June 21, 2015Nurturing the Interdependent WebMP3Rev. Debra Thorne and Beacon’s Board
June 14, 2015Critters and HumansMP3Beacon Youth Group and Rev. Debra Thorne
May 31, 2015Moral BeautyMP3Rev. Debra Thorne
May 24, 2015What Is Your Word For Beauty?MP3Rev. Debra Thorne and Marilyn Meden
May 17, 2015The Beauty of Music  
Mole Music: by David McPhail, read by Joan Morris, accompanied by Derek Darling on violin		MP3Peggy Lunderville with one of her favourite songs from the Joyce Poley Song book: Open the Door; Glenn Wootton with his favourite song from Singing the Journey: Blue Boat Home; Michael Scales with his favourite song from Singing the Living Tradition: Follow the Drinking Gourd; Katie Stein Sather with her favourite song from Singing the Living Tradition: Touch the Earth, Reach the Sky!  
Service Coordinator: Joan Morris
May 10, 2015From Nothing to SomethingMP3Rev. Debra Thorne and Terry McComas
April 26, 2015Courage and TransformationPDFMichael Bradshaw
April 19, 2015Anyone Can Slay a DragonMP3Rev. Debra Thorne
April 12, 2015Demystifying Islam: A Canadian mother’s perspectiveMP3Rev. Debra Thorne, with Guest Speaker Taslim Jaffer
April 5, 2015The Courage of our ConvictionsMP3Rev. Debra Thorne
March 29, 2015A World in Art  
Music credits: The song, Same Love (clip of 3rd verse played) was created by artists: Macklemore and Ryan Lewis, featuring Mary Lambert; There is a Time (sung by Sue Sparlin) is copyrighted and used in this service with special permission of the composer, Carolyn McDade.		MP3Speakers in order of presentation: Franci Louann, Teresa Morton, Chris McKerracher, Judy Villett, Sue Sparlin
March 22, 2015Back to the Garden: Joni Mitchell in the Canadian LandscapeMP3Rev. Debra Thorne
March 15, 2015A World of ExperienceMP3Jessica Lawless, Anne McLeod, Susan Millar, and Al Sather
March 8, 2015I Have a Dream: Prophetic life of Martin Luther KingMP3Rev. Debra Thorne
March 1, 2015What do you mean by God?MP3Rev. Debra Thorne
February 22, 2015Different Like MeMP3Anna Isaacs
February 15, 2015Pssst! What’s a CUC?MP3Rev. Debra Thorne
February 8th, 2015Identity and DisabilityMP3Sita Sahasrabudhe
February 1st, 2015Breaking the Gender BarriersMP3Rev. Debra Thorne
January 25, 2015Evolution of a Textile Artist  
This recording is provided for personal, non-commercial use only. Maureen’s beautiful fabric art can be viewed on her website at www.maureentempest.com		MP3Maureen Tempest
January 18th, 2015Bumps in the RoadMP3Rev. Debra Thorne
January 11th, 2015To Question is the AnswerMP3Rev. Debra Thorne
January 4, 2015The Arc of a LifeMP3Allegra Sloman
December 28th, 2014Making Light in the DarkMP3Marilyn Medén  
Rose Matovich
December 14th, 2014World of WonderMP3Rebecca Burns, Jean Donaldson, Bev Lock, Terry McComas, Ev Morris, Rev. Debra Thorne
December 7th, 2014Will Wonders Never Cease?MP3Rev. Debra Thorne
November 30, 2014The Future is NowMP3Rev. Debra Thorne
November 23, 2014Starting Over  
This recording is provided for personal, non-commercial use only. The right to publicly play content from this recording is not granted. The right to create derivatives from this service is equally excluded. All music is copyrighted by Edith Wallace. For more information please visit http://www.edithwallacemusic.com .		MP3Edith Wallace, Sue Sparlin
November 16, 2014Re-imagining a Church for our FutureMP3Rev. Debra Thorne
November 9, 2014A Rational Look at RationalityMP3Jim Stephenson
November 2, 2014Riding the Silver TsunamiMP3Rev. Debra Thorne
October 19, 2014Party at the Big House: It’s Stewardship Sunday!!!MP3Rev. Debra Thorne
October 12, 2014Mother EarthMP3Alina LaFlamme
October 5, 2014Divided No MoreMP3Rev. Debra Thorne
Sept. 28, 2014Grandmothers’ DreamingsMP3Rose Matovich, Joan Morris
Sept. 21, 2014Circle of LifeMP3Rev. Debra Thorne
Sept. 14, 2014Sharing the Plate: New View SocietyMP3Susanna Walden
June 15, 2014Inspire – Connect – TransformMP3Rev. Debra Thorne
June 1, 2014Whole Wide WorldMP3Rebecca Burns and Rev. Debra Thorne
May 25, 2014Fighting to ConnectMP3Rev. Debra Thorne
May 18, 2014Inspired by Movies, the Opera, Books!MP3Nancy Rupert, Denis Probst, Jean Donaldson
May 11, 2014Theology at the MoviesMP3Allegra Sloman
May 4, 2014The Wisdom of the ShireMP3Rev. Debra Thorne
April 27, 2014A Practice of GratitudeMP3Rev. Samaya Oakley
April 20th, 2014Summary to Lorax PresentationMP3Rev. Debra Thorne
April 13, 2014A Species with ForesightMP3Jim Stephenson
April 6, 2014Seeds of GrowthMP3Rev. Debra Thorne
March 30, 2014How art feeds my soul…MP3David Hamilton, Tom Poiker and Ev Morris
March 23, 2014Making ArtMP3Joy Kirkwood
March 9, 2014Art as SpiritualityMP3Allegra Sloman
March 2, 2014God in Everything: The Art of Emily CarrMP3Rev. Debra Thorne and Sue Sparlin
February 23, 2014The Art of Bridge-BuildingMP3Rev. Don Grayston
February 16, 2014A Compelling VisionMP3Rev. Debra Thorne
February 9, 2014“Justice & Transformation”: Consultative decision-making & moral-spiritual developmentMP3Harold Rosen
February 2, 2014Kick at the Darkness: The prophetic life and work of Bruce CockburnMP3Rev. Debra Thorne
January 21, 2014Emotion as Perturbance, Draft of ACT in Three Acts (Performed)  
“This recording is provided for personal, non-commercial use only. The right to publicly play content from this recording is not granted. The right to create derivatives from this service is equally excluded. “Orly”, “To see a friend in tears”, “Marieke” and “Mathilde” are copyright Arnold Johnston; these songs are derived from songs by Jacques Brel. The two short stories and homily, excluding Arnold Johnston material are copyright Luc Patrick Beaudoin (spelt B-E-A-U-D-O-I-N.) For more information and permissions please visit the CogZest.com web site”		MP3Luc Beaudoin: Author and Speaker  
Joan Morris: Service Leader  
Carol Woodworth: Story Reader  
Sue Sparlin: Reader/Singer of Jacques Brel songs
January 12, 2014Talking about dying won’t kill youMP3Wanda Morris
December 29, 2013Making Light in the DarknessMP3Marilyn Meden
December 22, 2013A Winter Solstice CelebrationMP3Rev. Debra Thorne
December 8, 2013Winter WaitingMP3Coordinators: Joan Morris & Donna Hamilton
November 24, 2013OnenessMP3Dayna Kneeland
November 17, 2013Standing on Turtle IslandMP3Rev. Debra Thorne
November 10, 2013The Platinum RuleMP3Rev. Meg Roberts
November 3, 2013Un-BecomingMP3Rev. Debra Thorne
October 27, 2013Tricks and TreatsMP3Sue Sparlin
October 20, 2013Sustainability as Spiritual PracticeMP3Rev. Debra Thorne
October 6, 2013Sustainability: On Sacred GroundMP3Debra Thorne
September 29, 2013Lonely TownMP3Paul Singh
September 22, 2013Building Our Future: FoundationsMP3Debra Thorne
September 15, 2013Communities Embracing Restorative Action [CERA]MP3Gurinder Mann
September 8, 2013Building Our Future: Vision QuestMP3Debra Thorne
September 1, 2013Water In-gathering CeremonyMP3Sue Sparlin
May 26, 2013New Voices, New SongsMP3Joyce Poley
May 19, 2013Poems From Our LivesMP3Franci Louann
May 12, 2013Complicated Creative MothersMP3Debra Thorne
May 5, 2013Beacon Choir Spring ConcertMP3Marnie Jennings
May 5, 2013Angels, Aids & ImaginationMP3Debra Thorne
April 28, 2013OnenessMP3Dana Kneeland
April 21, 2013The Edge of Knowing: Mystery and KnowledgeMP3Debra Thorne
April 14, 2013Gratitude: What, Why, and HowMP3Karl Perrin
April 7, 2013The Edge of Knowing: Humanism in the 21st CenturyMP3Debra Thorne
March 31, 2013This Human Life: Birth/RebirthMP3Amber Strocel
March 24, 2013This Human Life: LossMP3Debra Thorne
March 17, 2013This Human Life: Community, or QE/DE — A heavy Medal Celebration!MP3Don Hauka
March 10, 2013This Human Life: AgingMP3Charles James
March 3, 2013This Human Life: FearMP3Debra Thorne
February 24, 2013This Perfect MomentMP3Debra Thorne
February 23, 2013Beacon 30th AnniversaryMP3Don Hauka and the Carry The Flame Players
February 17, 2013Members’ MemoirsMP3Congregation members
February 10, 2013Frolicking in Mystery (Making Sense of the Spiritual)MP3Rev. Robert Latham
February 3, 2013Growing UpMP3Debra Thorne
January 27, 2013Active Democracy and LoveMP3Leslie Kemp
January 20, 2013By ExampleMP3Marilyn Medén, and Allegra Sloman
January 13, 2013The Passions of Leonard CohenMP3Debra Thorne
January 6, 2013Compost Communing — An Intergenerational ServiceMP3Debra Thorne & Laura Redmond
December 23, 2012Joy to the World: a Winter Solstice ServiceMP3Debra Thorne
December 16, 2012A Love for All SeasonsMP3Debra Thorne
December 9, 2012Annual Christmas Pageant — The Great DebateMP3RE Department
December 2, 2012Faith in DoubtMP3Debra Thorne
November 25, 2012A Creative InterchangeMP3Debra Thorne
November 18, 2012Om is where the Heart is: My Personal Spiritual JourneyMP3Donatella Clignon
November 4, 2012Native SpiritualityMP3Aline LaFlamme
October 28, 2012Power of the PeopleMP3Debra Thorne
October 21, 2012Beacon and the Food BankMP3Sandy Burpee
October 14, 2012Sharing the PlateMP3Laura Watamanuk
October 7, 2012In the Belly of a WhaleMP3Debra Thorne
September 30, 2012Intersecting Circles: The Integration of Modern PaganismMP3Fritz Muntean
September 23, 2012The Holy VoidMP3Rev. Phillip Hewett
September 16, 2012What in the World Are We Doing?!MP3Debra Thorne
June 17, 2012Endings & BeginningsMP3Debra Thorne
May 20, 2012Join, Dammit, JoinMP3Rev. Ev Morris
May 13, 2012Arise, then, women of this day!MP3Don Hauka
April 22, 2012A Unitarian Universalist Look at Earth DayMP3Amber Strocel
April 15, 2012After the Resurrection, the LaundryMP3Rev. Ev Morris
April 8, 2012King JesusMP3Allegra Sloman
April 1, 2012How Do you Live as a Unitarian Universalist?MP3Sue Sparlin
March 18, 2012Listen, Listen, ListenMP3Rev. Ev Morris
March 4, 2012Beacon Home CompanionMP3Don Hauka
February 26, 2012Peak OilMP3Allegra Sloman
February 19, 2012If Not Now WhenMP3Rev. Ev Morris
January 22, 2012A Man Called QohelethMP3John Slattery
 
 
Nov 13, 2011The House BlessingMP3Marilyn Meden
Nov 6, 2011What You and I Can Learn from ServetusMP3Rev. Phillip Hewett
May 15, 2011Rumi SpeaksMP3Rev. Katie Stein Sather
May 1, 2011Voting Your HeartMP3Rev. Katie Stein Sather
April 10, 2011Is it a Big T, or a little t?MP3Rev. Katie Stein Sather
March 27, 2011Seeking JusticeMP3Rev. Katie Stein Sather
March 13, 2011An Idea Whose Time Had ComeMP3Rev. Katie Stein Sather
March 6, 2011Things I Learned from PhotographyMP3Elva Atha
February 27, 2011Our Unitarian Theologians — James Luther AdamsMP3Rev. Katie Stein Sather
February 20, 2011Pizzicato on my SkylightMP3Denis Probst
February 13, 2011Standing on the Side of LoveMP3Allegra Sloman
January 30, 2011Dying With DignityMP3Wanda Morris
January 23, 2011Steps from the Transylvanian PilgrimageMP3Rev. Katie Stein Sather
January 16, 2011Body, Mind, and SpiritMP3Rev. Stephen Atkinson
January 9, 2011Everything is ConnectedMP3Rev. Katie Stein Sather
 
 
December 19, 2010Story of ToysMP3Rev. Katie Stein Sather
December 5, 2010In My Heart Is My ReligionMP3Rev. Katie Stein Sather
November 28, 2010Making Sense of ChangeMP3Rev. Katie Stein Sather
November 14, 2010Educating the Soul: Sophia Lyon FahsMP3Rev. Katie Stein Sather
October 31, 2010Tend and Be FriendsMP3Rev. Katie Stein Sather
October 17, 2010Likeness to God—William Ellery ChanningMP3Rev. Katie Stein Sather
October 10, 2010Cognitive Bias and Congregational LifeMP3Allegra Sloman
October 3, 2010Ministry Is All We Do TogetherMP3Rev. Katie Stein Sather
September 19, 2010Created happy: Classical Unitarian-Universalist theology series—Hosea BallouMP3Rev. Katie Stein Sather
April 25, 2010CUC Who?MP3Rev. Katie Stein Sather
April 11, 2010Passages of Our LivesMP3Lay Chaplaincy Committee
April 4, 2010Hope Springs EternalMP3Rev. Katie Stein Sather
March 28, 2010Why We MatterMP3Bennett Mitten
March 21, 2010Earth Awakes AgainMP3Rev. Katie Stein Sather
March 7, 2010Celebrating Strong Women (for International Women’s Day)MP3Ivy Hubbard, Marcy Green, and Amber Stroecel
February 28, 2010God Is SheMP3Rev. Katie Stein Sather
February 21, 2010My Journey Thus FarMP3John Slattery
February 14, 2010This I promise…MP3Rev. Katie Stein Sather
January 31, 2010By their fruits…MP3Rev. Katie Stein Sather

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Sermon Archive

All I Want for ChristmasMP3Rev. Katie Stein SatherDecember 24, 2006
Beyond Feminist TheologyMP3Rev. Katie Stein SatherOctober 19, 2008
Beyond GodMP3Rev. Katie Stein SatherSeptember 21, 2008
Beyond WelcomingMP3Rev. Katie Stein SatherApril 27, 2008
Called to Build—Schools, Bodies, and SpiritsMP3Rev. Katie Stein SatherApril 5, 2009
Called to Go? Called to What?TextRev. Katie Stein SatherNovember 9, 2003
Can Supernaturalism Survive?MP3Conrad HadlandOctober 28, 2007
Climate Change—a Moral Issue?TextGwenda WoodburyApril 15, 2007
Come to the EdgeMP3Rev. Katie Stein SatherFebruary 11, 2007
Companions On the WayMP3Rev. Katie Stein SatherMarch 5, 2006
Courage in Little BoxesMP3Rev. Brian KopkeMay 27, 2007
Don’t Be Afraid of Some ChangeMP3Rev. Katie Stein SatherMay 24, 2009
Earth and SpiritMP3Rev. Katie Stein SatherMarch 25, 2007
Eat, Pray, LaughMP3Rev. Katie Stein SatherOctober 26, 2008
Faithful Fools—Reflections from the StreetMP3Rev. Laura FriedmanNovember 18, 2007
Faithful GivingMP3Rev. Katie Stein SatherOctober 30, 2005
Garbage DayMP3Allegra SlomanFebruary 4, 2007
A Gathering of TrickstersMP3Rev. Katie Stein SatherApril 2, 2006
Go 4 It! A Look AheadMP3Mary BennettNovember 5, 2006
Good News Worth Shouting AboutMP3Anne McLeodFebruary 5, 2006
Hear the Earth CallMP3Rev. Katie Stein SatherJanuary 8, 2006
The Heart of the ICUUMP3John Slattery and Joy SilverFebruary 26, 2006
I Have a DreamMP3Rev. Katie Stein SatherJanuary 20, 2008
I Shall Not WantMP3Rev. Katie Stein SatherApril 8, 2007
In Defence of the F WordMP3Rev. Katie Stein SatherMarch 11, 2007
It’s That Time of the Year—Leftovers!MP3Rev. Katie Stein SatherDecember 10, 2006
Language of ReverenceTextRev. Katie Stein SatherSeptember 25, 2005
Learning Lasts a Lifetime  
Learning Lasts a Lifetime		MP3  
Text		Rev. Katie Stein SatherOctober 2, 2005
Life LegaciesMP3Rev. Katie Stein SatherNovember 30, 2008
Life—My Sense of the HolyMP3Rev. Dr. F. Everett MorrisSeptember 17, 2006
Living on the MarginMP3Rev. Katie Stein SatherJanuary 29, 2006
Money and MeMP3Rev. Katie Stein SatherOctober 22, 2006
Movin’ On—Together!MP3Rev. Katie Stein SatherOctober 21, 2007
Mr. Scrooge’s RedemptionMP3Rev. Katie Stein SatherDecember 7, 2008
Of Tats and Body ModsMP3Rev. Katie Stein SatherApril 6, 2008
Oh, We Give ThanksMP3Rev. Katie Stein SatherNovember 2, 2008
Partners in ReligionMP3Rev. Katie Stein SatherNovember 29, 2009
Reflections on ShalomMP3Rev. Katie Stein SatherDecember 9, 2007
Remembering from a daughter’s perspectiveMP3Rev. Katie Stein SatherNovember 8, 2009
Rumi: Poet of the HeartMP3Rev. Katie Stein SatherFebruary 19, 2006
Sharing Our Faith and Our HopeMP3Rev. Katie Stein SatherMarch 9, 2008
Skepticism and WonderMP3Rev. Katie Stein SatherJanuary 7, 2007
This I Believe—UnitarianismMP3Rev. Katie Stein SatherOctober 14, 2007
Time OutMP3Rev. Katie Stein SatherMay 13, 2007
Turn the Starwheel—Fall EquinoxMP3Rev. Katie Stein SatherSeptember 20, 2009
Water IngatheringMP3Rev. Katie Stein SatherSeptember 7, 2008
Water Ingathering: We’re coming home…MP3Rev. Katie Stein SatherSeptember 6, 2009
What Holds us TogetherMP3Rev. Dr. Steven EppersonNovember 20, 2005
What If Enough Isn’t Enough?MP3Rev. Katie Stein SatherMay 4, 2008
What We Say “Yes” ToMP3Rev. Katie Stein SatherOctober 16, 2005
Where the Heart StandsMP3Rev. Katie Stein SatherFebrary 10, 2008
Where there is faith—there, there is no need  
Where there is faith—there, there is no need		MP3  
Text		Rev. Katie Stein SatherSeptember 24, 2006
Why I Go to ChurchTextRev. Katie Stein SatherSeptember 7, 2003
Why We Are HereMP3Rev. Dr. Steven EppersonNovember 22, 2009
Will Love Win?TextRev. Katie Stein SatherApril 10, 2005
Winter SolsticeMP3Rev. Katie Stein SatherDecember 20, 2009
Moving UpTextRev. Katie Stein SatherFebruary 20, 2005
Playing With GodTextRev. Katie Stein SatherFebruary 6, 2005