The Pulpiteer

Flourishing Together (6-7-26)

When rituals centered on human institutions lose their luster, where can we turn to find renewed meaning and connection? The flower communion is one gesture toward a deeper answer - that nature is our oldest and wisest teacher, and that we can return to her when we wish to learn how to be with one another.

Simplicity, Complexity, Simplicity Again (5-31-26)

"For the simplicity on this side of complexity, I wouldn't give you a fig. But for the simplicity on the other side of complexity, for that I would give you anything I have." - Supreme Court Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.. What is the simplicity on the far shore of complexity? Why brave the treacherous seas of complexity to get there?

Covenant to Courage (5-24-26)

We’ll struggle today with how covenant - a set of promises that binds a community - can be a source for the courage and how, through combining the work of Parker Palmer and James Luther Adams, we might ask the deep question of how to bring about what Adams called the kingdom of God and what Dr. King called Beloved Community.

Learn Love Grow (5-3-2026)

This year's stewardship theme is Learn, Love, Grow — three words that describe what SGUUF does every week and three words that describe what we're asking of ourselves as a community this year.

Set Them Free (4-19-26)

"If you love someone, set them free." - Sting How can this way of putting Love at the Center, inform how we approach Religion as modern UU's? Not just in how we serve the adults in our community, but in how and what we teach our youth?