Sermon: Stories Of Humans And Earth: Tim DeChristopher
I want to share with you a true story of humans and the earth. It was during his last weeks in office in 2008 that George W. Bush made a last-ditch, lame duck effort to fulfill his promises to the oil...
View ArticleSermon: On the Side of Love
When a straight, white, male, able-bodied billionaire can claim with a straight face on national television that the system is rigged against him, we’ve got a problem. And when hundreds of thousands of...
View ArticleSermon: On The Side of Love
When a straight, white, male, able-bodied billionaire can claim with a straight face on national television that the system is rigged against him, we’ve got a problem. And when hundreds of thousands of...
View ArticleSermon: A Wild Hope
When the three kings from the east first laid eyes on the newborn baby Jesus, they must have been seized with a wild hope. They saw past the ordinary sight of a crying baby from a poor family and saw...
View ArticleSermon: A Little More Light
You would think that the procedure for lighting a menorah would be fairly non-controversial. You just light the candles, right? One additional candle each night for eight nights? But it turns out...
View ArticleSermon: Humans & Earth: The Wolves’ Comeback
It was a strange and historic moment one morning in 1995 when a large white truck pulled into Yellowstone National Park carrying eight Canadian wolves. This shipment of wolves had been for years the...
View ArticleSermon: Real Sanctuary By Rev. Ana Levy-Lyons
Real Sanctuary Ana Levy-Lyons January 29th, 2017 First Unitarian, Brooklyn The nausea that many of us are feeling these days is not because of the victory of one person or one political...
View ArticleHomily, part 2: Anger Management by Ana Levy-Lyons
Dale’s beautiful, raw story of his own anger and despair is a story I’m hearing from many of you in different versions these days. And I’m feeling it myself. As many of you know, this past Tuesday...
View ArticleHomily: Watering The Desert Of Meaning
There’s some speculation that Pepsi had the apology written in advance. This is the apology for the ad a few days ago in which the images of today’s resistance movement are used to sell Pepsi –...
View ArticleSermon: Don’t Knock (Just Walk On In)
If you live in a house or small apartment building, you may use those big 30-gallon clear plastic recycling bags for your recycling. Now, clear plastic recycling bags usually come in a cardboard box....
View ArticleSermon: Ally To The Children
I’ve discovered that when you’re a parent, you have to be ready to field existential questions pretty early on, like, “Why is there poison ivy?” The real question of course is an indignant one, “Why...
View ArticleSermon: Paying Attention
Pay attention: In the year 2007 the number of teenagers hanging out with their friends began to drop. That same year the percentage of teenagers who were learning to drive began to drop. The percentage...
View ArticleSermon: Where Does Racism Live?
Part 1: Meagan Henry: After high school, I moved to Knoxville, Tennessee where I was lucky enough to find my people. Living my young adult years in Knoxville gave me an opportunity to meet some really...
View ArticleSermon: Fasting Is Awesome: You Should Try It
Fasting Is Awesome: You Should Try It Ana Levy-Lyons November 5, 2017 First Unitarian, Brooklyn It used to be, in my early years of parenting, that if my kids did something even remotely functional, I...
View ArticleSermon: Why Should The Devil Get All The Good Tunes
Helen spoke so clearly and insightfully about the complexities of religious language. It’s a problem for everyone (or at least everyone who thinks about such things, which is probably not everyone)....
View ArticleSermon: Women of the Hebrew and Christian Scriptures: Mary, Mother of Jesus
When it comes to Mary’s attention that she’s supposed to get pregnant by the Holy Spirit and that her future son is going to retake the throne on behalf of the Hebrew people, she has a number of...
View ArticleSermon: Drafting Our Dreams
Drafting Our Dreams Ana Levy-Lyons January 7, 2018 First Unitarian, Brooklyn It is said that on the day that Jacob Trapp died, the list of tasks that he wrote for himself every morning read, for the...
View ArticleSermon: Women Of Hebrew And Christian Scriptures: Miriam
The story of Miriam, after whom my daughter is named, begins during a terrifying episode in the biblical drama. The Israelites, Miriam’s people, are enslaved in Egypt. The Pharaoh, insecure and...
View ArticleHomily: Justification: a homiletic dialogue by Ana Levy-Lyons and Tom Check
Justification: Part One Tom Check: Rev. Ana, in mid-November you said something from this pulpit that hit me like a lightning bolt. You were describing that the following Sunday, the day of the...
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