Selected Sermons
by Reverend Christine Brownlie

• What do we want? The Ultimate and the Intimate (May 18, 2008).

• Do We Care Enough to Share? (April 6, 2008).

• Giving Up Jesus (March 23, 2008).

• More than Bricks (March 9, 2008).

• If a Tree Falls and I Don’t Hear It ... (January 13, 2008).

• Look at that Star! (January 6, 2008).

• Living Without a “Why” (December 9, 2007).

• Light One Candle (December 2, 2007).

• The Paul We Never Knew (November 25, 2007).

• These Roots That Hold Us Close (September 16, 2007).

• What I Believe but Cannot Prove (September 9, 2007).

• Art and Soul (August 19, 2007).

• A Resolution Worth Practicing (December 31, 2006).

• Our Theological House: The metaphor of a theological house that inspires this series of sermons comes from a series of lectures by the Rev. Rebecca Parker, President of Starr King School for the Ministry in Berkley California.

  • A Tour of the House (September 10, 2006).

  • Human Nature (October 15, 2006).

  • Jesus, and the Holy Spirit (November 12, 2006).

  • Sin and Salvation (December 10, 2006).

  • Eschatology: Are You Ready for the End of Time? (January 14, 2007).

• What Are You Doing Here? (September 24, 2006).

• Imagination and Religion (August 20, 2006).

• To Be Announced (May 21, 2006).

• The Slow Lane (May 14, 2006).

• Faith Without Certainty (April 16, 2006).

• What Does Your Money Say About Your Life? (April 9, 2006).

• Is There Only One True Religion or Are There Many? (March 12, 2006).

• The Noble Path of Buddhism (February 26, 2006).

• What Is This Thing Called Spirituality? (January 22, 2006).

• How Unitarians and Universalists Saved Christmas (December 11, 2005).

• Watch Out! It’s Affluenza Season (November 20, 2005).

• Question Box Sermon (November 13, 2005).

• Why Human Beings Need Intelligent Design (November 6, 2005).

• When Things Fall Apart (May 15, 2005).

• Atonement: Is God a Child Abuser? (March 27, 2005).

• The Faith of Charles Darwin (February 6, 2005).

• An Evening with Job (January 9, 2005).

• The Values I Live By (December 12, 2004).

• Doubt as a Spiritual Path (August 15, 2004).

• Can Unitarian Universalists Talk About God? (April 25, 2004).

• What is Marriage For? (February 15, 2004).

• It’s Not Enough to be Nice! (September 21, 2003). This is part of a service on the Welcoming Congregation and the UUC.

• What Does the Bible Really Say About Homosexuality? (August 24, 2003).

• So What's a Nice Humanist, Buddhist, Christian, Pagan, Hindu, Moslem Doing in a Place Like This? (July 27, 2003).

• There is Joy in Being a Cracked Pot (June 29, 2003).

• Who were the Universalists? (May 4, 2003).

• The “Frdquo; Word: Some Thoughts on Faith (March 16, 2003).

• “But the Children of Korah Did Not Die.” What Do I Mean When I Say “Liberal”? (January 12, 2003)

• Like Sunshine: The life and theology of Theodore Parker (January 5, 2003)

• How can I know if I am really a UU? (November 10, 2002)

• The following seven sermons (in chronological order) made up a series on The Eight Themes that Unite Us.

  • Eight Themes that Unite Us (September 9, 2001)

  • The Divine Seed in Every Person (October 21, 2001)

  • Ah Mystery! (December 2, 2001)

  • Mutuality and Variety: How UUs Walk Together on Different Paths (January 27, 2002)

  • Engagement, and Standing Against the Negative (February 17, 2002)

  • The Truth Shall Set You Free (March 31, 2002)

  • The Sacred Here and Now (May 19, 2002)

• What do You Mean When You Say God? (January 21, 2001)

• Our Humanist Heritage (May 14, 2000)

• Our Seven Principles: Whose Idea Was This? (February 6, 2000)

All sermons were delivered at the Unitarian Universalist Congregation (which was named the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of the New River Valley, prior to 1 July 2003), Blacksburg, VA.