Category: Sermons

THE STORY OF FRANCIS DAVID The Rev. Dr. Morris W. Hudgins Northwest UU Church November 14, 2010             Good morning, my name is Francis David.   I lived in Transylvania in the 16th century.  Have you heard of Transylvania?  What can you tell me about my country?  Unfortunately, the thing most people know about my country has to do with a legend—the […]

THE SPIRITUAL PATH WE CHOOSE: THE PATH OF WORK The Rev. Dr. Morris W. Hudgins Northwest UU Congregation October 24, 2010 Introduction The twentieth century was a century of change for Unitarian Universalism.  It began as primarily two liberal Christian denominations.  Many Unitarians and Univeralists affirmed the Social Gospel of the early twentieth century.  Then was the advent of what […]

THE FUTURE OF OUR FAITH Northwest UU Congregation The Rev. Morris W. Hudgins October 10, 2010 Introduction I completely understand David’s and Keith’s emotion after attending a General Assembly of the Unitarian Universalist Association. I remember my first General Assembly. It was over 35 years ago, and I remember it like it was yesterday. It took place in Boston, MA. […]

The Rev. Dr. Morris W. Hudgins Northwest UU Congregation September 19, 2010 Introduction As a way to introduce myself, I begin with my religious journey. I begin with hometown and family. Our ancestors came from Scotland and Ireland to Virginia in the 18th century. My family did not attend church. I did attend some churches as a child, when my […]

The Rev. Dr. Morris W. Hudgins Northwest UU Congregation August 29, 2010 History of Water Ceremony The Water Ceremony or Communion as it is sometimes called started in 1980, at a Women and Religion Conference in East Lansing, Michigan. Carolyn McDade and Lucile Shuck Longview were the creators. It began as a service to empower women. I It was a […]

Samaritanism in Haiti – The Earthquake Response NWUU Sermon – August 8, 2010 Paul Burnore July 3, 2010: I wake up at 5am as the sun begins to brighten the sky. I look up thru the mosquito netting in the top of my small tent. The air is heavy and it’s already 85F. The single sheet I sleep on top […]

by David R. Hudson October 11, 2009 A few years ago, now, I happened to hear Scott Simon interviewing the actor Tommy Lee Jones on his Saturday morning radio show, Weekend Edition. Tommy Lee Jones is a hard interview; he doesn’t engage in easy conversation. He questions the questions and the assumptions or ignorance behind them. I know this because […]

by Kaye McCall, member Last summer I went to Hungary and Transylvania with a group of 7 UU’s from Georgia. Did I see any vampires? No…I did see Count Dracula’s birthplace. In Transylvania, Dracula is known as a national hero , not a vampire, because he saved his people from the Turkish invaders. Did I see Unitarians living in Transylvania? […]

Unitarian Universalism and Evangelism by Jennifer Lynn Dalton I still remember a conversation my husband and I had before I started graduate school. I was talking through the reasons I wanted to be a minister. I told him I wanted to let people know that life wasn’t all about money and stuff that they were not alone in wanting something […]