CAN I BELIEVE ANYTHING I WANT?  (2011)
    This sermon title speaks for itself -- as UUs, are we free and empowered to believe anything we want? The answer is not as simple as it may seem.


THE C-WORD (2009)
    Some words, and the concepts they denote, can become "hot buttons."  This sermon takes a look at one such concept, "covenant," and asks how can it touch our hearts and inspire our congregations to become the best they can be.


IMMIGRATION: WALKING TOWARD MORNING (2012)
Immigration touches all our lives.  In this sermon, with its title borrowed from from the Rev. Victoria Safford, Maureen seeks to acknowledge the ethical complexities as well as the moral demands of this very pertinent -- and divisive -- issue. This service launched a month-long, congregation wide exploration entitled "Immigration: Lives Matter."

 
AN IMPERFECT LITTLE HOLIDAY (2010)    
    We've strung "the holidays" with the tinsel of myriad theologies, gilded it with longings disguised as credit cards and rising expectation. We've made the complex simple and the simple complex - but the reality is that beneath all the glitter and mythology is a deep and persistent longing.


MONSTERS IN THE MIX (2011)
    “Otherizing" is the dangerous act of turning someone into the enemy just because he or she looks different, prays differently, speaks differently, or thinks differently. Some of history's most tragic events, as well as much of what passes for contemporary public debate, are grounded in the normalization of the process of demonizing ordinary people. How does this impact us in the interactions of our every day? How does it impact this particular congregation?


PHOENIX RISING (2008)
    A sermon addressing a particular congregation's history, and one of its deep-rooted challenges.  


WHAT DO EVANGELICALS HAVE THAT WE DON'T? (2011)
    Speaking not of UU but of mainline Protestantism, Episcopalian priest and blogger Frederick Schmidt wrote, "We can only console ourselves for so long by arguing that 'small is beautiful' or 'we are too sophisticated to be popular.'" Schmidt suggests his faith -- and by extension our own -- would benefit by looking seriously at the dynamics of Evangelicalism. Who knows? -- without compromising our own tradition, the answers may be surprising.