Sermons
Sermon, Listening to the Moment
Sunday, March 15, 2026. Telling people doesn’t really help so much in inspiring people. People really just need to be listened to with a calm, caring, reflective presence.
Sermon, International Women’s Day: Rights. Justice. Action.
International Women’s Day sermons
Sermon: The Art of Pure Attention
Sunday, March 1, 2026 By Rev. F. Vernon Wright V The video below is the reading followed by the sermon https://youtu.be/EZnIgYcTbOs Reading Chapter 10 of The Diamond Sutra “A disciple should develop a mind which is in no way dependent upon sights, sounds, smells,...
Sermon: Humor As Resilience
Sunday, February 22, 2026 Reading, Original Buddhist Sources: A Reader, Olsen, C. (E.D.) followed by the sermon by Rev. F. Vernon Wright V https://youtu.be/GFN7JfhOWbo
Sermons, Good Trouble
Sunday, February 15, 2026 Five sermons about the "Good Trouble" the Thrift Shop, Food Pantry, Green Sanctuary/Climate Justice, and Music committees do. “Good Trouble” refers to collective disruption that challenges injustice and promotes social change. The term was...
Sermon Listening, Holding, Healing Trauma
Sunday, February 8, 2026 Reading, On Being Interview of Resma Manekem, "Notice the Rage, Notice the Silence," followed by the Sermon by Rev. F. Vernon Wright V, Resilient Together: On Listening, Holding, and Healing Trauma. https://youtu.be/cipQGgKN6-o
