Category Archives: Sermons – Text

Sermon on Courage (audio and text)

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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“Dreamcatcher” sermon (text)

“Living a Visionary Life” Grow a Soul Sermon #2 “Dreamcatcher” sermon by Rev. Bob Janis-Dillon First Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Hunterdon County September 22, 2013   This year’s theme is “living a visionary life”. So if I’m inviting you to … Continue reading

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Sermon on Calling

“Living a Visionary Life” Grow a Soul Sermon #1 “Someone’s Calling: Pick Up!” sermon by Rev. Bob Janis-Dillon First Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Hunterdon County September 15, 2013 This is the week-end of Yom Kippur in the Jewish tradition, probably … Continue reading

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“Strangers, Friends, Neighbors, Enemies and Us” (sermon with readings)

Put simply, love is life’s yearning for more life. It is the artist at work on a new painting. It is the conversation between friends on a winter afternoon that turns deeper, becomes livelier as it bares the soul of … Continue reading

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Sermon: Was Jesus a UU?

Was Jesus a UU? Rev. Bob Janis-Dillon The First Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Hunterdon County 12/3/2012   You may have heard the one about the two strangers who met while crossing a narrow bridge. They got to talking, and soon … Continue reading

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“A Rainbow Connection in the Neighborhood” (text)

“A Rainbow Connection in the Neighborhood” Rev. Bob Janis-Dillon The First Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Hunterdon County October 14, 2012   (If you know it sing it out loud before reading any further…!) It’s a beautiful day in the neighborhood, … Continue reading

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The Prophetic Tradition

“The Prophetic Tradition” Rev. Bob Janis-Dillon The First Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Hunterdon County October 7, 2012 Even though it begins with “in the beginning” and ends with the end of the world, the Bible is not a single, unified … Continue reading

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