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About bobjanisdillon

Unitarian Universalist minister, poet, husband, father, three-chord guitar wonder.

Gratitude Sermon

Posted on November 26, 2013 by bobjanisdillon

“Grounded in Gratitude” Rev. Bob Janis-Dillon First Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Hunterdon County November 24, 2013   To recap: we are on a spinning ball, in the middle of space, surrounded by fiery stars and humongous rocks and millions of … Continue reading →

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Sermons I Like: Rev. David Bumbaugh, “A Meditation for the Season”

Posted on November 26, 2013 by bobjanisdillon

Every year I read this wonderful sermon by Rev. David Bumbaugh to myself. A beautiful meditation about the beauty of the darkness and the silence of this time. A Meditation for the Season

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Sermon on Moderation (text and audio)

Posted on November 18, 2013 by bobjanisdillon

(preceded by a few beautiful bars of music from Matt Gordeuk)   “Moderation: A Little of What You Like” Rev. Bob Janis-Dillon First Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Hunterdon County 11/17/2013     The journey to see the Oracle at Delphi, … Continue reading →

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Sermon for All Souls Day (audio and text)

Posted on November 12, 2013 by bobjanisdillon

  “All Souls Day” Rev. Bob Janis-Dillon First Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Hunterdon County 11/3/2013 “The are not gone who pass beyond the clasp of hand, out from the stone embrace. They are but come so close we need not … Continue reading →

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Call to Presence (2013-2014)

Posted on October 28, 2013 by bobjanisdillon

(New opening words for this year – just to change things up…)   You have come to be with others who care about what it means to live on this beautiful blue-green world You have come to be with your … Continue reading →

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Call to Presence (2012-2013)

Posted on October 28, 2013 by bobjanisdillon

(Often I would open Sunday Service with these words)   Here within these old stone walls, here in this community of love and justice, we pause in our busy lives, to consider what is worthy of our deepest yearnings.   … Continue reading →

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Halloween Transformation Sermon (audio and text)

Posted on October 28, 2013 by bobjanisdillon

A sermon for Halloween: “Trying on a New Face”. Fiction: any resemblance to persons, living or dead, is purely coincidental. Happy Halloween! (First 5 minutes is a gorgeous original musical meditation by Andy von Aulock) “Transformation: Trying on a New … Continue reading →

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Daily Prayer

Posted on October 28, 2013 by bobjanisdillon

Power of the universe, Power of the human heart, I might not have gotten up today, But here I am. If I had died last night, I would have lived a wonderful life already. It would have been enough. But … Continue reading →

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Sermon on Courage (audio and text)

Posted on October 28, 2013 by bobjanisdillon

Here’s a sermon on “Courage: Letting Your Light Shine” delivered  by me on October 20, 2013, at the First Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Hunterdon county. Where do you find the courage to be your true self? EE Cummings, a famous poet … Continue reading →

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Sermon on Compassion (audio)

Posted on October 28, 2013 by bobjanisdillon

Sermon from October 20, 2013: “Compassion: Living the Golden Rule” With an opening song from our choir: “There is a Balm in Gilead” (African-American spiritual)

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