Reverend Holly's Sermons
Reverend Holly Baylies' most recent sermons are available for you to read below.
You can read her previous sermons here 2010 - 2011, 2009 - 2010 or 2008 - 2009.
December 4, 2011 Christmas begins with upacking all those boxes that were hastily filled and packed away. Sometimes the contents surprises us, jolts us into reality, provides insight, jogs memories or simply gets shoved back into the closet for another year. |
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November 20, 2011 A sermon on the extreme importance of understanding, fully, the true needs of any group or society before passing judgment or interfering in their way of life, in the name of “helping.” |
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November 13, 2011 The circular ad said one thing, the reality was quite another. Have we become a society in which half truths have become acceptable, when the issues of honesty in the social, political and religious arena have taken on a new and dangerous form? |
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November 6, 2011 Even in the most tense of circumstances, requiring ones undivided attention there comes a time when there is nothing left to do but to do nothing! The trick is in knowing when the time is right! |
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October 30, 2011 A special intergenerational service that will explore Halloween traditions as; a time of history, a time of courage and a time of giving, in story and song. |
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October 17, 2011 Readings interspersed with wonderful, traditional music. |
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October 9, 2011 What does it mean when a person says he/she had a spiritual experience? Is it an emotional experience/feeling? Can one have it someplace other than in a church? Does a deity have to be involved? As loaded a set of questions they may be, they are indeed critical to understanding the basic concept of Unitarian Universalism. They are the very ones we struggle with the most, yet are the questions we have to answer for ourselves. |
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September 25, 2011 To whom or to what do we owe allegiance? Now that we have arrived here and determined that we are seekers and open to the vast wisdom of the ages, both ancient and modern, we cannot stop there if we simply believe that we owe allegiance to only ourselves. If our individual points of view are all we are about, then we will get stuck in a mire of static introversion that only seeks to serve the needs of the individual. It is critical that we examine the larger picture, that we as a congregation find a mechanism to present our diverse viewpoints in a united fashion. |
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September 11, 2011 A reflection and rememberence of the events of September 11, 2001. |
