Emerson Unitarian Universalist Church Sermons

Feb 2, 2020 Perhaps no other event of modern U.S. history more exemplifies this month’s theme of “Persistence” than the Montgomery Bus Boycott. Keep Your Eyes on the Prize was one of the songs the black community sang over and over to keep their spirits up as they walked to work on tired feet for over a year. It was not only music, though, that held the boycott together but also the sheer grit and tenacity born of a desire to transmute a shameful past to one of glory. For more information about  Emerson Unitarian Universalist Church, visit our website at www.emersonhouston.org.

Nov. 24, 2019 On this Sunday before Thanksgiving, let us consider the role of praise and thanksgiving in our interpersonal relationships. How do we affirm and give thanks for the people in our lives? How much praise is appropriate? Can you overdo praise? What does praising someone do for the “praiser”? The “praised”? I will have one of my favorite stories for you about the proper recipients of praise and thanks. For more information about  Emerson Unitarian Universalist Church, visit our website at www.emersonhouston.org.

Nov. 3, 2019 For the month of November, we will be examining the theme of “giving praise”.  To many people in our society that would be the definition of worship, as long as you understood that the object of that praise was God.  But is “giving praise” what we are doing in worship?  And if so, to whom or to what are we giving praise? For more information about  Emerson Unitarian Universalist Church, visit our website at www.emersonhouston.org.

Sep. 29, 2019 Is there a vital task that confronts the human species at this juncture in time – some Great Work that, if you participated in it, you would feel you were on the right side of history? Surely the world is in need of reform. There are a host of issues that cry out for our attention – climate change, racism and xenophobia, migration, income inequality . . . . But which is the Great Work that calls to us in this moment – as individuals and as a congregation? Or, do we perhaps need a larger frame for the question? For more information about  Emerson Unitarian Universalist Church, visit our website at www.emersonhouston.org.

Sep. 15, 2019 Every day we depend upon a host of people we will never see and never know in ways we hardly ever think about.This month we are exploring the theme of “Work and Play”. On this Sunday let us explore the lives and work of some of those largely invisible people who make our country “work”. We will learn things we never knew. For more information about  Emerson Unitarian Universalist Church, visit our website at www.emersonhouston.org.

Sep. 08, 2019 “Come on out and play!” There will be joy in coming together once again. It’s HOMECOMING SUNDAY! We will renew our bonds of faith and affection. For more information about  Emerson Unitarian Universalist Church, visit our website at www.emersonhouston.org.