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Dr. Robin DiAngelo spoke at Unity Church on November 18, 2017. Please do not share this audio on social media.

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Sermon & Meditation Archives

Online versions of Sunday sermons -- sometimes including added information -- will be posted here as they become available. Please note that transcripts from guest worship leaders and transcripts from summer services may not always be available.

Transcipts and CDs of other sermons given before August 2006, may be available for order through the Church Office. Click on one of the links to read a sermon transcript in PDF format.

Unity Church Ministers
Rev. Rob Eller-Isaacs
When Hope and History Rhyme -- Rob Eller-Isaacs [June 4, 2017]
The Only Dance There Is -- Rob Eller-Isaacs [January 22, 2017]
A Tolling of Bells -- Rob Eller-Isaacs [January 6, 2013]
God the Problem -- Rob Eller-Isaacs [February 5, 2012]
Prophetic Encounters -- Rob Eller-Isaacs [January 15, 2012]
Surrender Dorothy -- Rob Eller-Isaacs [March 6, 2011]
Transcendental Wild Oats -- Rob Eller-Isaacs [February 20, 2011]
Keep the Circle Whole -- Rob Eller-Isaacs [January 30, 2011]
How Long? Not Long! -- Rob Eller-Isaacs [January 16, 2011]
How Can This Be? A Service for Advent -- Rob Eller-Isaacs [December 5, 2010]
Seven Generations -- Rob Eller-Isaacs [October 31, 2010]
Enduring Faith -- Rob Eller-Isaacs [September 19, 2010]
Real Self-Reliance -- Rob Eller-Isaacs [June 13, 2010]
On Sacrifice and Hope --  Rob Eller-Isaacs [May 30, 2010] Reflection -- Michael Orange
A Larger Hope -- Rob Eller-Isaacs [May 9, 2010]
Willing to be Changed by What We've Started -- Rob Eller-Isaacs [April 18, 2010]
Practice Resurrection -- Rob Eller-Isaacs [April 4, 2010]
Turning North -- Rob Eller-Isaacs [February 28, 2010]
Walking the Talk -- Rob Eller-Isaacs [February 7, 2010]
Setting the Course -- Rob Eller-Isaacs [January 17, 2010]
Curiosity and Courage -- Rob Eller-Isaacs [January 3, 2010]
What Are We Waiting For? -- Rob Eller-Isaacs [December 6, 2009]
We're Here to Recruit You -- Rob Eller-Isaacs [October 11, 2009]
A Job of Work to Do -- Rob Eller-Isaacs [September 27, 2009]
Who Will Cry for Water -- Rob Eller-Isaacs [September 13, 2009]
Keeping the Sabbath -- Rob Eller-Isaacs [June 7, 2009]
I Will Not Let You Go -- Rob Eller-Isaacs [May 24, 2009]
Redeem This -- Rob Eller-Isaacs [April 26, 2009]
One More Redeemer -- Rob Eller-Isaacs [April 5, 2009]
A Brief History of Sin -- Rob Eller-Isaacs [March 15, 2009]
No Way, No How -- Rob Eller-Isaacs [January 11, 2009]
The Silence of Jesus -- Rob Eller-Isaacs [December 7, 2008]
Practicing Gratitude -- Rob Eller-Isaacs [November 16, 2008]
Thank You George -- Rob Eller-Isaacs [November 2, 2008]
What's in a Name? -- Rob Eller-Isaacs [September 14, 2008]
What Every Soldier Needs -- Rob Eller-Isaacs [May 25, 2008]
Our Sure Blossoming -- Rob Eller-Isaacs [May 18, 2008]
Promises to Keep -- Rob Eller-Isaacs [March 30, 2008]
Practice Resurrection -- Rob Eller-Isaacs [March 3, 2008]
Know Your Place -- Rob Eller-Isaacs [February 10, 2008]
This Work Will Break Your Heart -- Rob Eller-Isaacs [January 27, 2008]
A Tolling of Bells -- Rob Eller-Isaacs [January 6, 2008]
Love, the Guest -- Rob Eller-Isaacs [December 2, 2007]
The Grace of the World -- Rob Eller-Isaacs [November 18, 2007]
Identity and Violence -- Rob Eller-Isaacs [November 4, 2007]
Shrink Wrap and Other Telling Terms -- Rob Eller-Isaacs [October 21, 2007]
Faith Above All Fear -- Rob Eller-Isaacs [September 16, 2007]
Promises to Keep -- Rob Eller-Isaacs [January 7, 2007]

Rev. Janne Eller-Isaacs
Gratitude: The Grammar of Our Lives -- Janne Eller-Isaacs [November 9, 2008]
Forgiving Others -- Janne Eller-Isaacs [October 26, 2008]

Rev. Lisa Friedman
Grounded Faith -- Lisa Friedman [August 25, 2019]
Young, Scrappy, and Hungry -- Lisa Friedman [July 1, 2018]
Christmas Eve 2017 -- Lisa Friedman [December 24, 2017, 10pm]
​Saving Universalism -- Lisa Friedman [July 10, 2016]

Rev. Karen Hering
Hallowed Be Thy Name Translation -- Karen Hering [February 26, 2017]
Habondia’s Promise [Covenant] -- Karen Hering [November 14, 2010]
Remembering Forward [Longing] -- Karen Hering [October 17, 2010]
Belonging to the Future [Belonging] -- Karen Hering [June 13, 2010]
Love Is a Lamp [Love] -- Karen Hering [February 7, 2010]
Lessons in Courage [Courage] -- Karen Hering [January 10, 2010]
Uncovering the Spark Within [Incarnation] -- Karen Hering [December 13, 2009]
Pilgrimage Toward Justice [Pilgrimage] -- Karen Hering [November 1, 2009]
Approaching Sacrifice [Sacrifice] -- Karen Hering [October 4, 2009]
Between the Lines, Between the Pages [Sabbath] -- Karen Hering [June 21, 2009]
The Invisible Blessings of Mothers [Blessing] -- Karen Hering [Mother’s Day: May 10, 2009]
Just Right [Sin] -- Karen Hering [March 8, 2009]
Take Off Your Shoes [Prayer] -- Karen Hering [February 8, 2009]

Unity Church Ministerial Interns
Lindasusan Ulrich, Hallman Ministerial Intern (2014-15)
Keepers of the Flame [November 30, 2014]
The Pull Of This World [October 19, 2014]
Other People's Children [December 28, 2014]
Falling Through Air [March 1, 2015]
Where Peace Begins [May 10, 2015]
Dandelion Wisdom [June 21, 2015]

Mae Gibson Wall, Hallman Ministerial Intern (2012-2013)
The Salvation of a Second Chance [April 7, 2013]
The Seven Steps of Repentance [October 21, 2012]

Jim Foti, Ministerial Intern (2011-2013)
A Year for Authority -- Jim Foti [January 1, 2012]
A Case for Prayer -- Jim Foti [February 3, 2013]

Jason Seymour, Hallman Ministerial Intern (2010-2011)
From the Cage of Desire, A Prophecy of Satisfaction -- Jason Seymour [October 24, 2010]

Lissa Gundlach, Hallman Ministerial Intern (2009-2010)
Transforming the Church -- Lissa Gundlach [April 11, 2010]

Leon Dunkley, Hallman Ministerial Intern (2008-2009)
Thank You Summer Days (36x30) -- Leon Dunkley [November 30, 2008]

Matt Alspaugh, Hallman Ministerial Intern (2007-2008)
I Tripped and Fell -- Matt Alspaugh [February 24, 2008]
Slaughter of the Innocents -- Matt Alspaugh [December 30, 2007]
Joy in Integrity -- Matt Alspaugh [November 25, 2007]

Jacqueline Duhart, Community Ministerial Intern (2007-2008)
Sins of Privilege -- Jacqueline Duhart [October 28, 2007]

Teresa Schwartz, Hallman Ministerial Intern  (2006-2007)
Life Wants to Live -- Teresa Schwartz [April 8, 2007]
Perils of Perfection -- Teresa Schwartz [March 4, 2007]
Deep Democracy -- Teresa Schwartz [January 21, 2007]
Reflection (Christmas Eve) -- Teresa Schwartz [December 24, 2006)]
Hand-In-Hand -- Teresa Schwartz [November 26, 2006)]

Justin Schroeder, Hallman Ministerial Intern (2006-2007)
Fools, Foolishness, and Folly -- Justin Schroeder [April 1, 2007]
Finding Security in an Insecure Age -- Justin Schroeder [March 18, 2007]
Created Identity -- Justin Schroeder [February 18, 2007]
Beloved Community -- Justin Schroeder [January 14, 2007]
Rachel's Weeping -- Justin Schroeder [December 31, 2006]
Are You On Philoxenia? -- Justin Schroeder [November 5, 2006]

Katie Lawson, Hallman Ministerial Intern (2005-2006)
Into the Wild -- Katie Lawson [March 12, 2006]
Finding Home -- Katie Lawson [January 22, 2006]
For Love of Zero -- Katie Lawson [January 1, 2006]
Hungering for Innocence -- Katie Lawson [November 27, 2005]

Dottie Matthews, United Theological Seminary Intern (2004-2006)
What Wondrous Love -- Dottie Mathews [April 2, 2006]
Manifest Destiny -- Dottie Mathews [February 26, 2006]
Embracing Christmas Together -- Dottie Mathews [December 25, 2005]

Bill Neely, Hallman Ministerial Intern (2004-2005)
Planting Peace -- Bill Neely [June 5, 2005]
Fences and Freedom -- Bill Neely [April 3, 2005]
The Difficult Embrace -- Bill Neely [February 6, 2005]
Repairing Our Roots -- Bill Neely [December 26, 2004]

Pulpit Guests Visiting Ministers and Guests
God's Confronting Partners -- Michael Cowan [December 8, 2013]
Seeing Beauty -- Rev. Dr. Rebecca Ann Parker, Ordination of Leon Dunkley [April 21, 2012]
Reflections on Materialism, from Jehovah to George Carlin [From Black Friday Worship Service] -- Dane Smith [November 25, 2011]
The Courage to Let Go: Surrender -- Rev. Don Southworth, Acting Director Unitarian Universalist Minister's Association [January 23, 2010]
A Hyphen's Progress: A Journey of Faith, Identity and Belonging -- Rev. Abhi Janamanchi, Unitarian Universalists of Clearwater [October 25, 2009]
Dragged Kicking and Screaming into Heaven, Rev. Dr. Mark Morrison-Reed, [October 12, 2008]
How Faith Endures -- Rev. Rosemary Bray McNatt, Fourth Universalist, New York [October 14, 2007]
A Humble Vision  -- Rev. Jen Crow, First Unitarian Church of Rochester, New York [January 28, 2007]
A Fool's Errand -- Rev. Diane Miller, First Unitarian Church of Providence, Rhode Island [March 5, 2006]
No One But Us -- Denny Davidoff [October 16, 2005]
beliefnet.com -- Rev. Lisa Friedman [July 3, 2005]
Are We Saved? -- Rev. Gary Smith, First Parish in Concord, Massachusetts [October 17, 2004]
Choose to Bless the World -- Rev. Rebecca Parker, Starr King School for the Ministry [September 26, 2004]
The Bible as a Liberal Library -- Rev. Mark Belletini, First UU Church of Columbus, Ohio [August 8, 2004]

Unity Church Staff
Sugar Skulls -- Kerri Meyer, Director of Religious Education [October 30, 2011]
A Quiver Full -- Kerri Meyer, Director of Religious Education [May 16, 2010]
Suffering and the Sacred -- Luke Stevens-Royer, Coordinator of Youth and Campus Minstries [March 14, 2010]
I Know It When I See It -- Karen Hering, Assitant Literary Minister [March 22, 2009]
For the Bible Tells UUs So -- Kerri Meyer, Director of Religious Education [August 24, 2008]
Godtalk: Theist Language and UU Children -- Kerri Meyer, Director of Religious Education [August 20, 2006]

Unity Church Members • Lay-led Summer Services
Defeating, and Loving, Our Enemies -- Dane Smith [September 2, 2018]
Expect Delays -- Dane Smith [September 3, 2017]
Dancing with the Divine: A Process Theology -- Rochelle Lockridge [July 23, 2017]
Mr. Phil and the Folly of Naive Cynicism -- Dane Smith [September 4, 2016]
How Radical Should We Be for Racial Equity -- Dane Smith [September 6, 2015]
When Love for Labor Is Lost: The Defamation of “Kumbaya” and Overcoming Compassion Fatigue -- Dane Smith [August 31, 2014]
Our Workforce Equity Imperative -- Dane Smith [September 1, 2013]
The Color of Our Labor -- Dane Smith [September 2, 2012]
Cheap Labor, Meritocracy, and Inherent Worth -- Dane Smith [September 4, 2011]
How Much for Me? How Much for Thee and We? -- Dane Smith [September 5, 2010]
Shifting Sands, Shifting Truths -- Laura Schlatter [July 18, 2010]
Is this a holy thing to see? -- Chico Hathaway [July 11, 2010]
She Works Hard for the Money (And You Better Treat Her Right) -- Dane Smith [September 6, 2009] Defying Gravity -- Jenny Wilson [August 16, 2009]
Religion Citizenship, and the American Life -- Chico Hathaway [July 12, 2009]
The Teenage Test Kitchen: Recipes for a Human Life -- Youth of Unity Church [August 10, 2008]
To Infinity and Beyond -- Craig Allen [July 20, 2008]
Making the Effort -- Laura Smidzik [July 13, 2008]
A Religious Look at the 4th of July -- Chico Hathaway [June 29, 2008]
Keeping Faith With Our Church -- Estelle Brouwer [September 30, 2007]