September 21 – Rev. Joan Shiels

BAD GIRLS OF THE BIBLE OR WELL BEHAVED WOMEN SELDOM MAKE HISTORY PART II Most people assume that the women in the Bible were good Jewish girls: obedient, courteous and docile.  Nothing could be further from the truth!  Willful and wise, trampled and triumphant, they used sex, subterfuge, chicanery and...

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July 27 – Rev. Tony Larsen

TIME OFF OF PURGATORY or How a Nice Catholic Boy like Me Ended Up in a Place like This About this sermon Tony says: “I often (jokingly) tell people they’ll get ‘time off of purgatory’ for doing something beyond the call of duty. But truly, I was raised in a religion...

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August 3 – Kathleen Smythe

AN HISTORIAN’S CRITIQUE OF SUSTAINABILITY Sustainability can mean different (and sometimes competing) things to different people. The most common word-based image of sustainability is a balanced three-way relationship between the environment, society and the economy. The idea is that if you consider all three equally you will have a sustainable...

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August 10 – Theresa Evans

MOVING TOWARD A MORE SPACIOUS AND PEACEFUL LIFE How can we create a more spacious and peaceful state for ourselves, for others, and for those whom we do not even know?  From a somatic perspective, we are suffering from sensory motor amnesia – that is, we have forgotten what it...

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August 17 – Don Polzin

WHO AM I? / WHO WAS I? Self-reflection and/or Meditation Religion often challenges us to question the life we have lived–to meditate on what we have done with our life, and consider whether we need to be “born again.”  This can lead some in their later years to feel depressed...

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August 24 – Peter Conroy PhD

JOAN OF ARC: IS SHE A SAINT? Joan of Arc is one of the most important figures in all of French history. She defeated the British in the Hundred Years’ War. She was admired for centuries as an inspirational heroine. She was canonized as a saint by the Catholic Church...

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June 29 – Brian & Leila Pertl

CELEBRATING THE BIRTHRIGHT OF MUSIC We are all musical beings. Music defines our humanness.  Embracing our musical, creative selves can be a magnificent spiritual awakening. Leila Pertl is a groundbreaking music educator who has designed an elementary school music program where every child has music every day. There are no...

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