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In addition to the chronological order below, also see our Topical Sermon Archive, which organizes all of Rev. Carl's sermons by category.

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Chronological Sermon Archive

March 17, 2024 “A Vision of a Muslim Future" Rev. Dr. Carl Gregg      
March 10, 2024 “The UU 8th Principle" Youth Group      
March 3, 2024 “Arendt, Beauvoir, Rand, Weil: The Power of Philosophy in Troubled Times” Rev. Dr. Carl Gregg   Text  
February 25, 2024 “Traditional Lakota Stories, Insights for Modern Life” Mark Cassells      
February 18, 2024 - Broadway Sunday: “Anything Goes” Rev. Dr. Carl Gregg Recording   Video
February 11, 2024 The Song of the Cell: Darwin Day 2024 Rev. Dr. Carl Gregg Recording   Video
February 4, 2024 The Struggle and Triumph of Black History: Overcoming Adversity with Faith Intern Minister Derail Holcomb Recording   Video
January 28, 2024 at 3pm The Second Half of Life: For the Ordination of Kathryn Adams Rev. Dr. Carl Gregg Recording Text Video
January 28, 2024 The Inherent Worth and Dignity of All Souls: Universalism in Trying Times Rev. Scott Sammler-Michael Recording Text Video
January 21, 2024 A Tale of Unitarians & Aliens Rev. Dr. Carl Gregg Recording Text Video
January 14, 2024 MLK for Our Times Rev. Dr. Carl Gregg Recording   Video
January 7, 2024 How to Build the Life You Want in the New Year Rev. Dr. Carl Gregg Recording Text Video
December 31, 2023 What’s Next? A Mystery of Moving Forward Intern Minister Derail Holcomb Recording   Video
December 24, 2023 Natality: A Philosophy of Birth Rev. Dr. Carl Gregg Recording Text Video
December 17, 2023 "Stereotyping, Paganism, & Consequences" "Stereotyping Spirituality, Contextualizing Clichés & Critiquing Religion" Irene Glasse
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December 10, 2023 Pilgrimage, Perspective(s), & Peace: Reflections on 10 Days in Israel & Palestine Rev. Dr. Carl Gregg Recording Text Video
December 3, 2023 From the Bible to the Constitution: The Politics of Interpretation Rev. Dr. Carl Gregg Recording   Video
November 26, 2023 Gratitude for Rest, But the Fight Continues Intern Minister Derail      
November 19, 2023 Never Stop in a Storm: Perseverance through Pain and Challenges Dr. Terry Anne Scott Recording Text Video
November 12, 2023 The Stories and Myths Behind Yoga Poses Rev. Dr. Carl Gregg Recording Text Video
November 5, 2023 Antidotes and Poisons: Imagining a Future for Israel and Palestine Rev. Dr. Carl Gregg Recording Text Video
October 29, 2023 Widening the Circle Derail Holcomb, Intern Minister Recording   Video
October 22, 2023 Hope is a Practice Irene Glasse, CLM Recording   Video
October 15, 2023 Disability Pride: Dispatches from a Post-ADA World Rev. Dr. Carl Gregg Recording   Video
October 8, 2023 Rediscovering the Story of Indigenous America Rev. Dr. Carl Gregg Recording   Video
October 1, 2023 Life's Edge: The Search for What It Means to Be Alive Rev. Dr. Carl Gregg Recording   Video
September 24, 2023 Enemies, Friends, and the Stories We Have Not Heard: Peacemaking in Israel & Palestine Elad Vazana No recording at speaker's request    
September 17, 2023 On Repentance And Repair: Making Amends in an Unapologetic World Rev. Dr. Carl Gregg Recording   Video
September 10, 2023 Set Boundaries, Find Peace: A Guide to Reclaiming Yourself Rev. Dr. Carl Gregg Recording Text Video
September 3, 2023 The Past, Present, and Future of American Labor Rev. Dr. Carl Gregg Recording   Video
August 27, 2023 My Journey to Unitarian Universalism Intern Minister Derail Holcomb Recording Text Video
August 20, 2023 Dorothy was Right: There's No Place Like Home Duane Musgrove Recording   Video
August 13, 2023 Radical Permissions Lora Powell-Haney, M.Div. Recording   Video
August 6, 2023 Justice Work as Spiritual Practice Steve Buckingham Recording Text Video
July 30, 2023 Existential Ethics Bob Clegg Recording Text Video
July 23, 2023 Transgender Rights Today Tamara Curry Recording   Video
July 16, 2023 Hospitality:The Old World, the Emerging World & the Community We Build Irene Glasse Recording   Video
July 9, 2023 Dying With Dementia: Ethical and Legal Alternatives Rev. M. Michael Morse Recording   Video
July 2, 2023 Sufism, Islam, Rumi: The Mystics of the World's Religions and the Results of Science Rev. Dr. Sara Zimmerman Recording   Video
June 25, 2023 From Shame, to Pride to Wholehearted Living Richard L. Warren Recording Text Video
June 18, 2023 What Is a UU Pagan? Ursa Sylvest Recording   Video
June 11, 2023 We Choose the Future: Beloved Community Paula Cole Jones Recording   Video
June 4, 2023 A UU Requiem: Death, Grief, Remembrance, & Gratitude Rev. Dr. Carl Gregg Recording   Video
May 28, 2023 What Really Matters? Intern Minister Kathryn Recording   Video
May 21, 2023 Blessing New Voices Davin Faris Recording Text Video
May 14, 2023 Founding Mothers of UU: The Extraordinary Lives of Mary Wollstonecraft & Mary Shelley Rev. Dr. Carl Gregg Recording   Video
May 7, 2023 Asian American Histories of the United States Rev. Dr. Carl Gregg Recording   Video
April 30, 2023 Heartfulness: A Guided Tour of the Buddhist Brahmaviharas (“Sublime Abodes”) Rev. Dr. Carl Gregg Recording   Video
April 23, 2023 From Ego-centrism to Ecological Consciousness: On the 53rd Anniversary of Earth Day Rev. Dr. Carl Gregg Recording   Video
April 16, 2023 Celebrating the Life of Norbert Čapek: On the 100th Anniversary of Flower Communion Rev. Dr. Carl Gregg Recording   Video
April 9, 2023 Celebrating Easter Literally Or Archetypally?: Re-reading the Bible as Earthlings in Ecological Interdependence Rev. Dr. Carl Gregg Recording   Video
April 2, 2023 "My Heart Is Moved By All I Cannot Save: The Power of Adrienne Rich" Rev. Dr. Carl Gregg Recording   Video
March 26, 2023 “The Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity" Rev. Dr. Carl Gregg Recording   Video
March 19, 2023 “Ostara: Can You Feel the Wheel of the Year Turning?" Frederick Covenant of UU Pagans (FCUUPS) Recording   Video
March 12, 2023 “UU 7th Principle: Respect for the Interdependent Web of All Existence of Which We Are a Part" Youth Sunday Recording   Video
March 5, 2023 “Fannie Lou Hamer's Enduring Message to America" Rev. Dr. Carl Gregg Recording Text Video
February 26, 2023 “The Celling of Souls" Analysis Recording   Video
February 19, 2023 “Living for Seven Generations through the Triple Bottom Line" Kathryn Adams, Intern Minister Recording   Video
February 12, 2023 “'No Fate But What We Make': Darwin Day, Transformational Artificial Intelligence, & Human Values" Rev. Dr. Carl Gregg Recording Text Video
February 5, 2023 "Wisdom, Comfort, Solidarity: Coalitions for Collective Liberation" Sergio España, ACLU Recording   Video
January 29, 2023 "Why? Why? Why? Why? Why?: Unexpected Adventures in Philosophy" Rev. Dr. Carl Gregg Recording Text Video
January 22, 2023 “How Rights Went Wrong”: On the 50th Anniversary of Roe v. Wade Rev. Dr. Carl Gregg Recording Text Video
January 15, 2023 "Brothers in the Beloved Community: The Friendship of Martin Luther King Jr. & Thich Nhat Hanh" Rev. Dr. Carl Gregg Recording Text Video
January 8, 2023 "What Should You Do in This New Year? Trusting Your Gut & Trusting the Data" Rev. Dr. Carl Gregg Recording Text Video
January 1, 2023 New Beginnings: Becoming and Renewal Intern Minister Kathryn Adams Recording   Video
December 25, 2022 UU Christmas Day Service (Option 1)
UU Christmas Day Service (Option 2)
UU Chesapeake Congregations
UU Minister Collaborative
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December 24, 2022 How UUs Helped Invent Christmas Rev. Dr. Carl Gregg Recording Text Video
December 18, 2022 Rest Is Resistance Rev. Dr. Carl Gregg Irene Glasse Recording Text Video
December 11, 2022 For Such a Time as This: How Do We Sustain Our Attempts to Change the World? Dr. Terry Anne Scott Recording   Video
December 4, 2022 “How William James Can Save Your Life”: Peak Spiritual Experiences, Psychedelics, & Consciousness Research Rev. Dr. Carl Gregg Recording Text Video
November 27, 2022 Innovations in Ministry: Creating Communities of Care Intern Minister Kathryn Adams Recording   Video
November 20, 2022 Indigenous Wisdom & Experience Tom Wardell Recording   Video
November 13, 2022 Imaginable: How To See the Future Coming Rev. Dr. Carl Gregg Recording Text Video
November 6, 2022 A Brief History of Equality: Reflections on the State of Our Democracy Rev. Dr. Carl Gregg Recording Text Video
October 30, 2022 Is There An Antidote to Bad Faith? How Minds Change & Deep Canvassing Rev. Dr. Carl Gregg Recording Text Video
October 23, 2022 The Power of Stories: The truth about stories is that stories, changing, growing, learning, hopeful are all we are Intern Minister Kathryn Adams Recording    
October 16, 2022 Recent Scientific Discoveries of Galaxies Far Far Away from a UU Perspective Rev. Dr. Sara Zimmerman Recording Text Video
October 9, 2022 Somatic Abolitionism Rev. Dr. Carl Gregg Recording Text Video
October 2, 2022 Perceptual Worlds: Insights from Animals about the Hidden Realities Around Us Rev. Dr. Carl Gregg Recording Text Video
September 25, 2022 Brené Brown’s Atlas of the Heart Rev. Dr. Carl Gregg Recording Text Video
September 18, 2022 Strength to Strength: How to Find Lifelong Purpose Rev. Dr. Carl Gregg Recording Text Video
September 11, 2022 Growing Up Absorbed: Lifelong Religious Exploration Rev. Dr. Carl Gregg Recording Text Video
September 4, 2022 Labor Day Insights from the People Who Brought You the Weekend Rev. Dr. Carl Gregg Recording Text Video
August 28, 2022 Progress in Racism & Anti-Racism: On the Anniversary of the Lynching of Emmett Till Rev. Dr. Carl Gregg Recording Text Video
August 21, 2022 Four Pivots: Reimagining Justice, Reimagining Ourselves Rev. Dr. Carl Gregg Recording Text Video
August 14, 2022 Contemplative Cross-Training: Six Ways to Meditate; or, How Do You Know If You Are Making Progress in Meditation? Rev. Dr. Carl Gregg Recording Text Video
August 7, 2022 Traveling as a Spiritual Practice: Lessons from Our National Parks Steve Buckingham Recording   Video
July 31, 2022 What Really Matters? Nichole Hodges-Abbasi, DRE Recording   Video
July 24, 2022 What We Nurture Intern Minister Kathryn Adams Recording   Video
July 17, 2022 Creativity Matters in Love and Justice Lora Powell-Haney, M.Div. Recording   Video
July 10, 2022 Spiritual Practices of Service & Leadership Irene Glasse Recording   Video
July 3, 2022 “Quantum Physics and the Buddhist Heart Sutra: On the 10th Anniversary of the Higgs Boson Discovery” Rev. Dr. Sara Zimmerman Recording   Video
June 26, 2022 “Where Does It Hurt? Ruby Sales, Black Folk Religion, and White America” Bob Clegg, M.Div. Recording   Video
June 19, 2022 Watergate Revisited: The Changing Seasons of Journalistic Accountability Rev. Mike Morse Recording   Video
June 12, 2022 Awkward, Brave, & Kind: A Valediction from Brené Brown Rev. Dr. Carl Gregg Recording Text Video
June 5, 2022 Ablaze, But Not Consumed Rev. Dr. Rob Hardies Recording   Video
May 29, 2022 A Tale of Two Declarations: Doing the Impossible Intern Minister Kathryn Adams Recording Text Video
May 22, 2022 “Imagining How a More Just World Might Feel”: The Life & Legacy of Woody Guthrie Rev. Dr. Carl Gregg Recording Text Video
May 15, 2022 Shifting Your Mindset: How Do You Encourage Spiritual Growth? Rev. Dr. Carl Gregg Recording Text Video
May 08, 2022 Founding Mothers of UU: The Doctors Blackwell & Reproductive Justice Rev. Dr. Carl Gregg Recording Text Video
May 1, 2022 Dharma Talk Bhante Sujatha Recording   Video
April 24, 2022 "How to Be a Good Ancestor" Rev. Dr. Carl Gregg Recording Text Video
April 17, 2022 "How Do You Make Sense of Easter Today?: Progressive, Mystical, Humanist" Rev. Dr. Carl Gregg Recording Text Video
April 10, 2022 "The Short Life & Blazing Art of Sylvia Plath" Rev. Dr. Carl Gregg Recording Text Video
April 3, 2022 "Racial Reconciliation" Rev. Michael Hughes Recording   Video
March 27, 2022 “Dream a Little Before You Think”: Dorothy Pitman Hughes, Transformative Power, & the Ripple Effects of Community Activism Rev. Dr. Carl Gregg Recording Text Video
March 20, 2022 Building a New Mythology (Women's History Month) Rev. Dr. Carl Gregg Recording Text Video
March 13, 2022 World Community: Peace, Liberty, & Justice for All Youth Group
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March 6, 2022 The Revolutionary Love of our Time Intern Minister Kathryn Adams Recording   Video
February 27, 2022 "The Gospel of Unitarian Universalism: Two Kinds of Good News" Dr. Michael Franch Recording Text Video
February 20, 2022 An Afro-Indigenous History of the U.S.--Past, Present, & Future Rev. Dr. Carl Gregg Recording Text Video
February 13, 2022 The Evolving Story of Evolution Rev. Dr. Carl Gregg Recording Text Video
February 6, 2022 The Words That Come Before All Else: Wisdom from an Indigenous Practice of Giving Thanks Every Day Peter Brooks & Michael Nephew Recording Text Video
January 30, 2022 How Chinese Philosophies Can Change Your Life Rev. Dr. Carl Gregg Recording Text Video
January 23, 2022 Social Progress, Religion, & Law Rev. Dr. Carl Gregg Recording Text Video
January 16, 2022 Messages from the Mothers of MLK, Malcolm X, & James Baldwin Rev. Dr. Carl Gregg Recording Text Video
January 9, 2022 Into the Woods with Ralph Waldo Emerson Rev. Dr. Sara Zimmerman Recording   Video
January 2, 2022 Because Survival Is Insufficient: What Will You Do with Your Four Thousand Weeks? Rev. Dr. Carl Gregg Recording Text Video

Chronological Sermon Archive for Previous Years