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February 12, 2012: Gentle Strength by Rev. Dr. Justin Osterman
February 5, 2012: Confronting Fundamentalism by Rev. Dr. Justin Osterman
January 29, 2012: Sharing the Journey by Rev. Morgan R. McLean
January 22, 2012: When Is It Enough? by Rev. Morgan R. McLean
January 15, 2012: Taken for Granted by Rev. Dr. Justin Osterman
January 8, 2012: Our Place in the Web of Life by Rev. Morgan R. McLean
January 1, 2012: Ending and Beginning Well by Rev. Dr. Justin Osterman
December 25, 2011: The Story of Christmas (in Four Parts) by Rev. Dr. Justin Osterman
December 18, 2011: Lighten Up by Rev. Dr. Justin Osterman
December 11, 2011: Which Scrooge? by Rev. Dr. Justin Osterman
Please note: The recording ends a few moments before the end of the sermon; we apologize for the inconvenience.
December 4, 2011: Being Grounded, by Rev. Dr. Justin Osterman
November 27, 2011: Finding Serenity by Rev. Morgan R. McLean
Please note: several intentional periods of silence are built into Rev. McLean's sermon.
Speaking of Thanksgiving
A Sermon Series in Three Parts
November 20, 2011: Part 3 - Gratitude by Rev. Dr. Justin Osterman
November 13, 2011: Part 2 – Grace by Rev. Dr. Justin Osterman
November 6, 2011: Part 1 – Prayer by Rev. Dr. Justin Osterman
October 30, 2011: All Souls Day by Rev. Morgan R. McLean
October 23, 2011: Many Paths for Many People by Rev. Dr. Justin Osterman
October 16, 2011: Our Thirsty World: The Human Right to Water by Ms. Sandra Greenfield
October 9, 2011: The Quality of Caring by Rev. Dr. Justin Osterman
October 2, 2011: Beginning Again by Rev. Dr. Justin Osterman
September 25, 2011: Do You Believe in Magic? by Ms. Morgan R. McLean
September 18, 2011: From Hope to Harvest by Rev. Dr. Justin Osterman
September 11, 2011: Out of Many, One by Rev. Dr. Justin Osterman
(Note: Rev. Osterman made reference to the sermon he delivered at Central Untiarian Church in Paramus, NJ, on September 16, 2001. You can read that sermon, A River of Tears.)
August 14, 2011: The Real Maya Code by Rev. Dr. Justin Osterman
July 31, 2011: Faustus Socinus: Did Unitarianism Begin in Italy? by Neil Chippendale
July 24, 2011: Are We Religious, But Not Very Spiritual? by Richard Fritzson
July 3, 2011: Kindness: The Essence of Religion by Mark DeCourval
June 26, 2011: Active Contemplatives: Contemplative Activists by Rev. Elizabeth Ellis
June 19, 2011: From Strength to Strength by Rev. Dr. Justin Osterman
June 12, 2011: St. John of the Sierra by Rev. Dr. Justin OstermanJune 5, 2011 (11:00 a.m.) High School Senior Bridging Ceremony
- Ms. Sandra Greenfield
- Samson Hennessy-Strahs
- Robin Arnold
- Jacob Lipton
- Scott Turner
May 22, 2011: How Hard the Human Heart by Rev. Dr. Justin Osterman
May 15, 2011: Music Sunday - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's "Solemn Vespers" by Dr. Vincent Craig
Please Note: Copyright restrictions prohibit posting the performance of the Mozart Vespers.
May 8, 2011: Matriarchs of Memory by Rev. Dr. Justin Osterman
May 1, 2011: Outside and Inside Mental Illness by Rev. Dr. Justin Osterman and Rev. Whitney Herriage (You can read or print a copy here.)
April 24, 2011: Easter Sunday by Rev. Dr. Justin Osterman
A Story in Two Parts:
April 17, 2011: Part Two – Still Broken by Rev. Dr. Justin Osterman
April 10, 2011: Part One – The Good Samaritan by Rev. Dr. Justin Osterman
Please note that the first 8 seconds of the recording are off-mic.
March 27, 2011: Dear Dr. Osterman by Rev. Dr. Justin Osterman
March 13, 2011: Politics and Religion by Rev. Dr. Justin OstermanMarch 6, 2011: Four Seconds of Faith by Rev. Dr. Justin Osterman
February 13, 2011: Snuffed Out by Rev. Dr. Justin Osterman
February 6, 2011: The Challenge of Choice by our Young Religious Unitarian Universalists:
- Robin Arnold
- Samson Hennessy-Strahs
- Emily Stevens
- Leah Rusenko
January 30, 2011: The Limits of Tolerance by Rev. Dr. Justin Osterman
January 23, 2011: Is There a Promised Land? by Rev. Dr. Justin Osterman
January 16, 2011: A Dangerous Democracy by Rev. Dr. Justin Osterman
December 26, 2010: Still In the Season by Rev. Dr. Justin Osterman
December 19, 2010: Opening Our Treasures by Rev. Dr. Justin Osterman
December 12, 2010: What Are You Waiting For? by Rev. Dr. Justin Osterman
December 5, 2010: The Eighth Deadly Sin by Rev. Dr. William Schultz, President, Unitarian Universalist Service Committee
November 21, 2010: For All That Is Our Life by Rev. Dr. Justin Osterman
November 14, 2010: A Sacrifice Too Great by Rev. Dr. Justin Osterman
October 31, 2010: Haunted by Rev. Dr. Justin Osterman
October 24, 2010: Incarceration Nation by Rev. Dr. Justin Osterman,
which was followed by a panel disucussion: Face of the Criminal Justice System.
October 3, 2010: The Core of Our Faith by Rev. Dr. Justin Osterman
August 15, 2010: Sexuality and the Sacred by Sandra Greenfield
May 23, 2010: The Temptation to Trust by Rev. Dr. Justin Osterman
May 16, 2010: Music Sunday: Franz Schubert by Dr. Vincent Craig
Please Note: Copyright restrictions prohibit posting the performance of the Schubert Mass in G Major.
May 9, 2010: Coming of Age by Ms. Sandra Greenfield
April 11, 2010: Confronting the Animal Within by Rev. Dr. Justin Osterman
March 21, 2010: Debating Gay Marriage by Rev. Dr. Justin Osterman
Three-Part Sermon Series on Love
February 21, 2010: Part 3: Agape: Divine Love by Rev. Dr. Justin Osterman
February 14, 2010: Part 2: Eros: Erotic Love by Rev. Dr. Justin Osterman
February 7, 2010: Part 1: Philos: Sibling Love by Rev. Dr. Justin Osterman
January 24, 2010: I'm a Spiritual Person, But I'm Not Religious by Rev. Dr. Justin Osterman
November 15, 2009: Do the Right Thing by Rev. Dr. Justin Osterman
October 18, 2009: Rescuing the Bible From Fallacy, Fantasy, and Fanaticism by Rev. Dr. Justin Osterman
March 15, 2009: Our Cuban Nightmare by Rev. Dr. Justin Osterman
Three-Part Sermon Series: A Basic Theological Vocabulary
February 15, 2009: Part 3: Back From the Brink by Rev. Dr. Justin Osterman
February 8, 2009: Part 2: Castaway Treasure by Rev. Dr. Justin Osterman
February 1, 2009: Part 1: A True Aim by Rev. Dr. Justin Osterman
December 7, 2008: All That Glitters Is Not Gold by Rev. Dr. Justin Osterman
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September 11, 2011: E Pluribus Unum (Out of Many, One) by Rev. Dr. Justin Osterman
In this sermon Rev. Osterman refers to the sermon he gave at Central Unitarian Church in Paramus, NJ, on Sunday, September 16, 2001: A River of Tears
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