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Ellicott City, MD 21043

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Ellicott City, MD 21043
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Sermons by Rev. Jane Bennett Smith (Page 7)

An Ode to the Earth

This Earth Day, we praise the gifts of the earth by grounding ourselves in gratitude, appreciation, mindfulness, and prayer. These simple and earnest practices alter our interactions with the world around us and can serve to guide us spiritually in each of our days. We are not separate from nature but a part of it, called to engage in acts of reciprocity…

Sacred Hope

This Sunday, we explore the stories of Passover and Easter through the lens of resistance. One story chronicles the journey of an oppressed community who left the known for the unknown, traversing decades of obstacles towards freedom. The other offers an account of the resurrection of a loving man that suggests how love can prevail against all odds. One details a group…

A Faith of Resistance

As we begin our month-long journey into the theme of resistance, we ground ourselves in the defiance held within the very foundations of Unitarian Universalism. Our faith is built upon a liberal theology which served to counter the teachings of Calvinism. Founded in this theology, Unitarian Universalism calls us to love each other, our sacred, and our world, and sets the foundation…

A Story Told

So many of life’s deepest hardships are too intimate and unique to fully understand unless we commit to learning about one another’s innermost stories.  This Sunday, we explore the power of literature as a tool towards understanding. We will explore morals through wisdom tales, examine poverty and addiction through a work of fiction, and delve into hardships of racism through the lens…

Beautifully Transient

What if there is no afterlife, what if our brief time in this realm is all we have? Well, perhaps we live on through the memories of our beloveds, through our legacy, through our descendants.   What if humanity ultimately meets its own demise? Well, we are held in the interdependent web of life that weaves throughout millennia, shifting and changing, each life…