Sermons

Our worship services are being held in person and online (dual platform). Click on the links below to view our most recent sermon from online worship services:

Sunday, November 10, 2024: Democracy in a Polarized World, The Rev. James Galasinski

Sunday, October 20, 2024: Sukkot and the Mystical Circles, The Rev. James Galasinski

Sunday, October 6, 2024: The First Twenty Minutes Can Be a Slog, The Rev. James Galasinski

Sunday, September 22, 2024: The Perspective of Trees, The Rev. James Galasinski

Sunday, September 15, 2024: The Consumer Story: Carrying Each Other, The Rev. James Galasinski

Sunday, September 8, 2024: The Journey of Joy, The Rev. James Galasinski

Sunday, September 1, 2024: Humanizing Work and Income Equality, The Rev. James Galasinski

Sunday, May 19, 2024: Yielding Like Melting Ice, The Rev. James Galasinski

Sunday, May 12, 2024: Lessons We Learned from Our Mothers, Doug Rubio and Cathy Crosby, Pulpit Guests

Sunday, May 5, 2024: The Swarming Blackbirds and Us, The Rev. James Galasinski

Sunday, April 28, 2024: A Theological Shift, Stevie Michaelson, Pulpit Guest

Sunday, April 21, 2024: What Beauty Is For, The Rev. James Galasinski

Sunday, April 14, 2024: The Importance of Giving and Receiving Feedback, The Rev. James Galasinski

Sunday, April 7, 2024: The Suggestive Reality of Pastor Eckert’s Hair. The Rev. James Galasinski

Sunday, March 31, 2024: Bereavement Visions, The Rev. James Galasinski

Sunday, March 24, 2024: Elevator Pitches of Faith, The Rev. James Galasinski

Sunday, March 17, 2024: A Close Call, A Wake-up Call, Carol Opdyke, Pulpit Guest

Sunday, February 25, 2024: Blue Notes and Blue Joy, The Rev. James Galasinksi

Sunday, February 18, 2024: If God is Love, Then…, The Rev. James Galasinski

Sunday, February 11, 2024: Immersed in Wonder, Aileen O’Donoghue, Pulpit Guest

Sunday, February 4, 2024: The Work of Reparations, The Rev. James Galasinski

Sunday, January 28, 2024: Mystics and Contemplatives, The Rev. James Galasinski

Sunday, January 21, 2024: Suffering and the Heart of Buddha, The Rev. James Galasinksi

Sunday, January 7, 2024: Here’s What I Know, Doug Rubio, Pulpit Guest

Sunday, December 10, 2023: Good Deaths, The Rev. James Galasinski

Sunday, December 3, 2023: What Pastoral Care Is and Why We Need It, The Rev. James Galasinski

Sunday, November 26, 2023: Whatever Happened to Black Lives Matter?, The Rev. James Galasinski

Sunday, November 19, 2023: Billions and Billions, Sam Joseph

Sunday, November 12, 2023: The Gospel According to James, The Rev. James Galasinski

Sunday, November 5, 2023: Peace is Possible, The Rev. James Galasinski

Sunday, October 22, 2023: Spiritual Growth Lessons from Trees, Larissa Fawkner

Sunday, October 1, 2023: Humble Humans from Humus, The Rev. James Galasinski

Sunday, June 25, 2023: The Value of Interfaith Community, Sarah Bentley-Garfinkel & Pat Alden

Sunday, June 18, 2023: Fathers Matter, The Rev. James Galasinski

Sunday, May 21, 2023: Vulnerability, A Strength, The Rev. James Galasinski

Sunday, May 14, 2023: Who Do You Think You Are? Dave Nelson, Pulpit Guest

Sunday, April 30, 2023: The Dawn of Everything, The Rev. James Galasinski

Sunday, April 23, 2023: Earth Day Sunday, The Rev. James Galasinski

Sunday, April 2, 2023: Covenant with Mystery 2.0, The Rev. James Galasinski

Sunday, March 12, 2023: Generations of Generosity, The Rev. James Galasinski

Sunday, February 26, 2023: Things Most Commonly Believed, The Rev. James Galasinski

Sunday, February 12, 2023: Swami Vivekananda and Universalism, The Rev. James Galasinski

Sunday, February 5, 2023: The Image of God in the World, The Rev. James Galasinski 

Sunday, January 29, 2023: ‘No’ and Other Difficult Words, The Rev. James Galasinski

Sunday, January 22, 2023: 88 Buddhist Temples, The Rev. James Galasinski

Sunday, December 11, 2022: Imagination and Fantasy, The Rev. James Galasinski

Sunday, December 4, 2022: Covid, Cavities, and Cause and Effect Moralities, The Rev. James Galasinski

Sunday, November 13, 2022: Thinking, Feeling, Being, Doing, The Rev. James Galasinski

Sunday, November 6. 2022: Countering Disinformation, The Rev. James Galasinski

Sunday, October 30, 2022: Class Compassion, The Rev. James Galasinski

Sunday, October 23, 2022: Courageous Conversations, The Rev. James Galasinski

Sunday, October 2, 2022: Redemption, God’s Will, and Other Problematic Religious Language, The Rev. James Galasinski

Sunday, September 25, 2022: This Old House, The Rev. James Galasinski

Sunday, September 18, 2022: Cars, Community, and Culture, The Rev. James Galasinski

Sunday, September 11, 2022: Beginning Again, The Rev. James Galasinski

Sunday, September 4, 2022: The Impact of Retirement on Spiritual Life, Kim Bouchard, Caron Collins, Chris Rediehs

Sunday, August 21, 2022: The Dark Before the Dawn, The Rev. James Galasinski

Sunday, August 7, 2022: The Long Arc of History: Reflections on America, Bryan Thompson

Sunday, July 17, 2022: Conspiracy for Life: A Personal Defense of Reproductive Rights, The Rev. Dr. Richard Gilbert

Sunday, July 10, 2022: Pain of the World, Post-Pandemic Version, The Rev. Leonissa Ardizonne

Sunday, June 5, 2022: Come to the Pond, The Rev. James Galasinski

Sunday, May 29, 2022: The Evolution of Beauty, The Rev. Sam Trumbore

Sunday, May 15, 2022: I Am Because We Are, The Rev. Douglas Taylor

Sunday, May 8, 2022: Nurturing the World, The Rev. Christine Robinson

Sunday, May 1, 2022: Homo Sapiens, The Rev. Wade Wheelock

Sunday, April 17, 2022: What Saves Us? The Rev. Anne Marsh

Sunday, April 10, 2022: What Darwin Did, The Rev. Christine Robinson

Sunday, April 3, 2022: When Letting Go is the Answer, Kathy Montan

Sunday, March 27, 2022: Our Little Corner, The Rev. Shari Halliday-Quan

Sunday, March 20, 2022: The Importance of Now, The Rev. Shaun Whitehead

Sunday, March 13, 2022: Security, Serenity, and Peace of Mind, The Rev. Christine Robinson

Sunday, February 27, 2022: Does Time Heal All Wounds?, The Rev. Jo vonRue

Sunday, February 20, 2022: Radical Respect, Laura Rediehs

Sunday, February 13, 2022: Lost and Found, The Rev. Christine Robinson

Sunday, February 6, 2022: Love Frees Us, The Rev. Shaun Whitehead

Sunday, January 30, 2022: Earth Stewardship in the Spirit of Wangari Maathai, Tom Langen

Sunday, January 23, 2022: Progressive Religious Impulse, The Rev. A.J. van Tine

Sunday, January 16, 2022: Myth and History, The Rev. Dave Weissbard

Sunday, January 9, 2022: Religion and Violence, The Rev. Christine Robinson

Sunday, December 19, 2021: Spirits of Holiday Pageants Past, Present, and Future

Sunday, December 12, 2021: The Empty Chalice and the Flame

Sunday, December 5, 2021: Impermanence, Impermanence, Impermanence

Sunday, November 21, 2021: What Really Happened at the First Thanksgiving?

Sunday, November 14, 2021: Re-Enchanting the Universe

Sunday, November 7: Out of Many, One…Really?

Sunday, October 17, 2021: Giving Up On Helping

Sunday, October 10, 2021: Living Without Answers

Sunday, October 3, 2021: The Tender and Delicate Art of Accountability

Sunday, September 26, 2021: She Moves in Mysterious Ways

Sunday, September 19, 2021: John Brown and Divine Violence

Sunday, September 12, 2021: The Soft and Supple Will Prevail: Ingathering

Sunday, August 15, 2021: Everybody Wins! Mutualism for a Better Future

Sunday, August 8, 2021: You Are More Than the Money You Make

Sunday, July 4, 2021: Working on Ourselves

Sunday, June 20, 2021: Nourishing the Spiritual Child

Sunday, June 6, 2021: A Bounty of Friends

Sunday, May 9, 2021: Cancel Culture and Progressive Values

Sunday, May 2, 2021: Spiritual Lesssons from the Pandemic

Sunday, April 18, 2021: Stepping in the Same River

Sunday, April 11, 2021: The Question Is…

Sunday, April 4, 2021: A Passover Presence

Sunday, March 21, 2021: All Bound Up Together

Sunday, February 21, 2021: The Rev. Jeffrey Campbell: Undertaking the Call

Sunday, February 14, 2021: Common Threads: A Weaving of Love Knowledge From Around the World

Sunday, February 7, 2021: Believing Whatever You Want?

Sunday, January 31, 2021: Can We Thrive Now?

Sunday, January 24, 2021: Rivers in the Desert

Sunday, January 17, 2021: MLK and the Poor People’s Campaign

Sunday, January 10, 2021: This Is Who We Are

Sunday, January 3, 2021: Imagining a New Year on New Terms

Sunday, December 27, 2020: Time for Stillness, Time for Action

Sunday, December 20, 2020: Stillness: One of the Doors to the Temple

Sunday, December 6, 2020: A Covenant With Mystery

Sunday, November 29, 2020: What Wondrous Love is This

Sunday, November 22, 2020: Compassion, Pity, and the Wounded Healer

Sunday, November 15, 2020: The Mystery of God (Explained)

Sunday, November 8, 2020: Healing Our Nation

Sunday, October 25, 2020: Listen, Process, Then Speak

Sunday, October 18, 2020: Confessions of a Wannabe Anti-Racist

Sunday, October 11, 2020: Paying Taxes and Pledges With Joy

Sunday, October 4, 2020: The Six Assumptions

Sunday, September 27, 2020: Filling in the Cracks: A Reflection on Renewal

Sunday, September 13, 2020: Waters of Renewal

Sunday, August 30, 2020: Where’s the Diego de Vargas Statue?

Sunday, August 16, 2020: Resilience

Sunday, July 26, 2020: Love and Teaching in the Time of Covid

Sunday, July 12, 2020: To Be At Peace

Sunday, June 21, 2020: Gender Freedom 

Sunday, June 14, 2020: The Myth of a Single Story Church

Sunday, May 31, 2020: Come on Home and the Hurt of Addiction

Sunday, May 24, 2020: Muhammad the Social Reformer

Sunday, May 3, 2020: In the Storm: Coping with Climate Change

Sunday, April 26, 2020: Let It Be

Sunday, April 12, 2020: Easter: What Really Happened?

Sunday, April 5, 2020: The People Stayed Home

Sunday, March 29, 2020: Joy, Thou Goddess

Sunday, March 22, 2020: The Portable Faith

If you miss church on Sunday – or want to hear a sermon again – you can click on the links below for a full audio version of most Sundays’ sermons by our minister the Rev. James Galasinksi and also pulpit guests.


Thanks to church member Robert Best, you can also hear several of Max Coots’ sermons from the Leaning Against the Wind collection here.