Unitarian Society of New Haven Rev. Megan Lloyd Joiner February 21, 2018 Reading: “The Cure” by Albert Huffstickler We think we get over things…. We don’t get over things. Or say, we get over the measles But not a broken heart. We need to make that distinction. The things that become a part … Continue reading Sermon: Resilient Hearts
Nevertheless, Persist! CMR Royce James February 4, 2018 Unitarian Society of New Haven 9am Reflection: “Black Lives Matter: A Personal Perspective” Everyone please rise as you are able. Only remain standing if you have ever had a child, teenager or younger, be a significant part of your life, that you think about more … Continue reading Sermon: Nevertheless, Persist!
Unitarian Society of New Haven Rev. Megan Lloyd Joiner January 21, 2018 Readings: One Love by Rev. Hope Johnson Genesis 7: 11-23, 8:6-12, 9:8-17 Sermon: Why are you preaching on Noah’s Ark? You hate Noah’s Ark! You’ve always hated on Noah’s Ark! That’s my Dad. He’s here, today visiting, actually. Told … Continue reading Sermon: Rainbows and Olive Branches
Unitarian Society of New Haven Rev. Megan Lloyd Joiner The night before he was assassinated, Martin Luther King, Jr. was sick (literally, with a sore throat)[i] and he was tired. Threats had been made on his life. He was in Memphis, Tennessee supporting striking sanitation workers who were facing violence from police and a legal … Continue reading Sermon: What He Saw…
Unitarian Society of New Haven Rev. Megan Lloyd Joiner January 7, 2018 Reading: What If You Put It Down by Susan Frybort Sermon: Barbara Rohde tells a story of staying in a small hotel in Bergen, Norway. For the first two days of their trip, she and her husband took the elevator from the lobby … Continue reading Sermon: Cherished Wonder
Christmas Eve Reflection Rev. Megan Lloyd Joiner Unitarian Society of New Haven December 24, 2017 Reading: Kids’ Stuff by Frank Horne December, 1942 The wise guys tell me that Christmas is Kid Stuff . . . Maybe they’ve got something there—— Two thousand years ago three wise guys chased a star across a … Continue reading Sermon: Christmas Eve Reflection
“So Many Years” Rev. Megan Lloyd Joiner Unitarian Society of New Haven December 17, 2017 Don’t let the light go out. It’s lasted for so many years. The events in the story of the Maccabean Revolt took place over 2000 years ago. The birth of Jesus of Nazareth, which many of us celebrate at … Continue reading Sermon: So Many Years
USNH Dec. 3, 2017 Beth Robins Roth, APRN, SEP Sermon: Buddhist Perspectives on Hope and Faith This Unitarian congregation, along with many other Unitarian congregations throughout the country, has chosen the theme of HOPE as the focus for the month of December. I am speaking this morning about hope from a Buddhist perspective, relating hope … Continue reading Sermon: Buddhist Perspectives on Hope and Faith-Beth Robins Roth
“Wild Forces Within Us” Rev. Megan Lloyd Joiner Unitarian Society of New Haven December 10, 2017 Reflection I know about love the way the fields know about light, writes the mystical Sufi poet Rabia. Words we will hear set to music this morning. Rabia al Basri lived in ancient Iraq in the 8th … Continue reading Sermon: Wild Forces Within Us
Reading: Passover: A meditation by Lynn Ungar Sermon Wade in the water… God’s gonna trouble the water… Powerful words that would have seemed like a harmless song to overseers were, in fact, for enslaved people, a sophisticated message of strategy and timing of escape. You see, dogs can’t follow a scent in water. And when God’s gonna trouble … Continue reading Sermon: Stars in the Desert and Other Terrible Blessings
