Sermon Archive

Below are links to samplings of message topics delivered at Harbor Unitarian Universalist Congregation.  Each link takes you to a PDF (or VIDEO) of the message. Each message is posted by permission.

12/8/2024 – “Another Mary,” – Brother Tom Wagner

9/29/2024 – “Turning the Other Cheek and Loving Enemies,” – Brother Tom Wagner

7/21/2024 – “The Prodigal Son” – Brother Tom Wagner

5/26/2024 – “And Then What Happens?” – Margi Peterson

11/12/2023 – “Context and the Search for Truth and Meaning,” – Brother Tom Wagner

08/06/2023 – “White Supremacy, Religious Orthodoxy, and the Nature of Exclusion” – Rev. Dr. Brent Smith

04/02/2023 – “Palm Sunday: Procession, Poetry and Protest” – Brother Tom Wagner

11/20/2022 – “By Your Endurance You Will Gain Your Lives” – Brother Tom Wagner 

11/13/2022 – VIDEO: “To Bless the World” – Rev. Matthew Cockrum

10/23/2022 – VIDEO: “Open the Doors and See All the People” – Rev. Matthew Cockrum

10/2/2022 – “Onward Christian Soldiers” – Dr. Brent Smith

6/19/2022 – “Free-ish Since 1865” – Kwame Kamau James

6/12/2022 – VIDEO: “Summer of…Love?” – Rev. Matthew Cockrum

5/29/2022 “It’s Memorial Day…Lest We Forget” – David McIntire

5/15/2022 – “Do Justice, Love Kindness, Walk Humbly” – by Brother Tom Wagner  (VIDEO LINK)

4/24/2022 – “After Life” – Dr. Brent Smith

1/30/2022 – “Validation” – by Jeffrey Holmes

1/9/2022 – “Memory and the Construction of Identity” – Dr. Brent Smith

12/5/2021 – “Dear Darkness” – by Rev. Matthew Cockrum

11/21/2021 – “Ruth: A Harvest Time Comedy” – by Brother Tom Wagner

10/24/2021 – “The Reformation and Beyond” – by Jim Stier

10/17/2021 – “Did the Lord Send Donald Trump?” – by Dr. Brent A. Smith

8/22/2021 “Our Constitution and the Common Good” – Rev. Dr. Harold Porter

5/23/2021 “Spirit: Mystery, Freedom and Empowerment” – Brother Tom Wagner

5/16/2021 “The Crisis of a Liberal Faith” – Rev. Dr. Brent Smith

4/18/2021 “A Sense of Wonder” – Jessica Mae Sheldon

3/14/2021 VIDEO: “Waist Deep in the Big Muddy” – Rev. Fred Wooden

2/21/2021 VIDEO: “The Quiet Place” – Rev. Kristen Orion

2/7/2021 “The Myths We Live” – Rev. Matthew Cockrum

12/13/2020 “The Advent of a New Beginning in Our Land” – Rev. Dr. Harold Porter

11/22/2020 “Incarnation Incognito” – Brother Tom Wagner

11/1/2020 – “A Triumverate Approaches” – Rev. Dr. Brent Smith

5/24/2020 – “Expanded Remembrances” – Rev. Dr. Harold Porter

1/19/2020 – “The Spiritual Secularity of Martin Luther King, Jr.” – Rev. Dr. Harold Porter

12/29/2019 – “Scrooge, Father Time, and Alice’s White Rabbit”– Rev. Marie Cisneros 

7/7/2019 – “American Civic Religion” – Rev. Dr. Harold Porter

2/10/2019 – “One Human Family,” Rev. Dr. Harold Porter

12/16/2018 – “Nice is Nice — Be Good for Goodness’ Sake,” Rev. Dr. Harold Porter

10/14/2018 -“Acting in Good Faith: Is This the Time to Laugh or Weep?” Rev. Dr. Harold Porter

6/24/2018 – “Loyalty Oaths and Non-Violent Resistance” – Rev. Dr. Harold Porter

1/7/2018 – Epiphany – “Wisdom for a New Year” Rev. Dr. Harold Porter

10/11/2015 – “The Alternative to Religion?” – Rev. Dr. Harold Porter

3/4/2017 – “Theodore Parker,” – Bruce Froelich

9/20/2015 – “The Stories We Tell,” Linda Palter

8/9/2015 – “A Morning in Africa: Lessons Learned,” Scott Braspenninx

5/18/2014 – “Church During Difficult Times,” Rebecca St. Clair

4/20/2014 – “What If I Gave All I Have? The True Meaning of Easter,” Joshua EldenBrady

3/30/2014 – “Change Is Gonna Come,” Tom Wagner

2/2/2014 – “Imbolc – In the Belly,” Kwame James

1/12/2014 – “Building the Beloved Community,” Rebecca St.Clair

1/5/2014 – “Reproductive Justice,” Dani Vilella

12/15/2013 – “The Power of Intention,” Alfredo Hernandez with a poem by Angelo Hernandez Sias

8/25/2013 – “If We Can’t Be Snarky, What Can We Be?” Tim Hamlin

8/18/2013 – “Spiritually Incorrect Enlightenment,” Dr. Linda Palter

9/30/2012 – “Yes It Is Us,” Barb Kidd