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Garage Sales and Do-overs

“Garage Sales and Do-overs” a sermon by Rev. Brian J. Kiely Unitarian Church of Edmonton, May 5, 2013 Today we will be having our Annual General Meeting of the Congregation, the day when we are most reminded that it is the members who own this church in every sense of the word.  But it’s also one of the first nice weekends of the Spring. To honour the needs of the community to be inside this Sunday even as we long [...]

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Women’s Day Service – Ruth Patrick

CUUWA WOMEN’S DAY SERVICE March 10, 2013 Strong women.  Today, as we celebrate National Women’s Day across Canada I find myself thinking of all the strong women of the past and how much we need such women today.  What were the qualities which made them strong?  They must have been women of great courage, strength of conviction, patience and endurance. The men who explored and settled this country, brought with them the attitudes and social customs of their land of [...]

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Khasi Unitarianism

“Khasi Unitarianism (India)”  a sermon by Rev. Brian J. Kiely Unitarian Church of Edmonton, February 24, 2013   In one of the farthest and most remote areas of India, Unitarianism has existed, even thrived for 125 years.  How the heck did that happen?  And more importantly, perhaps, does Unitarianism located in such a dramatically different culture bear any resemblance whatsoever to the religion we practice here in Canada? The quick answer to the second question is: You would be surprised!  [...]

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Morality Without God

“Morality Without God” a sermon by Rev. Brian J. Kiely Unitarian Church of Edmonton, November 25, 2012 Reading One Abraham Pleads for Sodom  Genesis, Chapter 18 Yahweh has decided to destroy Sodom and Gomorrah because of their violent abuse of traditional rules of hospitality. 17 Then the Lord said, “Shall I hide from Abraham what I am about to do? 18 Abraham will surely become a great and powerful nation, and all nations on earth will be blessed through him.[c] 19 For I [...]

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Question Box Sermon

“Question Box Sermon”  Rev. Brian J. Kiely Unitarian Church of Edmonton, November 4, 2012   This presentation was build around questions asked by members.   From Colin MacPhail: Hi Brian … I have the highest respect for you. So please don’t take this personally. My question is why are “ministers” called “Reverends”. I looked up the definition, and it mentions someone in clergy who is to be revered. I then looked up revered, with the definition below. Aren’t we ALL [...]

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Healthy Sexuality

Introduction Welcome to a very special morning where we hope to wed what could be a controversial topic with an experiment in social media community building. The topic is Healthy Sexuality, that wonderful component of being human that is seldom addressed in churches…well, seldom addressed in a positive way.  I certainly have no intention of uttering the words “Thou shalt not” today. Over the summer I took an online course designed for new ministers encouraging us to figure out our [...]

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Engaging with the New World

“Engaging with the New World”  a sermon by Rev. Brian J. Kiely Unitarian Church of Edmonton, September 23, 2012   Any Trekkie will be able to tell you.  When Captain Jean Luc Picard was set to begin a new adventure, he would issue his orders to the helm crew, and when the course was plotted, he would tuck in his blouse, gesture forward and in good command voice give the word, “Engage!” A great word!  On a purely mechanical level [...]

Healing Loneliness

a sermon by Reverend Brian J. Kiely, Unitarian Church of Edmonton, September 19,2012 Some years ago I asked for advice about how to approach this topic.  One reply was particularity poignant Dear Brian, Considering ‘loneliness’ I wondered if you would like some thoughts from an expert? Your comment that there is a great gulf between being alone and being lonely (is true). In fact, they aren’t even related. A person can be alone without being lonely; they can be miserably [...]

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Religion for Atheists

Religion for Atheists” a sermon based on Alain de Botton’s book of the same name.  Rev. Brian J. Kiely                    Unitarian Church of Edmonton, September 9, 2012 There is something in the make-up of human beings that is neither wholly rational nor wholly emotional, some middle ground where left brain and right brain meet. This middle ground is not always an easy sunlit meadow where joy and happiness abound inside of us.  It is often a place of struggle. Something hard [...]

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Mother Earth Strikes Back

“Mother Earth Strikes Back” – April 22, 2012 By guest speaker Martin Tweedale professor emeritus of philosophy, University of Alberta Michel de Montaigne once said: “I speak the truth not so much as I would, but as much as I dare, and I dare a little more as I grow older.” Well, I’m getting pretty old so I think I should start trying to tell it like it is. The last glacial period started coming to an end 20,000 years [...]

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