Sunday Second Service: Conversations with Todd

The Decalogue According to Todd

During a recent sermon, I rephrased Judaism’s Ten Commandments to better reflect their original meaning. In this sermon, I discuss my versions in more depth and explain why I believe it’s a more accurate translation than most. Listen to the audio only of this sermon.

Is Nationalism Synonymous with Racism?

Nowadays, most of us condemn the idea of racism, but how does it differ from nationalism when it is used as an excuse to terrorize, extort, bomb, displace, and kill people who live across the imaginary borders we’ve use to segregate the human race, the only race there is? Listen to the audio only of this sermon.

To Crush Superstition: Whatever Happened to the Dream?

It’s 2026 and the U.S. President is fighting with the Pope and displaying pictures of himself dressed as Jesus. The Secretary of Defense (or is “of War”), recently asked every American to pray to Jesus on bended knee. What happened to the optimistic vision of a future without superstition that was envisioned by our forebears toward the end of the 19th century? In this sermon we’ll be honest about this goal and ask if remains part of what our liberal religion is still about. Listen to the audio only of this sermon.

Answering Deacon’s Questions about Unitarianism

Last month a Gonzaga student visited UUCS as part of his theology course, assigned to learn more about us and report what he learned to his class. Deacon left the service with more questions than answers, as it ought to be. He then followed up with an email listing some of those questions. In this sermon I’ll share them with you, along with my responses. Listen to the audio only of this sermon.

Who Cares What You Think?

We often begin our sentences with, “I think.” Yet too many of us ever mention “why” we think what we think. I think statements that are unsubstantiated with one’s reasons for thinking are pointless and would be better off not being stated at all. Why? Because there are no reasons given to accept something is true solely because somebody thinks it is. In this sermon we’ll consider the value of conjoining every “I think” with a “because.” Listen to the audio only of this sermon.