Sermon Index

Lake Chalice Blog Entries Adapted from Sermons by Rev. Meredith Garmon, delivered at the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Gainesville, FL, 2006 - 2013. In adapting sermons for the blog, the text has been tweaked, at a minimum, and sometimes substantially revised and expanded. Pictures and links have often been added.

The original sermons can be heard on audio podcast through iTunes, "Sermons in Liberal Religion": click here.

Many sermons have been posted in parts comprising a blog series. Click on the title to go to the first part of the blog series. At the bottom of each part is the link to take you to the subsequent part.

2006 Oct 10: "Humanism, By Gump"
2007 Feb 18: "The Myth of Scarcity" (in 5 parts)
2007 Mar 25: Biotheology I: "Eschatology: Evolution's Arrow" (in 7 parts and a postscript)
2007 Apr 15: Biotheology II: "Ecclesiology: What Is Church Good For?" (in 5 parts)
2007 May 13: Biotheology III: "Soteriology: Biophilia" (in 6 parts)
2007 May 20: Biotheology IV: "Theodicy: Addressing Evil" (in 6 parts)
2008 Apr 13: "Happy" (in 6 parts)
2008 May 11: "Feminist Theology" (in 5 parts)
2008 Jun 8: "God the Verb" (in 6 parts)
2009 Mar 15: "Anger"
2009 Sep 27: "Upsides and Downsides of Spirituality"
2010 Feb 21: "Running Scared, Walking Love: Prophecy Without Fear"
2010 Feb 28: "Who Are These People?"
2010 Mar 21: "The Diversity Thing"
2010 Apr 25: "The Eco-Spiritual Imperative"
2010 May 16: "Stagecoach" (in 2 parts)
2010 Oct 3: "Mindsight" (in 4 parts)
2010 Oct 10: "Making Peace with Your Brain" (in 5 parts)
2010 Oct 17: "A Religion for Our Time"
2010 Nov 7: "Gratitude and Faith"
2010 Dec 12: "Where Did Nowhere Go?" (in 4 parts)
2010 Dec 19: "The Amish Challenge" (in 4 parts)
2011 Jan 30: "Religions: Same and Different" (in 5 parts)
2011 Feb 20: "Then One Sees the World Rightly: Music and Spirituality"
2011 Mar 6 and 13: "Not Supernatural" and "Getting Personal" and "Saganic Verses" and "Which Is To Be Master?"
2011 Mar 27: "The Real Wealth of Nations"
2011 Apr 4: "Render Unto"
2011 Apr 17 (Passover): "Freedom: The Half-Won Blessing; and "Not Waiting for the Bread to Rise"
2011 Apr 24: "Easter Story" and "Easter Story Story"
2011 May 15: "The Eco-Spiritual Challenge"
2011 May 22: "Thank You, Earth" and "Spirituality of Resistance, 1" and "Spirituality of Resistance, 2"
2011 May 29: "On Being Animal"
2011 Jun 5: "Keeping Children in Their Place"
2011 Jun 12: "Trying To Be Good"
2011 Jun 19: "Faith of Our Fathers"
2011 Jul 10: "Parable: Elephant Training" and "The Divided Self"
2011 Jul 17: "Compassion and the Faith Instinct"
2011 Jul 24: (by Renee Zenaida) "Beyond the Veil: Women and Islam"
2011 Jul 31: "Remembering Jack Kerouac" and "On the Road"
2011 Aug 7: "The Future Will Judge Us" (in 7 parts)
2011 Aug 28: "The Electronic Self" (in 4 parts)
2011 Sep 11: "Begin Again in Love (9-11, Forgiveness, and Peace)"
2011 Sep 18: "How to Succeed at Forgiveness Without Really Trying"
2011 Oct 9: "What Has Queer Theory Done for You Lately?"
2011 Oct 23: "This Man's Thealogy"
2011 Oct 30: "Scary!"
2011 Nov 6: "Nurture Your Spirit, Heal Our World: Spiritual Practice" (in 7 parts)
2011 Nov 20: "Journaling Your Way to Peace"
2011 Dec 4: "Respond to Whose Love?"
2011 Dec 18: "God in All Eight Parts of Speech"
2012 Jan 8: (with LoraKim Joyner) "Consuming Passions" (in 6 parts)
2012 Jan 15: "Nonviolent Social Change"
2012 Jan 22: "Strangers in the Land of Egypt"
2012 Jan 29: "Spiritual Activists" (in 5 parts)
2012 Feb 5: "Radical Hospitality" (in 5 parts)
2012 Feb 12: Sermon by Rev. LoraKim Joyner, not on Lake Chalice (The video used is here.)
2012 Feb 19: "Transforming Power" (in 6 parts)
2012 Mar 4: "Celebrate!" (in 4 parts)
2012 Mar 25: "Evil (We Shall Be Trayvon)" (in 5 parts)
2012 Apr 8: Easter: "What's the Meadow For?" (in 6 parts)
2012 Apr 15: "Earth Justice, People Justice" (in 5 parts)
2012 Apr 29: "Our Spirits Long to Be Made Whole" (in 6 parts + Postscript)
2012 May 6: "Neurodiversity" (in 5 parts)
2012 May 27: Memorial Day: "War and Peace"
2012 Jun 3: "Mission: Impossible?" (in 6 parts)
2012 Jun 10: "Atheist Spirituality" (in 6 parts)
2012 Jun 17: Fathering Yourself
2012 Jul 15: "Not for Sale?" (in 6 parts)
2012 Jul 22: "Beat Generation Celebration" (in 2 parts)
2012 Aug 12: "Holy Dialog" (in 4 parts)
2012 Aug 19: "What Growing Looks Like" (in 6 parts)
2012 Aug 26: "Desire" (in 5 parts)
2012 Sep 2: "Going Into Labor" (in 4 parts)
2012 Sep 16: "All Dried Up" (in 5 parts).
2012 Sep 23: "Just Love: Sexual Ethics Today" (in 5 parts)
2012 Oct 7: "Blessed Affliction" (in 5 parts)
2012 Oct 21: "Punk Islam" (in 5 parts)
2012 Nov 11: "Mindful Nation, Mindful Congregation" (in 4 parts)
2012 Dec 16: "Rededicating the Temple" (Hanukkah) (in 4 parts)
2012 Dec 23: "The Word Made Flesh" (in 5 parts)
2012 Dec 24: "Wanting Life to Live: A Christmas Story"
2013 Jan 6: "The Seven Deadlies: Gluttony" (in 5 parts)
2013 Jan 13: "Restorative Justice" (in 5 parts)
2013 Jan 20: "An MLK Day Reflection"
2013 Mar 10: "Would You Listen to Yourself?" (in 4 parts)
2013 Mar 24: "The Seven Deadlies: Sloth" (in 4 parts)
2013 Mar 31: "Jesus, Zombies, and the Half-Way House of Reason" (in 3 parts)
2013 Apr 14: "The Seven Deadlies: Greed" (in 4 parts)
2013 Apr 21: "Hooray for UU!" (in 3 parts)
2013 May 19: "The Seven Deadlies: Wrath" (in 4 parts)
2013 May 26: "The Seven Deadlies: Envy" (in 4 parts)
2013 Jun 2: "The Seven Deadlies: Lust" (in 4 parts)
2013 Jun 9: "The Seven Deadlies: Pride" (in 5 parts)
2013 Jun 16: "Becoming Radically Inclusive" (1 part)
2013 Jun 30: "Sweet Sorrow" (1 part with internal links to the other 3 parts)