2017 Sermons
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In addition to the chronological order below, also see our Topical Sermon Archive, which organizes all of Rev. Carl's sermons by category.
Chronological Sermon Archive for 2017
Dec 31 | "On Saying Yes"
"The Year of Yes & No" | Rev. Carl
Julia Jones | Recording | Text-Julia
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Dec 24 | Reflections on the 50th Anniversary of The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King's "Christmas Sermon on Peace" | The Rev. Dr. Carl Gregg | Recording | Text | |
Dec 17 | Star Wars: Jediism, Invented Religions, & the Spirituality of the Force | The Rev. Dr. Carl Gregg | Recording | Text | |
Dec 10 | Contemplative-Curious: What Happens on an 8-Day Meditation Retreat? | The Rev. Dr. Carl Gregg | Recording | Text | |
Dec 3 | The Meaning of Life, from Confucius to the Dalai Lama | Scot Hull, UU Seminarian | Recording | Text | |
Nov 26 | The Half Has Never Been Told: Slavery and the Making of American Capitalism | The Rev. Dr. Carl Gregg | Recording | Text | |
Nov 19 | Our Grandchildren Redesigned: Navigating the Bioethics of the Near Future | The Rev. Dr. Carl Gregg | Recording | Text | |
Nov 12 | Where Does Creativity Come From? David Lynch, Twin Peaks, & Transcendental Meditation | The Rev. Dr. Carl Gregg | Recording | Text | |
Nov 5 | Daring Democracy | The Rev. Dr. Carl Gregg | Recording | Text | |
Oct 29 | Martin Luther & the Law of Unintended Consequences: Reflections on the 500th Anniversary of the Protestant Reformation | The Rev. Dr. Carl Gregg | Recording | Text | |
Oct 22 | "You Say You Want a Revolution": What Have We Learned on the 100th Anniversary of the Russian Revolution? | The Rev. Dr. Carl Gregg | Recording | Text | |
Oct 15 | Take Down These Walls: Immigrants Make America Great | The Rev. Dr. Carl Gregg | Recording | Text | |
Oct 8 | How To Maintain UU Principles When You Can't Agree on the Facts? | The Rev. Dr. Carl Gregg | Recording | Text | |
Oct 1 | Universalism, Then & Now: Lessons from the Life of Orestes Brownson, "An American Religious Weathervane" | The Rev. Dr. Carl Gregg | Recording | Text | |
Sep 24 | When to Not Tolerate Intolerance? Insights from the Jewish Tradition | The Rev. Dr. Carl Gregg | Recording | Text | Video |
Sep 17 | American Islam & Muslims in America | The Rev. Dr. Carl Gregg | Recording | Text | Video |
Sep 10 | Bioethics, CRISPR, & Our Children Redesigned | The Rev. Dr. Carl Gregg | Recording | Text | |
Sep 3 | Beyond $15: The Sturdy Floor of a Universal Basic Income | The Rev. Dr. Carl Gregg | Recording | Text | Video |
Aug 27 | Orwell, Atwood, Butler: Reading for Resistance & Resilience | The Rev. Dr. Carl Gregg | Recording | Text | |
Aug 20 | Reclaiming Religious Language | Bob Clegg | Recording | Text | |
Aug 13 | "What Animals Think & Feel: The Deep Origins of Consciousness" | The Rev. Dr. Carl Gregg | Recording | Text | |
Aug 6 | "The Religion of Tomorrow": Ken Wilber on "Waking up, Growing up, Cleaning up, & Showing up" | The Rev. Dr. Carl Gregg | Recording | Text | |
Jul 30 | Voting Rights, Taxation and Representation | The Rev. Amanda Poppei | Recording | ||
JUL 23 | The Thread of Life is Woven Fine | The Rev. Amanda Poppei | Recording | ||
Jul 16 | Dissent | The Rev. Dr. Carl Gregg | Recording | Text | |
Jul 9 | A Brief History of Tomorrow | The Rev. Dr. Carl Gregg | Recording | Text | |
Jul 2 | Who Do We Want to Be When We Grow Up? | Scot Hull | Recording | ||
Jun 25 | A UU Theological Journey Story 1: Five Smooth Stones Story 2: Mujerista Theology Story 3: The Prophetic Church | Lora Powell-Haney | Recording | ||
Jun 18 | Second Story For All Ages / Mediation For All Ages | Rev. Mike Morse / Sea Raven | Recording Recording | ||
Jun 11 | Chögyam Trungpa, Freedom, and Meditation | The Rev. Dr. Carl Gregg | Recording | Text | Video |
Jun 4 | Religion & Truth: Insights from John Caputo's Postmodern Religion of the Rose | The Rev. Dr. Carl Gregg | Recording | Text | Video |
May 28 | Protecting What We Love | Nancy Pace | Recording | Text | Video |
May 20 | Blessing New Voices, Part 1
Part 2 Part 3 | Owen Powell
Neil Sweeney-Haney Peter Singley | Recording
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May 14 | Mary Moody Emerson: Ralph Waldo's First & Best Teacher | The Rev. Dr. Carl Gregg | Recording | Text | Video |
May 7 | Countercultural Gnosticism, Then & Now: Firsthand Spiritual Experience vs. Secondhand Theology | The Rev. Dr. Carl Gregg | Recording | Text | |
Apr 30 | Spiritual Practices of Curiosity & Commitment #UUWhiteSupremacyTeachIn | The Rev. Dr. Carl Gregg | Recording | Text | Video |
Apr 23 | Earth Day, the Earth Challenge, & the People's #ClimateMarch | The Rev. Dr. Carl Gregg | Recording | Text | Video |
Apr 16 | Easter: History Remembered of Prophesy Historicized? | The Rev. Dr. Carl Gregg | Recording | Text | Video |
Apr 9 | Resistance & Resilience: What Does (and Doesn't) Work in Movements for Social Change | The Rev. Dr. Carl Gregg | Recording | Text | |
Apr 2 | Music Sunday: The Wiz | The Rev. Dr. Carl Gregg | Recording | Text | |
Mar 26 | Eugenics, Then & Now: Liberal Religion & Illiberal Progressives | The Rev. Dr. Carl Gregg | Recording | Text | |
Mar 19 | The Legacy of Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. for Today | The Rev. Dr. Carl Gregg | Recording | Text | |
Mar 12 | Youth Sunday Introduction/Spoken Meditation "Freedom of Speech"
Part 1: "Freedom of Assembly" Part 2: "Freedom of the Press" Part 3: "Freedom to Petition"; Chalice Extinguishing "We Shall Overcome" and Concluding Comments | Lora Powell-Haney and Joey Schuman
Cole Bromfield Ethan Powell Neil Sweeny-Haney Peter Singley & Youth Group | Recording
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Mar 5 | The Market as God | The Rev. Dr. Carl Gregg | Recording | Text | |
Feb 26 | What Comes "After Buddhism"? | The Rev. Dr. Carl Gregg | Recording | Text | |
Feb 19 | Harriet Tubman: The Road to Freedom | The Rev. Dr. Carl Gregg | Recording | Text | |
Feb 12 | What Does It Mean that We Are Sapiens? Reflections on Darwin Day | The Rev. Dr. Carl Gregg | Recording | Text | |
Feb 5 | How to Empower Your Mind | Bhante Sujatha | Recording | ||
Jan 29, 2017 | Art & Creativity | The Sanctuaries, DC | Recording | ||
Jan 22, 2017 | Thoreau in Today's America | The Rev. Dr. Carl Gregg | Recording | Text | |
Jan 15, 2017 | Martin Luther King, Jr. in the 21st Century | Karen Reilly | Recording | ||
Jan 8, 2017 | Religious Freedom, Corporate America, & Christian America | The Rev. Dr. Carl Gregg | Recording | Text | |
Jan 1, 2017 | How to Excel at One Hard Thing: Grit, Passion, & Peak Performance | The Rev. Dr. Carl Gregg | Recording | Text |