The following electronic sermons were created for
the RURAL-L e-mailing list
and continued for another list for small UU congregations: Smalltalk.
For a full explanation of this service, go to Sermon-of-the-Month
.
These sermons, which appear in historical order
below,
are also
organized into 6 subject-areas.
Islam:
Submission to God
November 2003
Ways to Expand
Our Spirits
December 2003
God---What's in a
Name?
January 2004
WHICH GODS DO
NOT EXIST?
No Gods Wrote
Holy Books
February 2004
The Religion
of the Circle
March 2004
WHAT IS
SPIRITUALITY?
1.
Beyond the Life of the Body, the Heart, & the Mind
.
April 2004
WHAT IS SPIRITUALITY?
3.
Self-Transcendence, Self-Criticism, & Altruism .
May 2004
WHAT IS SPIRITUALITY?
4. Freedom:
Transcending Enculturation and Choosing for Ourselves .
June 2004
WHAT IS SPIRITUALITY?
5. Creativity:
Making Something Genuinely New
.
July 2004
WHAT IS SPIRITUALITY?
6. Love: The
I-Thou Encounter, Discovering Other Persons of Spirit
August 2004
WHAT IS SPIRITUALITY?
7. The
Disclosure of Existential Anxiety
and other Manifestations of Our Existential Predicament
September 2004
WHAT IS SPIRITUALITY?
8. Glimpses of
Joy and Fulfillment
October 2004
Deprogramming
Osama bin Laden
November 2004
Loneliness of
Spirit:
Deeper than the Reach of Love
December 2004
Existential
Guilt:
Deeper than the Pangs of Conscience
January 2005
Voluntary
Death by Dehydration
February 2005
WHICH GODS DO NOT EXIST?
No Gods
Created the Universe
March 2005
Advance
Medical Directives:
24 Important Questions to Answer
April 2005
The Next
1,000 Years of Spiritual Progress:
The Future of Unitarian Universalism
May 2005
Why I Am A
Unitarian Universalist
June 2005
Peaceful
Muslims & Violent Muslims
July 2005
WHICH GODS DO NOT EXIST?
No Gods are
All-Powerful
August 2005
WHICH GODS DO NOT EXIST?
No Gods Are
Watching Our Behavior
September 2005
WHICH GODS DO NOT EXIST?
No Gods Can
Save Us from Death
October 2005
Four
Differences between Irrational Suicide & Voluntary Death
November 2005
Ultimate
Questions
December 2005
Four
Differences between Mercy Killing & Merciful Death
January 2006
The Future of
Love and Marriage
February 2006
The Living
Cadaver:
Medical Uses of Permanently Unconscious Bodies
March 2006
When Is A
Person?
Pre-Persons & Former Persons
Spring 2006
Exit Strategy
for Iraq:
Arabic-Speaking Peace Keepers
July 2006
Your Unique
Contribution to the World
Fall 2006
Being Depressed
in Spirit:
Deeper than Psychological Depression
November 2006
Becoming More
Authentic:
The Positive Side of Existentialism
December 2006
World without
War
January 2007
A New Way to
Secure the Right-to-Die:
Laws against Causing Premature Death
February 2007
The
One-Month-Less Club:
Live Well Now, Omit the Last Month
March 2007
Romantic
Jealousy: Cause and Prevention
April 2007
Loving in
Freedom
May 2007
WHAT IS SPIRITUALITY?
1. Beyond the Life
of the Body, the 'Heart', & the Mind .
June 2007
WHAT IS SPIRITUALITY?
2. Ways to Expand
Our Spirits .
July 2007
WHAT IS SPIRITUALITY?
3. Self-Transcendence,
Self-Criticism, & Altruism .
August 2007
WHAT IS SPIRITUALITY?
4. Freedom:Transcending
Enculturation and Choosing for Ourselves .
September 2007
WHAT IS SPIRITUALITY?
5. Creativity:
Making Something Genuinely New .
October 2007
WHAT IS SPIRITUALITY?
6. Love: The
I-Thou Encounter, Discovering Other Persons of Spirit .
November 2007
WHAT IS SPIRITUALITY?
7. The
Disclosure of Existential Anxiety
and
other Manifestations of Our Existential Predicament .
December 2007
WHAT IS SPIRITUALITY?
8. Glimpses
of Joy and Fulfillment .
January 2008