Sermons—Food for Mind & Heart
Unless noted otherwise, sermons are by Rev. Andrew Clive Millard.
Note that these sermons are provided as is, “in the raw”, without any editing or correction of typos.
2022 Sermons
2022
- June 26: “Woven in a Single Garment of Destiny” – eFlame
- June 19: “Freedom! Freedom?” – eFlame
- June 12: "And love is love is love is love is love is love is love is love.” – eFlame
- June 5: "Color and Fragrance" – eFlame
- May 29: "Seek Not Afar" – eFlame
- May 22: "We Have the Power" – eFlame
- May 15: "In Service of Poetry" – Sunday Service Committee – eFlame
- May 8: "Coming Home to the UUFP" – eFlame
- May 1: "All These and Much More" – video – audio – eFlame
- April 24: " The Earth Is Our Mother" – eFlame
- April 17: "Why It Is Time to Go" – Rev. Jeanne Pupke – eFlame
- April 10: "Do We Know How It Would Feel to Be Free" – video – audio – eFlame
- April 3: "Old Ways to New Worlds" – Rev. Kiya Heartwood – eFlame
- March 27: "Are We There Yet? Our Journey Toward Wholeness" – video – audio – eFlame
- March 20: "Is Unitarian Universalism a Religion? If So, How So?" – video – audio – eFlame
- March 13: “Two Years in the Wilderness (Not Just Surviving, but Thriving!)" – video – audio – eFlame
- March 6: "Adopting the First Principle" – video – audio – eFlame
- February 27th: “Widening the Circle... in Action!” – video – audio – eFlame
- February 20th: “We Have Not Stopped Dreaming”– eFlame
- February 13th: “Side with Love Sunday” – eFlame
- February 6th: “The Ways of Truth and Affection” – video – audio – eFlame
- January 30: “Nice, Right, or Good” – video – audio – eFlame
- January 23: “Reproductive Justice Sunday” – eFlame
- January 16: “Eco-Theology” – eFlame
- January 9: “Unlocking the Power of Covenant” – eFlame
- January 2: “Year After Year We Celebrate New Starts” – eFlame
2021 Sermons
2021
- December 26: “Red, Black and Green” – eFlame
- December 24: Christmas Eve Service!– eFlame
- December 19: “A Purpose at Christmas” – eFlame
- December 16: “Blue Holidays” Service – eFlame
- December 12: “A Gift to Re-Gift” – eFlame
- December 5: “Christmas Wishes” – eFlame
- November 28: “Waiting for Christmas (Cookies)” – eFlame
- November 21: “ Náivichi:A Story of Self-Discovery” – eFlame
- November 14: “Called to Celebrate” – eFlame
- November 7: “Gods and Salvation and Afterlives, Oh My!” – eFlame
- October 31: "Radical Reformation" – eFlame
- October 24: "For the Common Good: Honoring the Kinship of our Neighbors and All Creation" – eFlame
- October 17: "Building Relationships, Protecting the Earth" – eFlame
- October 10: "A Life in Community Organizing: Empowering Virginians for Justice" – eFlame
- October 3: "Serving the Mission, Saving the World" – eFlame
- September 26: “Inspiring Generosity, Saving the World” – eFlame
- September 19: "Engaging in Service, Saving the World” – eFlame
- September 12: “Connecting in Love, Saving the World” – eFlame
- September 5: “Growing in Wonder, Saving the World” – eFlame
- August 29: “Together We Are More” – audio – eFlame
- August 15: “To Err Is Human, To Forgive ... ?” – eFlame
- August 22: “Forward Together” – eFlame
- August 29: “Together We Are More” video – audio – eFlame
- August 8: “We Keep Searching” – eFlame
- August 1: “Religious Innovation”– video – audio – eFlame
- July 18: “The Humanist Manifesto: From Imagination to Reality” – eFlame
- July 11: “Sharing Ministry: Our Hearts, Our Hands, Our Spirits” – eFlame
- July 4: “Inclusion, Care, Consent, Covenant – eFlame
- June 27: "I Believe ...” – eFlame
- June 20: “Keys to the Kingdom”– Jim Sanderson – video – audio – eFlame
- June 13: “At Play with God”– video – audio – eFlame
- June 6: “Love Your Enemy? Really?” – Rev. Laura Horton-Ludwig – eFlame
- May 30: “Joseph Jordan and Universalism in Hampton Roads” –video – audio – eFlame
- May 23: "This Is Us" – eFlame
- May 16: "Wisdom from the Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse” – DRE Joanne Dingus – eFlame
- May 9: "They who go a-mothering find violets in the lane"– video – audio – eFlame
- May 2: "The Stories We Tell – Rev. Viola Abbitt – eFlame
- April 25: "Pathways to Healing and Regeneration" – Rev.Yadenee Hailu – eFlame
- April 18: "On a Different Channel" – Steve Kadar –video – audio– eFlame
- April 11: "A Lifelong Process" – video – audio – eFlame
- April 4: "Are You Ready for Resurrection?" – eFlame
- March 28: "Our Principles Within" – video – audio– eFlame
- March 21: "I Dream a World: Stewardship, Economic Justice, and Beloved Community" – Mark Ewert – video – audio – eFlame
- March 14: Canvass Update– video
- March 14: Canvass Testimonial – video
- March 14: “Loved into Being” – Rev. Susan Frederick Gray – eFlame
- March 12: Special Service “Lamentation, Gratitude and Hope” – eFlame
- March 7: Canvass Testimony Video – video
- March 7: "Non-Creedal Community" – Rev. A.J. van Tine – video – audio – eFlame
- February 28: Canvass Video – video
- February 28: “The Kingdom of God Is Among You” – video – audio – eFlame
- February 21: “Reimagining the Beloved Community” – video – audio – eFlame
- February 14: Side with Love Sunday
- February 7: “The Ways of Love, as Best We Can” – video
- January 31: “Let’s Pretend!” – video – audio – eFlame
- January 24: “Imagine... No Religion" – video – audio – eFlame
- January 17: “Building the Beloved Community: Our Unfinished Business” - Paula Cole Jones – eFlame
- January 10: “Remembering the Future” – eFlame
- January 3: “ The Future of Our Faith” – eFlame
2020 Sermons
2020
- December 27: "Determining What's To Come" – video – audio – eFlame
- December 24: Christmas Eve Service – video – eFlame
- December 13: "Joining Our Yarn" – eFlame
- December 6: "Finding An Inner Tranquil Holiness" – video — audio – eFlame
- November 29: “Healing Our Personal Environments” – video – eFlame
- November 22: "Healing and Gratitude” – eFlame
- November 15: "Red-Black Healing Traditions" – eFlame
- November 8: "Now What?" – eFlame
- November 1: "Hope for the Best: Prepare for the Worst" — video — audio — eFlame
- October 25: “An Extra Measure of Grace” — video — audio — eFlame
- October 18th: “Acknowledging Our Grief: a Samhain Service” – eFlame
- October 11th: “Persistence of Vision” — video — audio — text – eFlame
- October 4th: “ Committing Ourselves to Climate Justice and Beloved Community” — video — audio — eFlame
- September 27: "Democracy, Faith and Justice" UU The Vote – eFlame
- September 20: "To Make or Declare Holy" Scott Kasmire – audio – eFlame
- September 13: "Together We Shall Be Well" — video – eFlame
- September 6: "We Are All in This Together" — video — audio — eFlame
- August 30: "Widening the Circle of Concern" – eFlame
- August 23: "The Next Right Action" — video — audio – eFlame
- August 16: "The Long Haul" Rev. William Sinkford – eFlame
- August 9: "Don't Sleep Through the Revolution" — video – eFlame
- August 2: "How was it for you?" – eFlame
- July 26: "Our Eighth Principle" — video — audio – eFlame
- July 19: “What Does Freedom Look Like?” by the Rev. Cynthia Snavely — video – eFlame
- July 12: “2.3 Million Imprisoned” by the Rev. Cynthia Snavely — video – eFlame
- July 5: "Of, By and For the People" — video – eFlame
- June 28: Why Do We Sing?" By Music Committee — video — audio – eFlame
- June 21: "On Your Mark, Get Set, Go!" By Joanne Dingus – eFlame
- June 14: "There Must Be Religious Witness" – eFlame
- June 7: "Keeping the Faith" – eFlame
- May 31: "Let's Get a Shift On!" – eFlame
- May 24: "Living into Covenant" – eFlame
- May 17th: "Life Calls Us On" by Annette Marquis — video — audio – eFlame
- May 10: "Radical Acceptance" — video — audio — text – eFlame
- May 3: Meditation from "That I Might Know Your Mind" — video — audio – eFlame
- April 26: "Freedom: From, For or With?" — video — audio — text – eFlame
- April 19th: "Imaginal Cells in the Sacred Chrysalis of Transformation" by Robin van Tine — video — audio – eFlame
- April 12: "Rolling Back the Stone" — video — audio – eFlame
- April 5th: "Liberation" by Jan Briedé — video — audio – eFlame
- March 29: "Long Haul People" — video — audio – eFlame
- February 18: "Embracing the Joy of Response-Ability" by April Kelsey – eFlame
- January 26: Reflection "Atheist: Without a Doubt, With Every Doubt" by Rebecca Wheeler, Sermon "Embracing Unknowing" by Rev. Andrew Millard – eFlame
2019 Sermons
2018 Sermons
2018
- December 23: "Knowing Love"
- December 16: "Finding Joy"
- December 9: "Keeping Faith"
- December 2: Sharing Hope
- November 11: "To Care for Those Who Have Borne the Battle"
- November 4: "Make It Wider Still"
- October 14: "Patriotic Correctness"
- October 7: "Knowing Our Foremothers"
- September 30: "Good Luck: Universalism in America"
- September 23: "Growing Through Covenant"
- September 2: "Onward and Upward"
- August 26: "The Endless Human Quest"
- August 19: Life, the Universe, and Everything
- August 5: "Your One Wild and Precious Life"
- July 29: "To Arrive Where We Started"
- July 8: "Cosmic Perspective"
- July 1: "Human Kindness"
- March 18: "A Saving Faith"
2017 Sermons
August 4: "Deeper than Small Talk" by Dan Luke.
2016 Sermons
2016
- November 27: "A Note of Hope" – video
- October 2: "Good and Sweet" – video by Walter Clark
- August 28: "What does 'faith' mean to our community?" – video
- August 14: "The Self-Fulfilling Prophecies of Scarcity and Abundance" – video
- June 26: "One Strand in the Web" – video by Lin Chambers
- June 5: "There Is Grandeur in This View of Life" – video
- May 22: "Assembled Here" – video
- May 15: "On Earth, a Heaven" – video
- May 8: "Always Use Your Best China" – video by Charlie Dieterich
- May 1: "We're Better Together" – video
- April 24: "Web Searching" – video
- April 17: "The Climate Crisis: Who has the most to lose?" – video by Christina Hockman
- April 10: "Whole Soul" – video
- April 3: "The Presence of Everything" – video
- March 26: "From Expectation to Aspiration" – video
- March 20: "Clever Queen, Foolish King" – video by Christina Hockman
- March 6: "Be a Bigger Thing" – video
- February 28: "Building Bridges with Love" – video
- February 21: "The Courage of Our Convictions" – video
- February 14: "What Do You Love?" – video
- February 7: "The Power of Love in Action" – video by Rev. Christopher Bush-Winston
- January 31: "From the Ages of Rocks to the Rock of Ages: the Faith of a Scientist" – video by Rev. David A. Johnson
- January 17: "Are You Ready for Revolutionary Love?" – video by Christina Hockman
- January 10: "Enough Is Enough" – video by DRE Joanne Dingus
- January 3: "Life as We Find It" – video
2015 Sermons
2015
- December 27: "Shining a Light on Human Dignity" – video by Jaimie Dingus
- December 6: "Will the real Saint Nicholas please stand up?" – video
- November 29: "Expectation" – video by Walter Clark
- November 22: "Mealtime as Sacred Time" – video
- November 8: "Good Fences Make Good Neighbors" – video
- November 1: "Our Seven Principles" – video
- October 25: "The Fragile Art of Hospitality" – video
- October 18: "Spirals of Self-Discovery" – video by Rosalee Pfister
- October 11: "The Spirituality of Dirt" – video
- October 4: "The Essence of Life" – video
- September 27: "From Interdependence to Inherent Worth" – video
- September 20: "Everything in this World Is Connected" – video by Christina Hockman
- September 13: "One Is the Only Number: a Meditation on the Web of Life" – video
- September 6: "All Labor Has Dignity" – video
- August 30: "Our Mission Calls Us Out" – video Rev. Millard with Christina Hockman
- August 23: Homily and Reflections: "The Simple Offer of Human Connection" – video
- August 16: "Sacred Feast: Eating, Feeding, and the Future Ministry of the Church" – video
- August 9: "Dimensions of Care" – video
- August 2: Homily and Reflections "Small Group Ministry" – video
- July 19: "Who Is My Neighbor?" – video by Alice Smith
- July 12: "What Are You Looking For?" – video by Christina Hockman
- June 28: "Spiritual but not Religious" – video by Rev. Robert Coats
- June 15: "The Little Church that Did... and Can... and Should... and Will!" – video
- June 14: Homily and Bridging: "Memories of the Future" – video
- June 7: "Unitarians of the Third Person" – video