Sermon delivered by Rev. Dr. Pamela Lightsey on February 23, 2020. Rev. Dr. Lightsey dynamically reflects on what the story of Esther has to teach us about "such a time as this."
The Rev. Dr. Pamela Lightsey serves at Meadville Lombard Theological School, that prepares Unitarian Universalist ministers, as the Vice President for Academic and Student Affairs and Associate Professor of Constructive Theology. She arrived at MLTS in January 2018 from the Boston University School of Theology where she served as Associate Dean of Community Life and Lifelong Learning, Clinical Assistant Professor of Contextual Theology and Practice. Before serving as a theological school educator, scholar and administrator she served in the military, as a public servant, and as a United Methodist congregational pastor. Throughout her vocational life, she has been a leading social justice activist, working with local, national and international organizations focusing primarily on the causes of peacemaking, racial justice and LGBTQ rights. Dr. Lightsey is the author of Our Lives Matter: A Womanist Queer Theology.
The theme for February is what it means to be a people of resilience. To read about our theme-based ministry, please visit http://www.unitytemple.org/faith.
Sermon delivered by Senior Minister Rev. Alan Taylor on February 16, 2020 Rev. Taylor reflects on his second visit to refugees in Matamoros, taking heart amidst disappointment.
The theme for February is what it means to be a people of resilience. To read about our theme-based ministry, please visit http://www.unitytemple.org/faith.
Sermon delivered by Minister of Faith Development Rev. Emily Gage on February 9, 2020. A sermon on small and big worries, resilience, and our propensity to take "flying leaps at nonsensical unreasonable ideas like marriage and marathons and democracy and divinity." (Thanks, Brian Doyle.)
The theme for February is what it means to be a people of resilience. To read about our theme-based ministry, please visit http://www.unitytemple.org/faith.
Sermon delivered by Senior Minister Rev. Alan Taylor on February 2, 2020. Many of life’s challenges push us beyond what we had previously thought ourselves capable. This podcast includes readings by Howard Thurman and Maya Angelou that precede Rev. Taylor's sermon that explores the resilience of individuals and communities.
The theme for February is what it means to be a people of resilience. To read about our theme-based ministry, please visit http://www.unitytemple.org/faith.
Sermon delivered by Rev. Scott Talbot Lewis on March 29, 2015. Scott has been the Sabbatical Minister handling the congregation's Faith Development responsibilities while Minister of Faith Development, Rev. Emily Gage, is on sabbatical through March. This is his last sermon in that position. The theme for March has been resilience.
Sermon delivered by Senior Minister Rev. Alan Taylor on March 22, 2015. Taking a path of resilience is the theme for the month of March.
Sermon delivered by Senior Minister Rev. Alan Taylor on March 15, 2015. The theme for March is resilience.
Sermon delivered by Senior Minister Rev. Alan Taylor on March 8, 2015. The theme being explored in March is living with resilience.
Sermon delivered by Senior Minister Rev. Alan Taylor on March 1, 2015. The theme for March is how to take a path of resilience.