Note:  These sermons are gradually being migrated to our new website format.  Many more recent sermons are available by clicking here, or on the “Sermons” category in the “Archives” listing on the right side of this page.

Rev. Terry Burke’s Sermons

2009
The Joy of Giving, January 11, 2009

2008
Christmas Eve Disarming Christmas, December 24, 2008
Christmas Sunday God’s Hands, December 21, 2008
St. Francis, October 10, 2008
Last Lectures, September 7, 2008
Dr. Martin Luther King – 40 years later, April 13, 2008
Christian Fascists, January 27, 2008

2007
Holy Days Conversations, September 16, 2007
Grace, September 9, 2007
Lift Every Voice and Sing, January 14, 2007

2006
The Hero as a Loser, January 29, 2006

2005
Still Taking Back Our Time, October 23, 2005
World Communion Sunday – Life of Pi – Life of Pi, October 2, 2005
Gee’s Bend Quilts – Quilting and Singing Our Lives, September 25, 2005
Wendell Berry and the Miracle of Community, September 18, 2005
The Birds on Our Shoulders, September 11, 2005
Teilhard de Chardin – 50 Years Later – 50 Years Later, May 29, 2005
The Vision Thing, May 22, 2005
Discipleship, Palm Sunday 2005, March 20, 2005
Remembering James Baldwin, February 20, 2005
Carnival in Venice, February 6, 2005
Candlemas, January 30, 2005
Faithful Fools, January 23, 2005
Martin Luther King, Jr. Sunday — Clarence Jordan, January 16, 2005
Swept Away, January 9, 2005

2004
Christmas Eve 2004, December 24, 2004
Silent Night — The WWI Soldiers’ Christmas Truce, December 19, 2004
Advent Already!, November 28, 2004
Gratitude and Remembrance, November 21, 2004
Election Sermon 2004, October 31, 2004
Taking Back Our Time, October 24, 2004
Evelyn Underhill, October 10, 2004

2003
Lent — Life and Death, March 2, 2003
Ordinary Time, January 12, 2003

2002
War and Peace, November 16, 2002
Whole Days Holy Days, September 20, 2002
Spiritual Leadership, September 15, 2002
Lost and Found, September 8, 2002
Fathers of the Church, June 16, 2002
Earth Day 2002, April 20, 2002
Palm Sunday 2002, March 24, 2002

2001
Vitamins for the Holidays, December 2,2001
What Do We Do and Why Do We Do It October 28, 2001
A Wholly New Year, September 16, 2001
Faithful and Forgiving, May 20, 2001

Guest (and other Speakers’) Sermons

2010
Epiphany, Marshall Hawkins, January 3, 2010

2008
Bubbles Bailouts and Real Security, Chuck Collins, December 7, 2008
Chaos or Commons, Chuck Collins, January 20, 2008

2007
The Mahogany Door, Karl Haakonsen, August 19, 2007
What It Means to be a Liberal Christian, Peter Connolly, August 12, 2007
Hank Williams Died For Our Sins, Brendan Halpin, January 28, 2007
Utter Bombardment, Molly Heyman, January 21, 2007

2006
Making Meaning The Stories of Our Lives, Marshall Hawkins, December 2, 2006
Radical Hospitality, Karl Haakonsen, August 27, 2006
A Rich and Fertile Mystery, Carl Martland, January 8, 2006

2005
Inspiration from General Assembly, Karl Haakonsen, July 31, 2005
Two of My Fathers, Victoria Weinstein, February 27, 2005

2004
Advent and Reconciliation, Marshall Hawkins, December 5, 2004
Unitarian Universalism and the Kingdom of God, Karl Haakonsen, November 14, 2004
All About Me, Emily Lichtenstein, October 17, 2004
Finding Faith, Karl Haakonsen, August 29, 2004
Two Kingdoms, Carl Scovel, January 11, 2004

2003
Conversations With The Bible, Karl Haakonsen, August 17, 2003

Special Services

2005
Cotton Patch Vespers, March 2, 2005

2003
Service of Remembrance, September 11, 2003

2001
Charge to Helen Carroll at her Ordination, June 3, 2001