On a the rainy Sunday morning of February 19, 2012, we convened “Blues Sunday” with a sermon from the book of Job. What do those who are suffering a trial, hardship or simply “the blues” need from us? What might we need when we are the ones who are hurting? Since Reverend Danny Reed says we can’t talk about the Blues without hearing the Blues, we’ve invited special musicians, “The Blues Buckets“, an electric Texas/Chicago style blues band to join us. We’ve asked them not to hold back just because they’ll be in church, it should be a spirited morning.
Please note that unlike the past recorded sermons, this recording actually starts with the offertory music, which in this case is the song “Something Is Wrong With My Baby” performed by The Blues Buckets with backup signers the “Buckettes” aka Susan Findley and Jean Pendleton. Also, unfortunately the very end of the service is cut off on this recording. The service ran a bit long, and the disc ran out of space. We apologize for that very short missing-tape.
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Also known as “Building A Global Community”, this sermon was delivered by the Reverend Danny Reed on Sunday, January 22, 2012. Here Reverend Reed takes up his second examination of power, considering this time the collective power of an organized community. The Reverend Martin Luther King’s singular contributions to civil rights are certainly worthy of our commemoration, but however great his labor, he did not labor alone. Nor must we.
Hopefully, we all know we receive something especially beneficial through our connection to our church. But what is it? Can it be explained? Quantified? Qualified? As we launch this year’s stewardship season and talk about what we should give the church, let’s not forget to talk about what we get back. This sermon was delivered by Reverend Danny Reed on February 5, 2012.
Christmas can be a conflicted time for religiously liberal folk. Commerce and culture pull us to do and feel certain things. There may be tugs from the past, both desired and resisted, that try and draw us closer to observances from earlier days. Present understandings also arise within us, as if asking to be acknowledged in the mix. Is the conflict avoidable? Can we experience Christmas without succumbing to commercial and sentimental overdose? This is the Reverend Danny Reed’s sermon delivered as a lead into the Christmas season on December 4, 2011.
JoAnne Simson, UU church member and author, shared some mediations from her new book,