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	Sermons Thought-provoking, spiritually moving, and utterly engaging... The sermons presented each Sunday in our Unitarian Universalist church can always be described in this manner. We are thankful for the religious scholars, teachers, and clergy who inspire our congregation each Sunday. Many have graciously provided their sermons to post online so that church members, friends, and visitors may continue to appreciate and feel moved by the words originally presented in our church services. Please click a sermon title below (alphabetized by speaker's last name) to view the sermon in a new browser window. Pat B. Allen, Ph.D. About Pat B. Allen Sermon What Does Peace Look Like? The Necessity of Imagining the World We Wish to See - April 29, 2007 Reverend Clare Butterfield About Rev. Clare Butterfield Sermons "An Inconvenient Truth" - October 15, 2006 The Mark of Cain - November 12, 2006 (Veteran's Day) The Idea of the Holy - January 7, 2007 The Idea of God - February 18, 2007 Jesus and the Christ - March 18, 2007 Rising - April 8, 2007 (Easter) Inheritance - May 13, 2007 (Mother's Day) In This Refulgent Summer - June 24, 2007 The Way We Know - July 22, 2007 Emergence - September 23, 2007 Revisiting God - October 21, 2007 The Always Already - November 11, 2007 Practicing Pluralism - January 13, 2008 Love - February 17, 2008 Being and Thinking - April 13, 2008 Bread of Life - May 25, 2008 A Moral Climate - June 22, 2008 John Crowley About John Crowley Sermon Recovering a Lost Morality - January 29, 2006 An Ocean with Many Shores - February 3, 2008 Laura Hebert About Laura Hebert Sermon Here We Gather in Divine Unity, with Aspirations of Belovedness - September 9, 2007 (Water Communion) Chuck Menges About Chuck Menges Sermon Reflections - October 1, 2006 (Yom Kippur) Mike Merritt About Mike Merritt Sermon Religion and the Founding Fathers - January 20, 2008 Bruce Moon About Bruce Moon Sermon Movin' the Rock - March 4, 2007 Cathy Moon About Cathy Moon Sermon From Certainty to Wonder: The Complex Nature of Faith and Religious Tolerance - April 1, 2007 Laura De Spain Olmsted About Laura De Spain Olmsted Sermon Whatever Comes: Embracing Personal Challenges - January 27, 2008 David Pyle About David Pyle Sermon In Defense of the Defenseless - March 25, 2007 Duane Shaneyfelt About Duane Shaneyfelt Sermon A UU Looks at the Spirituality and Wisdom of the Tao Te Ching - June 29, 2008 Linda Wiens About Linda Wiens Sermon From a Scattered Few Families to Ten Thousand Villages, From Refugee Recluses to Global Justice Activists - October 29, 2006 About Pat B. Allen, Ph.D. Pat B. Allen, Ph.D., A.T.R., is an author, artist, art therapist, and teacher who connects to the Creative Source through art and writing. Her two books - Art Is a Way of Knowing (Shambhala 1995) and Art Is a Spiritual Path (Shambhala 2005) - explore the borders between art, psychology, spirituality, and social action. She is co-chair of the Oak Park chapter of the Network of Spiritual Progressives. Back About Reverend Clare Butterfield Rev. Clare Butterfield is the Director of Faith in Place, an interfaith environmental ministry in Chicago that gives religious people tools to become better stewards of Creation. Faith in Place congregations work together to support renewable energy, conserve energy, build markets for local sustainable agriculture and fair trade products, and train the next generation of stewards of the earth through urban agriculture with youth. Rev. Butterfield is an ordained Unitarian Universalist community minister. She has an M.Div. from Meadville Lombard Theological School (2000), a J.D. (University of Illinois College of Law, 1983) and a B.A. in History (University of Illinois, 1980), and is currently enrolled in the D.Min program at Chicago Theological Seminary with a focus on faith and the environment. Back About John Crowley John Crowley is a lay member of Prairie Circle UUC and a long-time Unitarian Universalist, now retired from a career in corporate management. John has long pursued an interest in philosophy of religion and spirituality. Among his many professional and personal affiliations he has been a member of the Association for Humanistic Psychology, the C.G. Jung Institute of Chicago, and Common Ground, a center for interfaith study and dialogue. For today's service, he draws from the wisdom legacy of his colleague, friend, and mentor while at Common Ground, the late Christian mystic, Brother Wayne Teasdale. John holds degrees from the University of Notre Dame, Northwestern University, and Marquette University. Back About Laura Hebert Laura Hebert is a member of PCUUC and was the Director of Religious Education from August 2006 through October 2007. Back About Chuck Menges Chuck Menges retired in 2001 after 40 years of an active practice as a trial attorney. He is a graduate of the University of Michigan. Chuck discovered Unitarian Universalism in the spring of 2000 and recognized a faith that he had been searching for from an early age. He is a member of North Shore Unitarian Church and Chair of the Adult Enrichment Committee. Back About Mike Merritt Michael Merritt has a Ph. D. in Political Science with an emphasis in Public Administration and American Government. He is a long time federal employee who teaches Political Science at a local college. Back About Bruce Moon Bruce L. Moon is a Professor, Chair of the art therapy department, and the Director of the graduate art therapy program at Mount Mary College in Milwaukee. He is the author of nine books and is an active painter and singer-songwriter. Back About Cathy Moon Cathy Moon is Associate Professor and Chair of the graduate art therapy program at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and author of the book, Studio Art Therapy: Cultivating the Artist Identity in the Art Therapist. She received her graduate degree from the Methodist Theological School in Ohio and has practiced art therapy for over 25 years. Back About Laura De Spain Olmsted Laura De Spain Olmsted is a risk management consultant, Anusara yoga practitioner, and single mother currently completing her training to become a certified Focusing trainer. In her Focusing practice, Laura has a special interest in working with children and families to help create loving, supportive environments from which difficult choices can be made. Through her experiences with the three Ds -- divorce, death, and disease -- Laura has done her share of walking in the deep mud, but she still likes to play in it. Back About David Pyle David Pyle is a student at the Meadville Lombard Theological School, the ministerial intern-elect at the Unitarian Church of Evanston, and a UU military Chaplaincy Candidate. While serving as an enlisted soldier, David served in Latin America and as a NATO peacekeeper in Bosnia. David also is the Project Director for the Great Lakes Military Ministry project, which provides Sunday Morning UU worship services for the recruits at the Great Lakes Naval Training Center. David is currently a 2nd Lieutenant in the U.S. Army Reserves. Back About Duane Shaneyfelt Duane Shaneyfelt is a member of PCUUC. Back About Linda Wiens Linda Wiens is the Director of the Prairie Crossing Institute in Grayslake, Illinois. She is a member of the Mennonites and a volunteer for Ten Thousand Villages. Back

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