Rev. Meg Barnhouse's sermon delivered on May 24, 2015. Next in our sermon series on fairy tales, Rev. Meg explores the story of "Goldilocks and the Three Bears." What does this story say about sharing? Manners? Entitlement? Home invasion? How welcoming are we called to be? Are we Goldilocks or are we the bears? And what does all of this have to do with Elijah of the Old Testament?

We honor our graduating seniors and incoming freshman with our annual Bridging Ceremony. Join Rev. Mari Caballero and our youth group for "Expressions of the Soul." Three of our graduating seniors, Ana Runnels, Mary Emma Gary, and Kate Windsor present homilies. They'll lead us in pondering the various ways by which we convey our soul's deepest aspects in our lives.

Assistant Minister Rev. Chris Jimmerson's sermon delivered on May 10, 2015. On this Mother's Day, not far from here, hundreds of immigrant mothers are being held in a detention facility, separated from their children and loved ones. Just a little farther away, immigrant women and their children -- some as young as three -- are also being held in detention, many of them for months at a time. How do we view this ethically and religiously, especially through the lens of our religious values and our mission?

Rev. Meg Barnhouse's sermon delivered on May 3, 2015. The poem "Choosing to Bless the World" by Rebecca Parker is the subject of this Sunday's sermon. "Your gifts - whatever you discover them to be - can be used to bless or curse the world... What will you do with your life's gifts?"

Rev. Meg Barnhouse's sermon delivered on April 26, 2015. Second in our fairy tale sermon series, "Rumpelstiltskin" tells the story of a girl asked to spin straw into gold. She meets a trickster who solves her problem, but at what price? Rev. Meg recalls the tale of "The Impossible Task."

Sermon delivered on April 19, 2015. Rev. Marisol Caballero and members of the "Building the World We Dream About" Class have been participating in an anti-racism course for the past two years. The sermon is delivered by its participants: Ann Edwards, Rob Feeney, and Barabra Abbate.

Rev. Meg Barnhouse's sermon delivered on April 12, 2015. The Plagues of Egypt were ten calamities that Israel's God inflicted upon Egypt to persuade the Pharaoh to release the ill-treated Israelites from slavery. In our culture's story, who or what is the pharaoh who won't let the people go? Who is enslaved by this pharaoh? What can be done? How many plagues will it take?

Rev. Meg Barnhouse's sermon delivered on April 5, 2015. Vedran Smailovic played his cello as mortars were falling on his street. His courage shone a light on the insanity of war. The service features a choir piece inspired by his story composed by Kiya Heartwood and featuring cellist Anna Park and guitarist Klondike Steadman.

Rev. Meg Barnhouse's sermon delivered on March 29, 2015. Falling on the Sunday before Easter, the story of Palm Sunday is about Rabbi Jesus traveling into Jerusalem, even though he knew he was likely to be killed there. He refused to be treated as a hero or a king, even though that's what the people wanted.

Guest Minister Rev. Jonalu Johnstone's sermon delivered on March 22, 2015. It may be trite to say that each of us has unique gifts, but what are the implications of that? Our individual differences mean that we never see the world exactly the same way. What a challenge for living together in the world! But Unitarian Universalism gives us a head start. What a resource, if we can bring ourselves to offer it.