Reflections, Stories and Papers

Selected Reflections, Guest Sermons and Stories

We treasure our practice in which members of the congregation called Worship Associates help lead the Main Hall service each week. They usually serve for three years and then rotate off, bringing a variety of voices into our services.

During most services, the Worship Associate delivers a personal reflection on the theme of the service, offering a slice of “life as text”. Some of the reflections are found in this section, along with sermons by guest speakers, stories, and Membership Renewal Moments, in which members share the reasons they belong to UUCPA and support its work in the world.

December 17, 2006	Reflection: Beyond Eating Animals to Celebrate the Holidays by Bill Landauer
November 26, 2006	Reflection on Reforming Religion by John Beverley Butcher
November 12, 2006	Reflection on Living La Vida Local by Diane Meier-Phelps
October 22, 2006	Reflection on Green Faith by Donna Aronson
October 15, 2006	Reflection: A path with Heart, one human’s story by Bill Landauer
October 8, 2006	Reflection: No Boundaries in the Land of Dreams by John Beverley Butcher
August 6, 2006	Reflection on Living with Change by Donna Aronson
March 26, 2006	Reflection: At the End of the Checkout Line by Florence Haas
February 19, 2006	Reflection: Honoring a Leader by Jack Owicki
January 22, 2006	Reflection on Reassembling the Broken by Donna Aronson
November 13, 2005	Reflection on Veterans’ Day 2005 by Jack Owicki
November 28, 2004	Reflection: Awareness in Two Epiphanies by Jack Owicki
August 15, 2004	Reflection: Patriotism in Time of War by Dave Weber
August 8, 2004	Reflection: A Sense of Place by Dave Weber
May 2, 2004	Reflection: Living in Theory by Jack Owicki
February 29, 2004	Reflection on Joy by Jack Owicki
November 2, 2003	Reflection: About Death by Jack Owicki
Dec. 15, 2002	Reflection: Journeys by Dave Weber
Sept. 1, 2002	Sermon: Buddhism as a Bridge by Jonathan Harvey
August 4, 2002	Sermon: Alzheimers Disease and Us by Cilla Raughley
August 4, 2002	Reflection on Alzheimers Disease by George Bunn
July 17, 2002	Reflections by Members of the UUCPA Meditation Group by Susan Owicki, Dave Milne and Josie Stultz
Feb. 10, 2002	Membership Renewal Moments - Part 2 by Corinne Bilz and Elizabeth Berry
Jan. 06, 2002	Membership Renewal Moments - Part 1 by Susan Owicki, Kay Pauling, Karl Garcia, Richard Heydt, Josie Stult and James Chan
Jan. 20, 2002	Reflection about Martin Luther King, Jr. by Lauri Andersen
Dec. 30, 2001	Winter Holidays for All UUs?! by Jonathan Harvey, Ray Crain and Dave Webber
Sept. 23, 2001	Reflection on Celebration by Brad Youngman
Sept. 16, 2001	Reflection on the Impact of Terrorism by Susan Owicki
Aug. 5, 2001	Story: Magic by Rev. Ken Reeves
July 29, 2001	Reflection: Community Ministry by Susan Owicki
June 3, 2001	Reflection: Why Race Frustrates Me by Richard Heydt
May 20, 2001	Reflection: Strands of the Interconnected Web by Jim DeLaHunt
April 29, 2001	Reflection: When Does Gender Matter? by Richard Heydt
April 22, 2001	Reflections: Music and Identity by Kathy Lewis, George Bunn and Philip Hodge
March 25, 2001	Reflection: Facing Death by Susan Owicki Story: Facing Death as told by Susan Owicki
March 18, 2001	Reflection: On GenX Religion by Jean Heriot
Nov. 19, 2000	Story: Guest at Our Table as told by Rev. Darcey Laine
Oct. 1, 2000	Story: Basket at the Crossroads as told by Rev. Darcey Laine
Sept. 2000	Paper: Reflections On Unitarian Universalist Identity by Rev. Ken Collier

Unitarian Universalist Church of Palo Alto

Selected Reflections, Guest Sermons and Stories