Sermons

2025

Here is a collection of our weekly sermons. You can catch up on missed ones here or on our YouTube channel.

June 15, 2025: One Drab Brown Thing (Part 1, Part 2)
June 8, 2025: Passage of Emergence
June 1, 2025: Passage of Transformation
May 25, 2025: Passage of Separation
May 18, 2025: Passage of Awareness
May 10, 2025: The Most Neglected Mother
May 4, 2025: Passage of Waiting
April 20, 2025 (Easter): The Character of Resurrection
April 13, 2025 (Palm Sunday): Joy as Resistance
April 6, 2025: Love as Resistance
March 30, 2025: Opening Eyes to the Truth
March 23, 2025: Defiance Against Dehumanization
March 16, 2025: Calling a Spade a Spade
March 9, 2025: A Conversation with the Devil
March 2, 2025: Finding God Through Deep Listening
February 23, 2025: Finding God Through Loving Self
February 16, 2025: Finding God in Resilience
February 9, 2025: Guest preacher, Rev. Tony Larsen, "Ticket to Mensch"
February 2, 2025: Finding God through Saying "Yes" to Vulnerability
January 26, 2025: Sandy Christensen, guest speaker, It Just Is: Opening Up Without Judgment
January 19, 2025: Sorry, video not available for this Sunday
January 12, 2025: Finding God in Awe & Wonder
January 5, 2025: Seeking

2024

December 22, 2024: A Place of Humility
December 15, 2024: A Place of Simplicity
December 8, 2024: A Place of Waiting
December 1, 2024: A Place of Longing
November 24, 2024: Remembering Home
November 10, 2024: Creativity Changes & Connects Us
November 3, 2024: Claiming Our Creativity
October 27, 2024: Live & Grieve
October 20, 2024: Kindness Changes & Connects Us
October 13, 2024: Rev. Tony Larsen: Coloring Outside the Lines
October 6, 2024: Nurturing Kindness
September 29, 2024: Generosity Changes & Connects Us
September 22, 2024: Nurturing Generosity
September 15, 2024: Rev. Tony Larsen: Mohandas, Martin, Mice & Manichees
September 8, 2024: An Island of Sanity
September 1, 2024: Up Close & Personal
August 25, 2024: Rejecting the Single Story
August 18, 2024: Islam: The Greater Jihad
August 11, 2024: Judaism: Surviving Exile
August 4, 2024: Buddhism: Mindfulness
July 28, 2024: Hinduism: Our Purpose is Spiritual Growth
July 14, 2024: From Polarization to Pluralism
July 7, 2024: Demands of Liberating Love
June 30, 2024: Liberating Power of Choosing Love
June 23, 2024: Liberation of Being Loved as We Are
June 16, 2024, Patti Potter Fitchett, guest speaker: Ensnared in the interdependent Web
June 9, 2024: Renewing Faith in Ourselves
June 2, 2024: Renewing Our Faith in Life
May 26, 2024: Renewing Our Faith in Jesus
May 19, 2024: Live For Those Things Worth Dying For
May 11, 2024: Ground of All Being
May 5, 2024: Breath Bridge
April 28, 2024: Flame of Life & Spirit
April 21, 2024: Living Water
April 14, 2024: Easter Continued... Now What?
March 31, 2024: The Gift of Hope (Easter)
March 24, 2024: The Gift of Justice
March 17, 2024: The Gift of Discernment
March 10, 2024: The Gift of Resilience
March 3, 2024: The Gift of Belonging
February 25, 2024: The Gift of Forgiveness
February 18, 2024: Gifts of Ethics & Integrity
February 11, 2024: Patti Potter Fitchett, guest speaker, Ash Wednesday and Other Visible Signs of Faith
February 4, 2024: Practicing Wu Wei
January 28, 2024: Practicing Acceptance
January 21, 2024: Jerry Belland, guest speaker, What I Learned Teaching Sunday School for 16 Years
January 14, 2024: Fire Service with Olympia Brown Unitarian Universalist Church (recording of the live stream)
January 7, 2024: Time to Stop

2023

December 24, 2023: Christmas Peace
December 17, 2023: Love & Wholeness
December 10, 2023: Wholeness of Darkness & Light
December 3, 2023: Hoping for Wholeness
November 26, 2023: All Earth is Waiting for Wholeness
November 19, 2023: Share the Feast (Curiosity About Others)
November 12, 2023: Curiosity About Ourselves
November 5, 2023: Curiosity as a Spiritual Practice
October 29, 2023: Scott Mandernack, guest speaker, Spirit Disrupted
October 22, 2023: The Art of Re-membering
October 15, 2023: The Courage to be Vulnerable
October 8, 2023: The Courage to Apologize & Forgive
October 1, 2023: The Courage to Live Well
September 24, 2023: Crossroads on the Journey
September 17, 2023: Love Your Path
September 10, 2023: Anniversary Service, Sacred Journeys, Past, Present & Future
September 3, 2023: Shirley Yanasak, guest speaker, Emotional Chaos
August 27, 2023: Jesus' Vision
August 20, 2023: A People of Vision
August 13, 2023: Personal Spiritual Vision
August 6, 2023: Maria White, guest speaker, Faith Like a Mustard Seed (no video available)
July 30, 2023: Faithing in Action
July 23, 2023: Faithing & Patience (No video available, please read the blog.)
July 16, 2023: Faithing
July 9, 2023: Small Acts of Resistance
July 2, 2023: Counter-Cultural Resistance
June 25, 2023: The Power of Resisting Together
June 18, 2023: Resisting Personal Bias
June 11, 2023: Longing for Wholeness
June 4, 2023: The First Communion
May 28, 2023: Standing Tall
May 21, 2023: Facing Forward
May 14, 2023: Jesus vs. Mama Bear
May 7, 2023: To See or Not to See
April 30, 2023: Generosity of Heart
April 23, 2023: Re-member Me
April 9, 2023: The Mystery of Easter
April 2, 2023: Intention: Striving for Justice
March 26, 2023: Intention: Healing Your LIfe
March 19, 2023: Intention: Maintaining Balance
March 12, 2023: Intention: Seeking Authenticity
March 5, 2023: Intention: Courage & Mistakes
February 26, 2023: Intention: For Your Life
February 19, 2023: My Heart Goes Out
February 12, 2023: Amanda Creuziger. guest speaker, The Gift of Holy Hilarity
February 5, 2023: Salting the World
January 29, 2023 - church was cancelled due to snow
January 22, 2023: Better Together
January 15, 2023: Jerry Belland, guest speaker, Taking Care of the Angry Baby
January 8, 2023: New Year, New Wine

2022

December 18, 2022: Keeping Joseph in Christmas
December 11, 2022: Keeping Merry in Christmas
December 4, 2022: Keeping Herod in Christmas
November 27, 2022: Keeping Shepherds in Christmas
November 20, 2022: The Lessons of Autumn: Gratitude
November 13, 2022: The Lessons of Autumn: Letting Go
November 6, 2022: The Lessons of Autumn: Abundance
October 30, 2022: Going Beyond Heaven & Hell
October 23, 2022: Going Beyond Jesus as Rescuer
October 16, 2022: Amanda Creuziger, guest speaker, Every Kid Should Be Line Leader
October 9, 2022: Going Beyond Adam & Eve
October 2, 2022: Going Beyond Worship
September 18, 2022: Going Beyond Theism
September 11, 2022: OUR Sacred Journey
September 4, 2022: Work and Vocation
August 28, 2022: Summertime: The Season of Living
August 21, 2022: The Beauty in Social Change
August 14, 2022: The Beauty in Life
August 7, 2022: The Beauty in You
July 31, 2022: The Joy of Simplicity and Letting Go
July 24, 2022: Sharing & Spreading Joy
July 17, 2022: Joy in the Moment
July 10, 2022: Joy That Sets Us Free
July 3, 2022: Guest Speaker, Rev. Lora Whitten: Silence Has a Voice
June 26, 2022: Blessings of the Ordinary
June 19 - Sorry this is unavailable due to technical difficulties
June 12, 2022: Blessings of Challenging Times
June 5, 2022: Giving Blessings
May 29, 2022: Blessings on the Journey
May 22, 2022: Feet Firmly Planted
May 15, 2022: Gift-Thinkers
May 7, 2022: The Way of the Mother
May 1, 2022: All Creation is Family
April 24, 2022: The Paradox of Doubt
April 17, 2022 (Easter): Living Wide Open
April 10, 2022: Kingdom vs. Kin-dom
April 3, 2022: The Way of Love
March 27. 2022: The Way of Inclusion
March 20, 2022: The Way of Second Chances
March 13, 2022:The Way of Perseverance
March 6, 2022: The Way of Integrity
February 27, 2022, Guest Speaker, Marilyn Mandernack: With Friends Like This...
February 20, 2022: Be Like Roots in a Stream
February 14, 2022: You Are More
February 6, 2022: What Makes a Mircle?
January 23, 2022: Guest speaker: Jerry Belland, Compassion: Just Like Me
January 16, 2022: Being a Spirit Person
January 9, 2022: Embracing Mystery