Emerson | Dave Weissbard | 02/23/03 |
| NMcD-02 | Why Church Matters | The Church | Nancy McDonald | 03/02/03 |
| S2002-17 | The Neighborhood Will Never Be the Same | Mr. Rogers | Dave Weissbard | 03/09/03 |
| S2002-18 | The Goal of World Community | World Community/Peace | Dave Weissbard | 03/23/03 |
| S2002-19 | Tangibilitating | Church/Religion | Dave Weissbard | 04/06/03 |
| S2002-21 | Commandments, Suggestions, and Principles | 10 Commandments | Dave Weissbard | 04/27/03 |
| SADOPT | Mothers' Day & the Adoption Triangle | Adoption | Colleen McDonald | 05/11/03 |
| SNMCD | Belonging | Community | Nancy McDonald | 05/25/03 |
| S2002-22 | Civility | Civility | Dave Weissbard | 06/08/03 |
*This sermon is not available here because it is primarily the work of Sr. Joan and was edited for presentation. It will be available in book form in the Spring of 2003.
Sermons 2001-2002
link |
Title |
Subject |
Preacher |
Date |
| S2001-01 | "To Work and . . . . | Labor Day | Dave Weissbard | 09/02/01 |
| S2001-02 | Gathering to Celebrate Once Again | homecoming | Dave Weissbard | 09/09/01 |
| S2001-03 | "911" | Terrorism on 9/11 | Dave Weissbard | 09/16/01 |
| S2001-04 | Is You Got Good Religion? | religion | Dave Weissbard | 09/30/01 |
| S2001-05 | What You're Eating May Be What's Eating You | vegetarianism | Dave Weissbard | 10/14/01 |
| cmd10-21-01 | Letters from Prison | Prison Pen Pals | Colleen McDonald | 10/21/01 |
| S2001-06 | There Go You Liberals Again | drug war | Dave Weissbard | 10/28/01 |
| Deale | "Outside the Box" | Building Dedication | Alan G. Deale | 11/04/01 |
| S2001-08 | "What Do You Meme?" | Memes | Dave Weissbard | 11/11/01 |
| S2001-09 | "Job and His Comforters" | Job (Bible) | Dave Weissbard | 11/25/01 |
| S2001-10 | "Star Hunger" [homily] | Christmas | Dave Weissbard | 12/02/01 |
| S2001-11 | "Shalom as a Stcky Wicket" | ritual | Dave Weissbard | 12/09/01 |
| S2001-12 | "Christ: A Crisis in the Life of God" | Christmas/Jesus | Dave Weissbard | 12/23/01 |
| S2001-13 | Questions and Answers (no text available) | Dave Weissbard | 01/03/02 | |
| S2001-14 | "It Could Happen Here" | civil liberties | Dave Weissbard | 01/13/02 |
| cmd1-20-02 | "Some of What I Know About Sex" | sexuality | Colleen McDonald | 01/20/02 |
| S2001-15 | "Reverence" | Religion | Dave Weissbard | 01/27/02 |
| DALRYM | "Caution: Religon May be Hazardous to Your Health" | Religion | David Dalyrmple | 02/03/02 |
| S2001-16 | George Gershwin: Troubled Genius | Exemplars | Dave Weissbard | 02/10/02 |
| S2001-17 | Corporate Morality | Business Ethics | Dave Weissbard | 02/24/02 |
| S2001-18 | "Claiming Our Spirituality" | Spirituality | Dave Weissbard | 03/03/02 |
| S2001-19 | "A Letter to Judge Roy Moore" | Homosexuality | Dave Weissbard | 03/17/02 |
| S2001-20 | "Jesus in the New Milennium" | Jesus | Dave Weissbard | 03/31/02 |
| S2001-21 | "Values and Valuing" | Values/Church $$ | Dave Weissbard | 04/07/02 |
| S2001-22 | "Suicide: the Painful "Solution" | Suicide | Dave Weissbard | 04/28/02 |
| S2001-23 | "What's Next 'When Our Fit's Over'"? | Afterlife | Dave Weissbard | 05/01/02 |
| cmd 5-15-02 | "Teaching As Ministry" | Teachers | Colleen McDonald | 05/15/02 |
| S2001-24 | "Unlearning Helplessness" | Social Justice | Dave Weissbard | 05/22/02 |
| S2001-25 | "Good Guilt" | Psychology/Small Groups | Dave Weissbard | 06/16/02 |
2000-2001
link |
Title |
subject |
delivered
by |
date |
| s2000-01 | "Class Warfare" | labor day | Dave Weissbard | 09/03/00 |
| s2000-02 | "Holy Water" | water | Dave Weissbard | 09/10/00 |
| s2000-03 | "The UU Brand of Religion" | UUism | Dave Weissbard | 09/17/00 |
| s2000-04 | "Hope in a Time of Despair" | Optimism | Dave Weissbard | 09/24/00 |
| s2000-05 | "More on Meliorism" | Optimsm | Dave Weissbard | 10/08/00 |
| s2000-06 | A Unitarian Universalist Soul" | UUism | Dave Weissbard | 10/22/00 |
| s2000-07 | "Conscience and Compromise" | politics | Dave Weissbard | 11/05/00 |
| s2000-08 | Love and Hate in the "Holy Land" | Israel | Dave Weissbard | 11/12/00 |
| "Give Us this Day. . . " | Thanksgiving | Dave Weissbard | 11/19/00 | |
| cmd 11-26-00 | Weeping 101: Tears as a Spiritual Resource | Spirituality | Colleen McDonald | 11/26/00 |
| s2000-10 | "Periodicity" | holidays | Dave Weissbard | 12/03/00 |
| s2000-11 | The House of David | Bible | Dave Weissbard | 12/17/00 |
| s2000-12 | "Born of a Virgin" (Xmas Sermon) | Xmas | Dave Weissbard | 12/24/00 |
| S2000-13. | "The Impact of the Bobos" | Sociology | Dave Weissbard | 01/05/01 |
| S2000-14 | "The Down Side of Dr. King's Day" | Racism | Dave Weissbard | 01/12/01 |
| cmd1-21-01 | "What's the Difference?" | Animal Rights | Colleen McDonald | 01/21/01 |
| s2000-15 | "How're We Doin'?" | evaluation | Dave Weissbard | 01/28/01 |
| s2000-16 | Faith-Based Organizations & Government Support | church/state | Dave Weissbard | 02/11/01 |
| PL-3 | Soulful Justice | compassion | Philip Lund | 02/18/01 |
| s2000-17 | Compassion as a Verb | compassion | Dave Weissbard | 02/25/01 |
| s2000-18 | Beyond Innocence | innocence | Dave Weissbard | 03/11/01 |
| s2000-19 | The Religious Implications of Public Service | public service | Dave Weissbard | 03/18/01 |
| cmd3-11-01 | The Secret of Success | Success | Colleen McDonald | 03/11/01 |
| s2000-20 | Kairos - The Auspicious Moment | UUism | Dave Weissbard | 03/25/01 |
| s2000-21 | The Progressive Religious Partnership | social justice | Dave Weissbard | 04/08/01 |
| s2000-22 | Questions and Answers (no text available) | Dave Weissbard | 04/22/01 | |
| s2000-23 | Religious Enthusiasm | Relig. History | Dave Weissbard | 05/06/01 |
| s2000-24 | The Young Dead Soldiers | Memorial Day | Dave Weissbard | 05/27/01 |
| s2000-25 | Coming of Age Sunday | Dave Weissbard | 06/03/01 | |
| s2000-26 | Unitarianism: Then and Now | AUA | Dave Weissbard | 06/10/01 |
| S2000-27 | What's Funny about Unitarian Universalism? | UU Humor | Dave Weissbard | 06/17/01 |
Sermons 1999-2000
| S99-01 | "Affirmative Inquiry" | Dave Weissbard | 09/12/99 |
| S99-02 | "Church Shopping" | Dave Weissbard | 09/19/99 |
| S99-03 | "More on 'Reality Maps'" | Dave Weissbard | 09/26/99 |
| S99-04 | "D.W.B." | Dave Weissbard | 10/03/99 |
| S99-05 | "The Roots of Violence" | Dave Weissbard | 10/17/99 |
| CMM-01 | "Everything I Need to Know About Conflict. . . | Colleen McDonald | 10/24/99 |
| S99-06 | "Welfare and Shame" | Dave Weissbard | 10/31/99 |
| S99-07 | "Lessons from the HasidicMasters" | Dave Weissbard | 11/14/99 |
| S99-08 | "Thanksgiving Homily" | Dave Weissbard | 11/21/99 |
| S99-09 | "A Humanist's Perspective" | Dave Weissbard | 12/12/99 |
| S99-10 | "The Empty Crech" | Dave Weissbard | 12/19/99 |
| S99-11 | "Questions and Answers" [not available] | Dave Weissbard | 01/02/00 |
| S99-12 | "Goodbye Charlie Brown" | Dave Weissbard | 01/09/00 |
| cmd1-16-00 | To Die For? | Colleen McDonald | 01/16/00 |
| S99-14 | "Wisdom" | Dave Weissbard | 02/05/00 |
| S99-15 | "Science and Religion" | Dave Weissbard | 02/26/00 |
| S99-16 | "Suffer the Suffering Children" | Dave Weissbard | 03/05/00 |
| cmd 3-12-00 | Opera as a Spiritual Experience | Colleen McDonald | 03/12/00 |
| S99-17 | Eleanor's Day (Eleanor Roosevelt) | Dave Weissbard | 03/19/00 |
| S99-18 | The War on What or Whom [ the Drug War] | Dave Weissbard | 04/09/00 |
| S99-19 | Passover | Dave Weissbard | 04/16/00 |
| S99-20 | Easter | Dave Weissbard | 04/23/00 |
| S99-21 | "The No-Guilt Sermon on Sex, Religion & Money" | Dave Weissbard | 04/30/00 |
| S99-22 | "Learning from a Gorilla" [the Ishmael books] | Dave Weissbard | 05/16/00 |
| S99-23 | "Give Yourself a Hand!" [Masturbation] | Dave Weissbard | 5/30/00 |
| S99-26 | "WWUUD?" | Dave Weissbard | 06/18/00 |
Sermons 1998-99
| cmd9-27-98 | Credo | Colleen McDonald | 09/27/98 |
| S98-04 | "The Sacred Flame": | Dave Weissbard | 10/11/98 |
| S98-08 | "A Foray into Faure" | Dave Weissbard | 12/06/98 |
| S98-09 | "Spiritual Growth" | Dave Weissbard | 12/13/98 |
| S98-10 | "A Conflicted Christmas" | Dave Weissbard | 12/13/98 |
| S98-11 | "A Theology of Hospitality" | Dave Weissbard | 01/10/99 |
| cmd1-17-99 | We're Not Going to Hell and Neigher are You | Colleen McDonald | 01/17/99 |
| S98-12 | "Priesthood of All 'Believers'" | Dave Weissbard | 01/24/99 |
| S98-13 | Five Years Older than I Am | Dave Weissbard | 02/14/99 |
| S98-14 | "Going It Alone" | Dave Weissbard | 02/28/99 |
| S98-15 | Sex Education & Religious Liberty | Dave Weissbard | 03/14/99 |
| S98-16 | "Numbness" | Dave Weissbard | 03/28/99 |
| S98-17 | Jesus and Jellybeans (Easter Service) | DRW & CMM | 04/11/99 |
| S98-18 | Canvass Sunday | DRW & PRL | 04/18/99 |
| S98-19 | "No White Horses!" (Kosovo} | Dave Weissbard | 04/25/99 |
| S98-20 | "An Excremental Theology" | Dave Weissbard | 05/02/99 |
| S98-21 | "Parents vs. Peers" | Dave Weissbard | 05/09/99 |
| S98-22 | "Our Kids Are Not Aliens-- Why Do We Treat Them As If They Were? | Dave Weissbard | 05/23/99 |
| S98-23 | "Promises to Keep" | Dave Weissbard | 06/13/99 |
| S98-24 | "Our Newest Member" | Dave Weissbard | 06/20/99 |
1997-98