1. Beyond the Life
of the Body, the Heart, & the Mind .
2. Ways to Expand
Our Spirits .
3. Self-Transcendence, Self-Criticism, & Altruism .
4. Freedom:Transcending Enculturation and Choosing for Ourselves .
5. Creativity: Making Something Genuinely New .
6. Love: The I-Thou Encounter, Discovering Other Persons of Spirit .
7. The
Disclosure of Existential Anxiety
and
other Manifestations of Our Existential Predicament .
8. Glimpses of Joy and Fulfillment .
OUR EXISTENTIAL PREDICAMENT
Loneliness of
Spirit:
Deeper than the
Reach of Love
.
Being Depressed
in Spirit:
Deeper than
Psychological Depression
. D
Sinking into the
River of Existential Despair
.
Existential
Guilt:
Deeper than the
Pangs of Conscience
. C
Looking for the Meaning of Life . D O
Depressed?
Don't Kill
Yourself!
. D
Asking the
Ultimate Questions . D
Passionate
Inwardness:
Surrendering Self
6. MEDICAL ETHICS
When Is
A
Person?
Pre-Persons & Former Persons
. D
Advance
Directives for Medical Care:
24 Important Questions to Ask
. D
Fifteen
Safeguards
for Life-Ending Decisions
.
Nine
Ways to Reduce Health-Care Costs . D N
Voluntary Rationing of Health-Care . D N
Medical
Futility Monitor:
Avoiding the Million-Dollar Death
. D
N
Do I
Lose the
Right-to-Die When I Lose Consciousness?
The
Living
Cadaver:
Medical Uses
of Permanently Unconscious Bodies . D
N
Voluntary Execution Followed by Organ Donation . D N
Depressed?7. DEATH
The
One-Month-less Club:
Live Well Now, Omit the Last Month . D
N
One Million
Chosen Deaths per Year? D N
Four Differences between Irrational Suicide and Voluntary Death . D N
Four Differences between Mercy-Killing and Merciful Death . D N
Four Legal Ways to Choose a Voluntary Death or a Merciful Death . D N
Pulling
the Plug:
A Paradigm for Life-Ending Decisions .
A New
Way to
Secure the Right to Die:
Laws Against Causing Premature Death .
Two
Approaches
to Right-to-Die Laws:
Granting Permission and Banning Harms .
Voluntary
Death
by Dehydration
. D N
Voluntary
Execution:
Better than Capital Punishment? D N
8. TERRORISM, WAR,
& PEACE
Peaceful Muslims & Violent Muslims . D N
Deprogramming
Osama Bin Laden
. D
Religious
Prisons to Rehabilitate Islamic Terrorists . D N
Exit
Strategy
for Iraq:
Arabic-Speaking Peace-Keepers . D
N
The Meaning of
Complete Disarmament .
D
Blessed Are the
Peacemakers . D
How a
World
Peace Force
Would Handle
Situations like Iraq
Better than the
United States As Policeman
. D N
World Peace Force—100
Years for Transition
WHAT WOULD THE WORLD PEACE FORCE
DO?
Eliminate
all Weapons of Mass Death . D N
Code
(the
green letters after some titles)
James Park is available to speak on these subjects
in the Twin Cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul, their suburbs,
& nearby Minnesota and Wisconsin.
Even tho there is a complete written text for each cyber-sermon,
when speaking to a group, James Park prefers to speak extemporaneously,
without text or notes.
This also communicates better with a live audience.
When considering the best cyber-sermon for such a guest appearance,
the following codes might be helpful:
C.
Christian.
Sermons for people from Christian backgrounds,
helping them to make the
transition from
Christian roots to UUism.
D.
Discussion.
Subjects appropriate for group discussion, panels, etc.
We all have experiences, thoughts, questions, & stories on these
themes.
N.
Newsworthy.
These subjects are so current and perhaps controversial
that the local news media might be invited
to cover the event.
O.
Outreach.
Sermons especially appropriate for a Sunday
on which you intend to advertise for visitors
from the general public,
people who have never before attended a UU
service.
These talks presuppose no previous knowledge
of UU thinking or traditions.
And they address subjects already alive in
the minds
of people on the verge of becoming Unitarian Universalists.
Go to the opening page
for this website:
An Existential
Philosopher's Museum
.