Category Archives: Sermons – Audio

Theme Talk

In August I was honoured to take part in a five-day series of theme talks on “Theology in the Flesh”. You can find all the theme talks here: Hucklow Theme Talks The 2019 talks were quite a diverse and riveting … Continue reading

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Sermon: “Ghosts”

Thanks to Dorothea Dix Unitarian Universalist Community for hosting me. Here’s the text of the sermon: It was after the waves of pirates and princesses, after the ninjas wearing bathrobes and plastic swords, after the cute little pumpkin being pushed … Continue reading

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Halloween story/sermon – audio & text

I love preaching about Halloween, this time of transformation, wonder, and possibility. This is a version of a sermon I recently preached at the Unitarian Society of Ridgewood. All the characters are fictional and any resemblance to people living or … Continue reading

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2 new audio sermons about immortality & frisbee

I was delighted to return to The Unitarian Church in Summit, the congregation where I was Intern Minister nine years ago, for two Sundays in August. It was great to see so many old friends. Below are the links to … Continue reading

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Easter sermon (audio and text)

“And they walked with Him and talked with Him” Rev. Bob Janis-Dillon First Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Hunterdon County 4/20/2014 You don’t know what it was you were looking for on that beautiful spring day. You told yourself, if nothing … Continue reading

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Passover Sermon (audio & text)

Here is my sermon for the Sunday during Passover (also Palm Sunday), titled   Living a Visionary Life Series “Right Relationship #5: The Quest for Freedom” Rev. Bob Janis-Dillon The First Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Hunterdon County April 13, 2014 … Continue reading

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Purim sermon (audio)

  Sermon by Bob Janis-Dillon, with an opening meditation played by Andy von Aulock

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Sermon on Moderation (text and audio)

(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)

  “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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Halloween Transformation Sermon (audio and text)

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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