Below are sermons delivered at UUCJ, organized by topic.
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Spirituality
Sermons associated with one's personal journey toward greater spiritual insight.
Evolutionary Spirituality (2/22/09)
Thank God We're All Saved (12/14/08)
Job's Impatience 9/28/08)
Pride and Humility (9/01/08)
Seven Steps of Women's Spirituality (5/11/08)
Limits of Modernism (10/28/07)
Our Shared Spiritual Paths (8/12/07)
Growing up Spiritually (5/21/06)
Social Action
Our congregational covenant, which we recite in unison at the end of every service, contains the phrase "service is our prayer." Sermons in this category demonstrate how to put the concept of service into action for social change.
Peace Making (3/22/09)
Family Values (3/8/09)
Ethics and Us (2/8/09)
Obama-Nation (1/18/09)
Ethical Eating (1/11/09)
Global Ethics (11/23/08)
Fairness for All Families (9/7/08)
American Theocracy (5/18/08)
Children of the Movement (1/20/08)
Arms Control, Nuclear and Personal (12/2/07)
Making a Difference (8/26/07)
Earth Day - Toward Sustainable Lives (4/29/07)
Paying It Forward (2/11/07)
Victims, Dependence, & Empowerment (1/21/07)
Personal Growth
We all desire to be good and do good in the world, but sometimes personal habits and elements in our daily lives prevent us from being all that we can be and reaching out to help others. In this category are sermons to help you overcome these limitations.
Less Ego, More Soul-Force 6-14-09
Books That Guided My Life 5-3-09
Creations of Beauty 5-3-09
Sloth or Temperance (12/07/08)
Violation or Courage (10/5/08)
Envy or Justice (9/21/08)
Train Your Brain (4/20/08)
Multiple Intelligences (5/4/08)
Beyond Absence - Memorial Day (5/30/08)
Making Peace with Your Religious Past (12/23/07)
Ecstatic Liberalism (12/09/07)
Relationship Preservation (2/4/07)
Rapid Cognition (1/1/07)
Humanism
Unitarian Universalism is strongly based on the belief that each person has significant control over his or her own destiny, and that we can discover the wonders of this world by direct experiences and with the help of modern science.
Scientists and Religion (5/27/07)
Scientists on Altruism (5/13/07)
Einstein and Religion (5/6/07)
21st Century Humanism (3/4/07)
Spiritual Practices & World Religions
No one religion can answer all the questions that arise when searching for religious knowledge. Addressed in these sermons are some of the practices various world religions have embraced in their unique spiritual journeys throughout the ages, as well as examples of how Unitarian Universalism integrates them into its spiritual practices.
Our Living Jesus (4/22/09)
My Jewish, Christian, Islamic Truths (3/01/09)
Earth-based Spirituality (4/6/08)
A Need for Islamic & American Hersey (3/4/08)
Hindu and UU Pluralism (2/3/08)
Buddhist Compassion (1/6/08)
Mormon (1/13/08)
Embracing Jesus and the Bible (11-04-07)
Chosen for What? (4/1/07)
Jesus, Alive and Well or Evaporated? (4/8/07 - Chapel Service)
Integrating Hindu Elements into UU (1/22/06)
Dalai Lama (9-18-05)
Engaged Buddhism (10/17/1999)
Unitarian Universalism
The Unitarian Universalist denomination has existed since the 16th Century and continues to provide a spiritual home for those who desire to "grow together in peace and seek knowledge in freedom." Sermons in this category may help to answer some of the questions you may have about the UU denomination and some of its practices.
Early Unitarians (9/14/08)
Aligning Our Money with Our Values (2/10/08)
What We Stand For (8/19/07)
Guest Speaker: Munsell McPhillipsUUs on Ethics and Action (10/1/06)
UUs on Reality and God (9/10/06)
Myths of a Free Religion (2/5/06)
Telling Stories (6/28/2009) Guest Speaker: Sharon Scholl
Holidays & Special Occasions
Unitarians pull from all religions and routinely observe many of the celebrations you find in other religions, as well as honoring our universal human life-cycle experiences.
Questions for John 5-31-09
Transitions 5-24-09
Beach Easter Service (4/12/09)
Shed the Shell & Share the Juice (4/8/07 - Beach Service)
A Jacksonville Christmas Carol (12/24/06)
