What is a Preacher?
A minister plays many roles, but in the UU tradition, he or she is primarily a preacher. What right, what authority, what presumptuousness sanctions me — or any person — to be a preacher?
Speaker: Rev. Dr. Neal Jones
Neal joined Main Line Unitarian Church as Senior Minister on August 1, 2015.
A native of North Carolina, Neal earned his B.A. in political science from Wake Forest University, his M.Div. from Southeastern Theological Seminary, and his Psy.D. at Baylor University. He has served as the minister of a United Church of Christ and a Moravian church in North Carolina and of two UU congregations – the UU Fellowship of Waco, Texas, and the UU Congregation of Columbia, South Carolina. He was also the clinical psychologist of the Pastoral Counseling Center in Columbia.
Neal preaches and lives a practical spirituality that seeks personal wholeness, relational respect, social justice, and ecological responsibility.
Climate Change Activism: A Function of Fear or Love?
Most of the arguments for policies and practices to halt climate change are based on scare tactics, but what if they were based on love?
What Would Jesus Do (and UU Too)?
What would Jesus do in a time of social distancing, inequality, and anxiety? Stories and songs for all ages to celebrate our Christian roots as a faith tradition on Easter – and we’ll find ways to make it fun, too.
Easter Multigenerational Service
The Roots of Our Giving
On this Pledge Sunday, we will examine how we give — out of a sense of scarcity or abundance?
Getting over the Rocks
The 3rd in a sermon series about change. When trying to change, it’s easy to focus on external obstacles, but we will be focusing on internal stumbling blocks.
Turning to Others to Turn Yourself Around
The 2nd in a sermon series about change. If you want to change, pay attention to your relationships because they will either facilitate or inhibit change.
Music: MLUC Choir
Letting Life Be Your Teacher
The 1st in a sermon series about change. If we dare to show up for our lives, fully and whole-heartedly, change is inevitable because our experiences of life are ever-changing.
Music: Schrödinger’s Cats
Getting Beyond Ego
We live in an egotistical society in which we are rewarded for being competitive, confident, controlling, and in charge. Yet our spiritual growth demands that we recognize that we are more than ego. I’d like to give some practical advice of how to get beyond … read more.
Playing the Cards You’re Dealt
In the game of life, we all get dealt cards. Some get better cards than us, some worse. No matter, we are responsible for the cards we hold in our hand.
Music: MLUC Choir
Healing Childhood Wounds
No one escapes childhood without being wounded in some way, and these wounds can last a lifetime. This sermon will propose how to heal these lingering injuries.
Music: Leslie Wright-Riley, guitar and vocals; Jansen Wendell, fiddle; Elisa Lang, autoharp