RECENT ONLINE SERMONS*
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Ink Chronicles: Stories Beneath the Skin
with Paul Bennett and Noreen Halberstadt

January 26, 2025 Tattoos are more than just art: they are personal narratives etched into the skin. From symbols of love and loss to reminders of resilience and transformation, each piece tells a story unique to its wearer. This exploration delves into the profound, emotional, and sometimes surprising tales behind tattoos, celebrating the diverse reasons people choose to immortalize moments, beliefs, and connections through ink. Hear stories from lay leaders Paul Bennett, Noreen Halberstadt, Jaz Halberstadt, Shonna Edwards, Tone Colotte, and Laura Pitney.

Reproductive Health, Autonomy, and Justice
with Sara Kennedy, MD, MPH

January 19, 2025 Sara Kennedy, president of Planned Parenthood Columbia Willamette, joins us. PPCW is the largest non-profit family planning and reproductive rights organization in Oregon and Southwest Washington. Decisions about children, families, and sexuality are some of life's most profound. Our Unitarian Universalist faith holds central the inherent worth and dignity of all people, which includes a belief in the sacredness of all bodies, and the importance of self-determination and human agency.

The Fiction Shall Set You Free
with Rev. Scott Rudolph, Minister

January 12, 2025 Religions are built upon myth. Our modern poetry and stories can speak to a truth unsung by facts. How strange that what is true inside us is sometimes best found through fiction from the outside. Rev. Scott explores this idea through his personal experience of Shintoism alongside a dose of art throughout the ages.

The Stories We Tell Ourselves
with Rev. Scott Rudolph, Minister

January 5, 2025 What is being alive other than a process of telling, hearing, and collecting stories? Some of them are other peoples’, some are our own. Some are true and some are false. We like to think perhaps we guide our lives by facts, but in truth, story is far more powerful.