James Montgomery Jackson  

Homilies

Listed below are a number of sermons or homilies I have delivered over the years. These remarks are designed as part of an entire worship service and consequently may contain references to readings or stories occurring earlier in the service. For that I apologize to my readers, but in truth to get the full effect of any talk, you had to be there.

bullet "Predestination, Parallel Universes and the Web of Life" December 27, 2009
bullet "Association Sunday: Growing Our Spirit" October 12, 2008
bullet "Westward Ho!" September 28, 2008
bullet "The In-Between Church" September 14, 2008
bullet "What I Learned on My Summer Vacation" August 31, 2008
bullet "Who Do You Say I Am?" August 17, 2008
bullet "Independence Day and the UU 5th Principle" July 6, 2008
bullet "Universalism for Today" March 2, 2008
bullet "Come Sunday" December 9, 2007
bullet "My Personal Armistice" November 11, 2007
bullet "Reinventing Universalism" November 4, 2007
bullet "American Jesus" October 7, 2007
bullet "Taking the 'U' Out of Labor" September 2, 2007
bullet "Buttons" August 12, 2007
bullet "Growing a Beloved Community, Part II" July 15, 2007
bullet "Growing a Beloved Community, Part I" June 24, 2007
bullet "Religious Ceremony" June 3, 2007
bullet "Remembering: Reflections on Memorial Day 2007" May 27, 2007
bullet "Your Money AND Your Life" May 6, 2007
bullet "Into the Wilderness" December 7, 2006
bullet "Thanks Giving" November 19, 2006
bullet "Social Styles" October 15, 2006
bullet "Making a House a Home" September 17, 2006 (on the occasion of the first service in Marquette Unitarian Universalist Congregation's new meeting house)
bullet "Lessons From the Book of Job." August 13, 2006
bullet "Music in my Father's House" June 18, 2006
bullet "What to do with a Half-Empty Glass" June 2005