Sermons by Forrest Church
Sermons by Forrest Church are listed below, in reverse chronological order, back to 1995. Beginning November, 2007, sermons are in pdf format. Sermons can be read online, or printed out.
If you would like a hard copy of one of these sermons, please visit or call the church office at (212) 535-5530.
| The Summer of our Content |
May 31, 2009 |
| Cathedral of the World |
April 26, 2009 |
| How to Make the Most Out of Hard Times |
March 29, 2009 |
| The Tribunal of Love |
February 15, 2009 |
| Christmas Eve Prayer |
December 24, 2008 |
| 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
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
Sermon delivered at General Assembly, 2008, in Ft. Lauderdale, FL |
June 26, 2008 |
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Answering the Call
Meadville Lombard Theological School Commencement Sermon
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June 8, 2008 |
| Bedside Manners |
April 6, 2008 |
| Love, Death and Easter |
March 16, 2008 |
| Love and Death |
February 3, 2008 |
| The Greatest Liberal of All |
January 6, 2008 |
| Reverend President |
December 9, 2007 |
| The Church of All Souls |
November 19, 2007 |
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Note: Sermons after October 28, 2007 (above)
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| 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 |
| Unifinished Business |
March 4, 2007 |
| Beating the Odds |
February 18, 2007 |
| Looking Forward |
January 21, 2007 |
| 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 |
| Christmas Eve Homily |
December 24, 2005 |
| 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 Homily |
December 24, 2004 |
| Family Christmas Homily |
December 19, 2004 |
| Liberal Like Jesus |
November 14, 2004 |
| What's Next |
November 7, 2004 |
| Religion and Politics |
October 24, 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 |
| Dream On |
January 18, 2004 |
| Spiritual Exercises |
January 11, 2004 |
| Christmas Eve Service |
December 24, 2003 |
| Family Christmas Homily |
December 21, 2003 |
| The Gift |
December 7, 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
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April 29, 2001
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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May 2, 1999
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Apr. 4, 1999
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Feb. 21, 1999
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Feb. 7, 1999
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Jan. 24, 1999
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Jan. 10, 1999
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Dec. 24, 1998
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Dec. 13, 1998
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Nov. 22, 1998
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Sept. 20, 1998
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Sept. 13, 1998
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July 26, 1998
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June 28, 1998
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Apr. 12, 1998
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Mar. 15, 1998
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Feb. 22, 1998
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Feb. 8, 1998
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Jan. 18, 1998
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Dec. 24, 1997
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Dec. 21, 1997
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Nov. 9, 1997
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Nov. 2, 1997
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Oct. 26, 1997
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Sept. 14, 1997
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Sept. 7, 1997
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Oct. 29, 1995
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Oct. 1, 1995
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Sept. 24, 1995
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Sept. 11, 1995
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