"What won't go away."
Science fiction writer Philip K. Dick defined reality as "that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away." On this day of time and memory, we will pause a moment to consider what does and does not go away.
The sermon is delivered by Eliot Chapel's intern minister, the David Breeden.
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Sunday, December 30, 2007
Sunday, December 23, 2007
December 23, 2007
"Incarnation"
In Buddhism, its the bodhisattvas; in Judaism, the Image of God; and in Christianity, Jesus Christ. World religions have these different ways of talking about the place where the divine and human meet. What can these images mean for us?
Rev. Bonnie Vegiard delivers the sermon.
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In Buddhism, its the bodhisattvas; in Judaism, the Image of God; and in Christianity, Jesus Christ. World religions have these different ways of talking about the place where the divine and human meet. What can these images mean for us?
Rev. Bonnie Vegiard delivers the sermon.
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Sunday, December 16, 2007
December 16, 2007
"Making Peace with Reality"
The desire to argue with reality can withstand all sorts of struggle. Sometimes we don't want to let go, forgive, forget, or move on. What to do then?
Taoism has some answers.
Lead by the Rev. Dr. Daniel O'Connell.
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The desire to argue with reality can withstand all sorts of struggle. Sometimes we don't want to let go, forgive, forget, or move on. What to do then?
Taoism has some answers.
Lead by the Rev. Dr. Daniel O'Connell.
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Monday, December 3, 2007
December 2, 2007
"Highly Unlikely"
When certain wildly unpredictable events happen, like 9/11 or the Google phenomenon, we spin a story to make sense of it all. But if we want to tell the truth to ourselves, we have to tell a different story. Lead by the Rev. Dr. Daniel O'Connell.
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When certain wildly unpredictable events happen, like 9/11 or the Google phenomenon, we spin a story to make sense of it all. But if we want to tell the truth to ourselves, we have to tell a different story. Lead by the Rev. Dr. Daniel O'Connell.
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Sunday, November 25, 2007
November 25, 2007
"Ultimate Meaning and Conventional Representation"
Since Theodore Parker delivered his pivotal "A Discourse on the Transient and Permanent in Christianity" in 1841, Unitarians have been searching for the universal truth within the culturally determined religious doctrine and practice. On the Sunday after Thanksgiving we will examine how this search illuminates both the Unitarian Universalist principles and purposes and our lives here together at Eliot.
Eliot Chapel's Community Minister, Rev. Dick Haynes, delivers the sermon.
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Since Theodore Parker delivered his pivotal "A Discourse on the Transient and Permanent in Christianity" in 1841, Unitarians have been searching for the universal truth within the culturally determined religious doctrine and practice. On the Sunday after Thanksgiving we will examine how this search illuminates both the Unitarian Universalist principles and purposes and our lives here together at Eliot.
Eliot Chapel's Community Minister, Rev. Dick Haynes, delivers the sermon.
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Sunday, November 18, 2007
November 18, 2007
"Bread Service Sunday"
Eliot Chapel's annual Thanksgiving bread service with the intergenerational bread communion.
Dr. Daniel O'Connell delivers the homily.
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Eliot Chapel's annual Thanksgiving bread service with the intergenerational bread communion.
Dr. Daniel O'Connell delivers the homily.
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Sunday, November 11, 2007
November 11th, 2007
"Eleven Eleven"
Long before 9/11 there was 11/11. The eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month of 1918, the negotiated end of the "Great War".
People who experienced the odd silence that fell over the battlefield realized that all the chaos and mayhem of war had been human made, human controlled. It still is.
Eliot Chapel's intern minister, David Breeden, delivers the sermon.
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Long before 9/11 there was 11/11. The eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month of 1918, the negotiated end of the "Great War".
People who experienced the odd silence that fell over the battlefield realized that all the chaos and mayhem of war had been human made, human controlled. It still is.
Eliot Chapel's intern minister, David Breeden, delivers the sermon.
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Sunday, November 4, 2007
November 4, 2007
"Money for Nothing"
How can we be rich and bored?
Maybe "The Secret" can help?
Lead by the Rev. Dr. Daniel O'Connell.
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How can we be rich and bored?
Maybe "The Secret" can help?
Lead by the Rev. Dr. Daniel O'Connell.
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Sunday, October 28, 2007
October 28, 2007
"The End of Democracy"
In a rare sermon on politics, Rev. O'Connell looks at the steps between democracy and fascism and considers how far we've moved down that path. Lead by the Rev. Dr. Daniel O'Connell.
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In a rare sermon on politics, Rev. O'Connell looks at the steps between democracy and fascism and considers how far we've moved down that path. Lead by the Rev. Dr. Daniel O'Connell.
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Sunday, October 21, 2007
October 21, 2007
"Better Together: We the Covenant Keepers"
Unitarian Universalists: we don't have a common theology; we are not of the same ethnic group; we have few if any common rituals; in truth, we are not even a denomination. So what is the glue that holds us together as congregations and as an association of congregations? And why does that matter now? This is Association Sunday when we walk the talk.
In a two-time honored tradition, the Rev. Dr. Daniel O'Connell trades pulpits today with the Rev. Suzanne Meyer, of the First Unitarian Church of St. Louis.
The Rev. Meyer delivers the sermon.
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Unitarian Universalists: we don't have a common theology; we are not of the same ethnic group; we have few if any common rituals; in truth, we are not even a denomination. So what is the glue that holds us together as congregations and as an association of congregations? And why does that matter now? This is Association Sunday when we walk the talk.
In a two-time honored tradition, the Rev. Dr. Daniel O'Connell trades pulpits today with the Rev. Suzanne Meyer, of the First Unitarian Church of St. Louis.
The Rev. Meyer delivers the sermon.
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Sunday, October 14, 2007
October 14, 2007
"Humanist Mysticism"
(Who is That Swinging from Tree to Tree?)
My religious journey has taken me from fundamentalism
to atheism and then some. Yet when I get too rational,
I ask myself a simple question:
Why won't I spend the night in a graveyard?
Eliot Chapel's Intern Minister, Dr. David Breeden,
delivers the sermon.
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(Who is That Swinging from Tree to Tree?)
My religious journey has taken me from fundamentalism
to atheism and then some. Yet when I get too rational,
I ask myself a simple question:
Why won't I spend the night in a graveyard?
Eliot Chapel's Intern Minister, Dr. David Breeden,
delivers the sermon.
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Sunday, October 7, 2007
October 7th, 2007
"Founder's Day"
How did we get here?
Who brought us here?
Where are we going?
We celebrate our 48th year.
Lead by the Rev. Dr. Daniel O'Connell.
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How did we get here?
Who brought us here?
Where are we going?
We celebrate our 48th year.
Lead by the Rev. Dr. Daniel O'Connell.
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Sunday, September 30, 2007
September 30, 2007
"Politics in Process"
What would our country look like if all the winners in 2008 were process theologians? Eliot Chapel Community Minister, the Reverend Dr. Susan Videen, delivers the sermon.
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What would our country look like if all the winners in 2008 were process theologians? Eliot Chapel Community Minister, the Reverend Dr. Susan Videen, delivers the sermon.
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Sunday, September 23, 2007
September 23, 2007
"Mistakes? Me?"
Why do we dodge responsibility so thoroughly?
Or get caught up in endless nit picking about who is
"right?" Why can we see hypocrisy in others but not in
ourselves? We will look at some recent research in
social psychology. Lead by the Rev. Dr. Daniel O'Connell.
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Why do we dodge responsibility so thoroughly?
Or get caught up in endless nit picking about who is
"right?" Why can we see hypocrisy in others but not in
ourselves? We will look at some recent research in
social psychology. Lead by the Rev. Dr. Daniel O'Connell.
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Sunday, September 16, 2007
September 16, 2007
"Longing"
Where does our sense of incompleteness lie? Where
does it come from? Where does it go? Why do we hate it
and yet sometimes yearn to wallow in it? How do we
deal with it? Lead by the Rev. Dr. Daniel O'Connell.
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Where does our sense of incompleteness lie? Where
does it come from? Where does it go? Why do we hate it
and yet sometimes yearn to wallow in it? How do we
deal with it? Lead by the Rev. Dr. Daniel O'Connell.
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Sunday, September 9, 2007
September 9, 2007
"Leading From Strength"
Let's say your kid comes to you with 3 As, 2 Bs, and
an F. What do you spend the most time talking about?
Do we make the most progress fixing our weaknesses or
building our strengths? Lead by the Rev. Dr. Daniel O'Connell.
Our annual Ingathering Service.
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Let's say your kid comes to you with 3 As, 2 Bs, and
an F. What do you spend the most time talking about?
Do we make the most progress fixing our weaknesses or
building our strengths? Lead by the Rev. Dr. Daniel O'Connell.
Our annual Ingathering Service.
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