Mourning the Past

In this sermon I consider how we might re-imagine mourning the past.

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Reimaginando Nuestra Comunidad

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Grieving the Future

In this sermon, I consider how we might grieve for losses that will occur in the future.

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The Transient and the Permanent

as preached at the First Unitarian Universalist Church of Houston, September 26, 2021 It is good to be back in the pulpit. I have missed you. I have not been gone from First Houston these past weeks.

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Welcome and Explanation of the Service of Lamentation for the 20th Anniversary of 9-11

as presented at the First Unitarian Universalist Church of Houston, September 11, 2021 Welcome to this service marking the twentieth anniversary of the attacks on September 11th. I am the Rev. Dr. Col

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