How do we know what is worth our best engagement? And once we know, how do we devote ourselves to it in ways that are sustainable and accountable?
Author: Rev. Scott Sammler-Michael (Rev. Scott Sammler-Michael)
Sermons
Walking The Talk by Dismantling the Mess: The 8th Principle and Our Pledge to End White Supremacy
Everything in our culture has emerged in a milieu that includes America's original sin - White Supremacy. We are discovering together that dismantling White Supremacy is an imperative of any faith worthy of our membership.
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The Listening Booth
“The aftermath of nonviolence is the creation of the beloved community, so that when the battle is over, a new relationship comes into being between the oppressed and the oppressor.” Martin Luther King, Jr. in 1960 Brave, compassionate, truth-loving citizens, Our hopes of 2021 being quickly so much better than 2020 have been, well, compromised....
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Summoning Better Angels: An Inauguration Elegy
An exploration of the American Creed, those values our nation holds high and hopes to live into even though we have, and will again, fall short of their grandeur.
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The Bread of Life
Our annual Heritage Bread Communion looked very different this year. The communion represents the way that a rich and storied diversity merges in community and the blessing that is our shared experience.
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The Religious Left
This is an auction sermon crafted with Rev Scott and auction winners David Lewis and Carolyn Burr.