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"God is not God's name. God is our name for that which is greater than all yet present in each."
— Forrest Church


 

 
 
 

Available Now from Beacon Press

Love & Death:
My Journey
through the Valley of the Shadow

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So Help Me God

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Freedom from Fear

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Separation of
Church and State

Writings on a Fundamental Freedom by America’s Founders

Forrest Church, editor



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Biography

Sermons by Forrest Church are listed below, in reverse chronological order, back to 1995. Beginning November, 2007, sermons are available in pdf format. Sermons can be read online, or printed out.

If you would like a hard copy of one of these sermons, please call the church office at (212) 535-5530.

Family Christmas Homily December 21, 2008
Church Economics November 23, 2008
Election Sermon October 26, 2008
Thirty Years at All Souls in a Nutshell September 28, 2008
Love and Death (pdf)
Sermon delivered at General Assembly, 2008, upon the awarding of an Honorary Doctorate to Forrest by the Meadville Lombard Theological School
June 27, 2008
Security, Liberty and Freedom from Fear (pdf)
Sermon delivered at General Assembly, 2008,
in Ft. Lauderdale, FL
June 26 , 2008
Answering the Call (pdf)
Meadville Lombard Theological School Commencement Sermon
June 8 , 2008
Bedside Manners (pdf) April 6, 2008
Love, Death and Easter (pdf) March 16, 2008
Love and Death (pdf) February 3, 2008
The Greatest Liberal of Them All (pdf) January 6, 2008
Reverend President (pdf) December 9, 2007
The Church of All Souls (pdf) November 19, 2007
Words to Live By October 28, 2007
Religion and the Founders September 23, 2007
Yom Kippur Homily September 20, 2007
Mother God May 13, 2007
Self-Consciousness is The Opposite of Consciousness April 15, 2007
Let It Rip April 1, 2007
Unfinished Business March 4, 2007
Beating the Odds February 18, 2007
Looking Forward January 21, 2007
Christmas Eve Prayer December 24, 2006
What I Believe October 8, 2006
The Third Great Awakening? September 24, 2006
Dies Irae September 10, 2006
The One True Gospel April 16, 2006
Escaping Limbo March 26, 2006
Absolute Damage February 26, 2006
You Say You're Not Religious January 22, 2006
All For One November 20, 2005
The End of the World October 23, 2005
Another Chance September 18, 2005
A Saving Faith June 5, 2005
How My Mother Saved Me From the Bomb May 8, 2005
Seven Paths to God April 24, 2005
A Truly Christian Man April 3, 2005
Life Before Death March 27, 2005
Consciousness and Self-consciousness March 6, 2005
Project Management February 13, 2005
Our Bond of Union February 6, 2005
The Platinum Rule January 16, 2005
Acts of God January 9, 2005
Christmas Eve Service December 24, 2004
Family Christmas Service December 19, 2004
Liberal Like Jesus November 14, 2004
What's Next? November 7, 2004
Religion and Politics October 26, 2004
The Life You Have Imagined September 26, 2004
Looking Both Ways September 12, 2004
Memory and Meaning June 6, 2004
Choose Your Enemies Carefully May 16, 2004
Spiritual Exercises II May 2, 2004
Earthly Wisdom April 25, 2004
The Fear of Jesus (Easter Sunday) April 11, 2004
All Souls March 28, 2004
The Meanings of Marriage February 22, 2004
The Eternal Now February 1, 2004
Dream On January 18, 2004
Spiritual Exercises January 11, 2004
Christmas Eve Homily December 24, 2003
All Souls Family Christmas December 21, 2003
Fear Itself November 16, 2003
Freedom From Fear November 9, 2003
Dread October 19 , 2003
Insecurity October 5 , 2003
Guilt September 28, 2003
Letting Go For Dear Life September 14, 2003
Born Again Unitarian Universalism June 29, 2003
Enduring Monkey Pox While Swimming With Sharks June 15, 2003
An Early Father's Day Sermon May 18, 2003
I Love You Forever April 27, 2003
Love After Death April 20 , 2003
Danger and Opportunity 2 March 30, 2003
Freedom, Responsibility and the War in Iraq March 23, 2003
Jonah and Abraham February 23, 2003
The Law of Unintended Consequences February 9, 2003
The American Dream January 19, 2003
Christmas Eve Homily 2002 December 22, 2002
December Dreaming December 15, 2002
The Pilgrim Spirit November 24, 2002
Return of the Native November 10, 2002
One Light, Many Windows October 6, 2002
Out of the Ashes September 15, 2002
9-11 Memorial Homily September 11, 2002
A Tale of Two Cities September 8, 2002
Expect A Miracle? June 30, 2002
The American Creed—An Address delivered at the General Assembly of the Unitarian Universalist Association June 21, 2002
How to Make Yourself Miserable May 19, 2002
Beyond Justice May 12, 2002
Crisis in the Middle East April 7, 2002
A Life Worth Dying For March 31, 2002
Six Months After March 10, 2002
A Rebirth of Freedom February 17, 2002
Behold I Am Doing A New Thing January 6, 2002
Christmas Eve Homily, 2001 December 24, 2001
Gifts December 16, 2001
The Acts of Life December 2, 2001
The God-Shaped Hole November 18, 2001
The Soul of America November 4, 2001
Saving Faith October 21, 2001
Rebirth in Autumn October 7, 2001
The End of the Beginning September 23, 2001
Reflections September 16, 2001
Candle Lighting Service September 13, 2001
Homecoming September 9, 2001
Cathedral of the World
June 10, 2001
May 6, 2001
April 29, 2001

Where Have We Come From?
Who Are We?
Where Are We Going?

April 15, 2001

Be It Ever So Humble

Mar. 25, 2001

The Home Fires

Mar. 18, 2001

Feb. 25, 2001

A Sleep & A Forgetting - AUDIO

Feb. 18, 2001

A Sleep & A Forgetting

Feb. 18, 2001

Bringing God Home

Jan. 21, 2001

Christmas Eve Homily

Dec.24, 2000

God Talk

Dec. 10, 2000

Thanks Giving

Nov. 26, 2000

All Souls Day-2

Nov. 19, 2000

Election Sermon

Nov. 12, 2000

God-why?

Oct. 15, 2000

What Jesus Would Do

Oct. 1, 2000

God on the Rebound

Sept. 24, 2000

Life is a Team Sport

Sept. 10, 2000

Simplify

June 4, 2000

Rediscovering Mother's Day

May 14, 2000

New Fire - Easter 2000

Apr.23, 2000

A Twenty-first Century Theology

Apr. 2, 2000

Out of the Woods - Sondheim Service

Mar. 12, 2000

Hammerstein Service

Mar. 5, 2000

The Devil in the Details

Feb. 27, 2000

The Angel and the Deep Blue Sea

Feb. 6, 2000

Sin and Sensibility

Jan. 9, 2000

World Peace 2000

Jan. 2, 2000

Coming In Out of the Cold

Dec. 19, 1999

Who Am I?

Dec. 5, 1999

Things To Do When You Get Your Life Back

Nov. 14, 1999

All Souls Day

Oct. 31, 1999

Lifecraft

Oct. 10, 1999

Lifelines

Oct. 3, 1999

Time and Eternity

Sept. 12, 1999

If

June 6, 1999

May 2, 1999
Apr. 4, 1999
Feb. 21, 1999
Feb. 7, 1999
Jan. 24, 1999
Jan. 10, 1999
Dec. 24, 1998
Dec. 13, 1998
Nov. 22, 1998
Sept. 20, 1998
Sept. 13, 1998
July 26, 1998
June 28, 1998
Apr. 12, 1998
Mar. 15, 1998
Feb. 22, 1998
Feb. 8, 1998
Jan. 18, 1998
Dec. 24, 1997
Dec. 21, 1997
Nov. 9, 1997
Nov. 2, 1997
Oct. 26, 1997
Sept. 14, 1997
Sept. 7, 1997
Oct. 29, 1995
Oct. 1, 1995
Sept. 24, 1995
Sept. 11, 1995

 

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