2016 Sermons
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Topical Sermon Archive
In addition to the chronological order below, also see our Topical Sermon Archive, which organizes all of Rev. Carl's sermons by category.
Chronological Sermon Archive for Current Year
| Apr 9 | Resistance & Resilience | The Rev. Dr. Carl Gregg | Recording | ||
| Apr 2 | Music Sunday: The Wiz | The Rev. Dr. Carl Gregg | Recording | Text | |
| Mar 26 | Eugenics, Then & Now: Liberal Religion & Illiberal Progressives | The Rev. Dr. Carl Gregg | Recording | Text | |
| Mar 19 | The Legacy of Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. for Today | The Rev. Dr. Carl Gregg | Recording | Text | |
| Mar 12 | Youth Sunday Introduction/Spoken Meditation "Freedom of Speech"
Part 1: "Freedom of Assembly" Part 2: "Freedom of the Press" Part 3: "Freedom to Petition"; Chalice Extinguishing "We Shall Overcome" and Concluding Comments | Lora Powell-Haney and Joey Schuman
Cole Bromfield Ethan Powell Neil Sweeny-Haney Peter Singley & Youth Group | Recording
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| Mar 5 | The Market as God | The Rev. Dr. Carl Gregg | Recording | Text | |
| Feb 26 | What Comes "After Buddhism"? | The Rev. Dr. Carl Gregg | Recording | Text | |
| Feb 19 | Harriet Tubman: The Road to Freedom | The Rev. Dr. Carl Gregg | Recording | Text | |
| Feb 12 | What Does It Mean that We Are Sapiens? Reflections on Darwin Day | The Rev. Dr. Carl Gregg | Recording | Text | |
| Feb 5 | How to Empower Your Mind | Bhante Sujatha | Recording | ||
| Jan 29, 2017 | Art & Creativity | The Sanctuaries, DC | Recording | ||
| Jan 22, 2017 | Thoreau in Today's America | The Rev. Dr. Carl Gregg | Recording | Text | |
| Jan 15, 2017 | Martin Luther King, Jr. in the 21st Century | Karen Reilly | Recording | ||
| Jan 8, 2017 | Religious Freedom, Corporate America, & Christian America | The Rev. Dr. Carl Gregg | Recording | Text | |
| Jan 1, 2017 | How to Excel at One Hard Thing: Grit, Passion, & Peak Performance | The Rev. Dr. Carl Gregg | Recording | Text | |
| Dec 25 | The Meaning of Christmas: Then and Now | The Rev. Dr. Carl Gregg | Recording | ||
| Dec 18 | Shadow Work: How to Be More Interesting to Yourself & Less Dangerous to Others | The Rev. Dr. Carl Gregg | Recording | Text | Video |
| "About Those Dark Emotions You’ve Been Avoiding" | Julia Jones | Text | |||
| Dec 11 | How Do You Define Religion? (Who Benefits? Who Decides?) | The Rev. Dr. Carl Gregg | Recording | Text | Video |
| Dec 4 | How to Be Happy for a Moment, Day, or Lifetime | The Rev. Dr. Carl Gregg | Recording | Text | Video |
| Nov 27 | "UU Spirituality" | Hannah Roberts-Villnave | Recording | ||
| Nov 20 | "Privilege" | The Rev. Dr. Carl Gregg | Recording | ||
| Nov 13 | "No Permanent Waves" | The Rev. Dr. Carl Gregg | Recording | Video | |
| Nov 6 | "Our Declaration" | The Rev. Dr. Carl Gregg | Recording | ||
| "Meditation for Election Stress" | Mary Fletcher | Text | |||
| Oct 30 | Sermon, part 1: "Witches of America" | The Rev. Dr. Carl Gregg | Recording | Text | |
| Sermon, part 2: Speaking the Mystery | Irene Glasse | Recording | Text | Video | |
| Oct 23 | “None of Us Are Getting Out of This Alive”: How & Why to Make End-of-Life Choices | The Rev. Dr. Carl Gregg | Recording | Text | |
| Meditation on Mortality | Nancy Pace | Recording | Text | ||
| Oct 16 | "The Healing Power of Music" | Deborah Int Veldt | Recording | Text | Video |
| Oct 9 | "Reactions to the End of White Christian America" | The Rev. Dr. Carl Gregg | Recording | Text | Video |
| Oct 2 | "Cultivating Empathy: The Worth and Dignity of Every Person — Without Exception" | The Rev. Dr. Carl Gregg | Recording | Text | Video |
| Sep 25 | "Islam, Islamophobia, & Democracy" | The Rev. Dr. Carl Gregg | Recording | Text | Video |
| Sep 18 | "Whose Side Are You On? The Legacy of Anne Braden for Today" | The Rev. Dr. Carl Gregg | Recording | Text | Video |
| "Black. Lives. Matter" | Karen Reilly | Text | |||
| Sep 11 | "Toxic Masculinity, Many Masculinities: Reflections on the 15th Anniversary of 9/11" | The Rev. Dr. Carl Gregg | Recording | Text | Video |
| Sep 4 | "People, Planet, Profit: Revitalizing the Labor Movement" | The Rev. Dr. Carl Gregg | Recording | Text | Video |
| Aug 28 | "Hardwiring Happiness" | The Rev. Dr. Carl Gregg | Recording | Text | Video |
| Aug 21 | "Identity and Inclusion: Transgender Liberation" | Part 1, The Rev. Dr. Carl Gregg
Part 2, Clover Woodward | Recording-CG Recording-CW | Text-CG
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| Aug 14 | Modern Uncertainty: "Meeting the Universe Halfway" | The Rev. Dr. Carl Gregg | Recording | Text | |
| Aug 7 | "Unspeakable: A Mother's Journey" | Kay Armstrong Baker | Recording | ||
| Jul 31 | Falling Down & Rising Strong: Learning from Brené Brown | The Rev. Dr. Carl Gregg | Recording | Text | Video |
| Jul 24 | "Why Are We Here?" | Scot Hull | Recording | Text | |
| Jul 17 | "Death As an Affirmation of Life: An Open Letter to Kathleen Parker" | The Rev. Mike Morse | Recording | ||
| Jul 10 | "Becoming Wise: The Practice of Generous Listening" | The Rev. Dr. Carl Gregg | Recording | Text | Video |
| Jul 3 | "Thing Are Not Always As They Seem" | Bob Clegg | Recording | ||
| Jun 26 | "Fresh Fish Sold Here Daily: Parts 1, 2, & 3" | Lora Powell-Haney | Recording | ||
| Jun 19 | "I Am Not Free" | Steve Buckingham | Recording | Video | |
| Jun 12 | "Why We Should Choose both Religion and Science" | The Rev. Dr. Carl Gregg | Recording | Text | Video |
| Jun 5 | "Audaciously Alive" | Katie Campbell | Recording | Text | Video |
| May 29 | "God Bless America (and No Place Else?!): The Uses & Abuses of Civil Religion" | The Rev. Dr. Carl Gregg | Recording | Text | Video |
| May 22 | "Blessing New Voices" | Stephanie Letourneau & Channa Luke | Recording | Text - S | |
| May 15 | "Beyond “McMindfulness”: How Not To Get Stuck in the Early Stages of Buddhist Meditation" | The Rev. Dr. Carl Gregg | Recording | Text | Video |
| May 8 | "Founding Mothers of Unitarian Universalism: Julia Ward Howe" | The Rev. Dr. Carl Gregg | Recording | Text | Video |
| May 1 | "Pluralistic Ethics & Political Polarization: Struggling to “Speaking the Truth in Love” in Election Season" | The Rev. Dr. Carl Gregg | Recording | Text | Video |
| Apr 24 | "Evil: A Liberal Religious Investigation" | The Rev. Dr. Carl Gregg | Recording | Text | Video |
| Apr 17 | "Dispatches from the Front Lines of Climate Justice" | The Rev. Dr. Carl Gregg | Recording | Text | |
| Apr 10 | "The Spirituality of Shakespeare" | The Rev. Dr. Carl Gregg | Recording | Text | |
| Apr 3 | Just Mercy: "Each of Us Is More Than the Worst Thing We’ve Ever Done" | The Rev. Dr. Carl Gregg | Recording | Text | |
| Mar 27 | "Remembering, Changing, Inventing: How Stories About Jesus Were Told" | The Rev. Dr. Carl Gregg | Recording | Text | |
| Mar 20 | "I Dream a World: Steward, Economic Justice, and Beloved Community" | Mark Ewert | Recording | Text | |
| Mar 13 | Listening to "Les Mis" as a Spiritual Practice | The Rev. Dr. Carl Gregg | Text | ||
| Mar 6 | "Choices and Consequences" | Youth Sunday | Recording | ||
| Feb 28 | '"Anti-Racism: America's Gift to the World" | The Rev. Mike Morse | Recording | ||
| Feb 21 | "Developing Double Consciousness: Beyoncé, Black Panthers, & W.E.B. Du Bois" | The Rev. Dr. Carl Gregg | Recording | Text | Video |
| Feb 14 | 'Celebrating Darwin Day: “Perpetual Curiosity, Scientific Thinking, & Hunger for Truth” | The Rev. Dr. Carl Gregg | Recording | Text | Video |
| Feb 7 | "The Spirituality of Doubt" & "Being Wrong, Being Right" | The Rev. Dr. Carl Gregg & Nancy Pace | Recording | Text - CG;
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| Jan 31 | "Rewatching “Groundhog Day” as a Spiritual Practice" | The Rev. Dr. Carl Gregg | Recording | Text | Video |
| Jan 17 | "The Radical Martin Luther King, Jr.: Why We Need a Third Reconstruction in America" | The Rev. Dr. Carl Gregg | Recording | Text | Video |
| Jan 10 | "In the Face of Despair — Choosing Hope, Community, & Meaning: Reflections on Richard Rorty" | The Rev. Dr. Carl Gregg | Recording | Text | |
| Jan 3, 2016 | "Are You Fully Charged? The New Year & Fire Communion" | The Rev. Dr. Carl Gregg | Recording | Text |