Below are a half dozen select sermons from my last three years of preaching. You can find more at this playlist. (This is the Unitarian Church of Los Alamos playlist, and does include sermons from other pulpit guests. These are full service videos, but are configured to begin at the sermon.
Because I preach from notes and outlines, I do not have manuscripts to share. However, you can turn on Closed Captioning or access the transcriptsat YouTube.
Given June 5, 2022 – Some thoughts on American gun culture and its place in the Beloved Community.
Given March 6, 2022 – Faith. A noun and a verb at the same time. A state of being that requires us to be simultaneously future-focused and grounded in the here and now. Before we renew faith, we need to remember how we got here in the first place.
Given November 5, 2023 – November’s theme is “The Gift of Generosity,” and we begin by naming and picking apart the mentality that hems in our generous natures – Scarcity.
Given January 22, 2023 – For MLK Sunday, a look at how Dr. King used his pulpit as a tool for change.
Given May 7, 2023 – The whole human story is filled with various creation myths, including the ones we tell about our own selves. This week, a look at how we tell the story of who we are perpetually becoming.
Given January 10, 2021 – One thing that makes humans human is our ability to conceive of a future and move toward it. But what happens when our picture of the future is too unclear? How do we move out of a permanent sense of being in liminal space?