UUFairfax Sermons

052525 Sermon by Intern Minister Cara Fortner

As Cara Fortner ends her ministerial internship at UUCF, she reflects on what she learned as a newly forming minister and as a person. Rebroadcast of full service, including music, Mon & Tue at 7pm: uucf.org/streaming.

051125 Sermon Podcast - Ideas & Choices by Rev. David A. Miller

Ideas based in deep and loving values call on our best selves to make our choices. It's really about your future, the future we create every day and the small choices we make. Who are we, if not the aggregate of the choices we make.

050425 Sermon podcast - Living Our Mission by Rev. David A. Miller

In has sermon, Senior Minister Rev. David Miller asks: what is love calling us to do. How can we be communities that not just place love at the center, but actively replace hatred with care? Despair with joy? And greed with generosity? Full service rebroadcast Mon-Tue, 7pm, uucf.org/streaming.

042725 Sermon Podcast - The Potential of Transformation by Cara Fortner

"Something has changed within me. Something is not the same." Elphaba's words from Wicked show the power in the belief of transformation, the belief that things can get better. That people can change. Intern Minister Cara Fortner suggests the potential lies in our willingness to change ourselves.

041325 Sermon Podcast – Can There Be Hope by Rev. David Miller

In last week’s sermon Rev. David Miller asked congregants to let him know “what brings you hope?” This week’s sermon reflects on the congregation’s feedback. Full service rebroadcast Sun-Tue, 7pm, uucf.org/streaming.

040625 Sermon Podcast - A Question of Hope by Rev. David Miller

Hope is often seen as a future pursuit. But in these times when despair is so easy to find, Rev. David Miller asks how we might engage in the kind of hope that the Rev. Dr. Rebecca Parker calls "compassionate care for the present realities of suffering, injury, and injustice that call for an active response?

 

033025 Sermon Podcast - Learning to Trust the Process by Cara Fortner

Intern Minister Cara Fortner asks us to consider the difficult process of learning to trust. It requires an inward and an outward journey. It requires knowing when we can't carry the load alone and reaching out to others for support. The work is hard, but it can also be very rewarding.

032325 Sermon Podcast - Born Again, and Again, and Again by Rev. David Miller

In Sunday's sermon, Rev. David Miller posed a big question for this moment in time: How can we - in these times when we are out of joint and people have lost their reason - trust that we have the strength and commitment to come together to help move into a time of rebirth? Full service rebroadcast Mon-Tue, 7pm, uucf.org/streaming.