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How the Bee got its Sting

Posted on September 12, 2016 by bobjanisdillon

How the bee got its sting There was once a fly who liked flowers. He didn’t know WHY he liked flowers, but they fascinated him. All he wanted to do, all day, was to be as close to flowers as … Continue reading →

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Passover Sermon (audio & text)

Posted on April 21, 2014 by bobjanisdillon

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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Stewardship Sermon: “The Math of Potlucks”

Posted on April 10, 2014 by bobjanisdillon

NOTE: I learned, after I wrote this sermon, that a few extremely generous people who raised their pledge during our Stewardship Sunday, and gave more than they already had decided they would. I want you to know this is the greatest, … Continue reading →

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Purim sermon (audio)

Posted on March 17, 2014 by bobjanisdillon

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

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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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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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Confessions of a minister…

Posted on October 28, 2013 by bobjanisdillon

well, sorta…below is from our service on compassion, exploring the story of the Good Samaritan from another angle.   You’ve heard of the story of the good Samaritan? The one who stopped for the stranger in the road, who had … Continue reading →

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Sermon on Calling

Posted on September 23, 2013 by bobjanisdillon

“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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Sermon: Was Jesus a UU?

Posted on December 3, 2012 by bobjanisdillon

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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