Sunday November 28, 2010

FOUR GIFTS TO NOT FORGET
Rev. Jessica Purple Rodela
Music: Boyd McDonald

Advent is the season of anticipation. What are you waiting for?

Sunday November 21, 2010

ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY: UTOPIAN DREAM OR ACHIEVABLE REALITY?
Alisa McClurg
Music: Stephen Preece

Many writers and activists have worked to raise awareness about the importance of living in a more environmentally sustainable fashion. But how and, perhaps more importantly, can this be achieved? This talk seeks to explore these questions by drawing upon the writings of Pat Murphy and others.

Sunday November 14, 2010

GOOD ENOUGH?
Rev. Jessica Purple Rodela
Music: Stephen Preece (piano), Jerzy Kaplanek (violin)

In theology school, I repeatedly heard claims that as humans, we are necessarily broken and need to be made whole. But what if we are perfect just the way we are? What if we learned to be content with being “good enough”?

Sermon: Good Enough

Sunday November 7, 2010

WE’RE GONNA NEED A BIGGER BOAT
Rev. Jessica Purple Rodela
Music: Stephen Preece

A frustrated Unitarian asked me why there are only 5,000 Unitarians in our Canadian congregations even though surveys suggest 20% of the Canadian population is like-minded. Rather than rest in “paralysis by analysis,” let’s explore how to popularize the life-transforming promise of Unitarian Universalism.